Jane Fonda
Biography
Jane Seymour Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an American actress, activist, and former fashion model. She is the recipient of various accolades including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Golden Lion Honorary Award, the Honorary Palme d'Or, and the Cecil B. DeMille Award. Born to socialite Frances Ford Seymour and actor Henry Fonda, Fonda made her acting debut with the 1960 Broadway play There Was a Little Girl, for which she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play, and made her screen debut later the same year with the romantic comedy Tall Story. She rose to prominence during the 1960s with the comedies Period of Adjustment (1962), Sunday in New York (1963), Cat Ballou (1965), Barefoot in the Park (1967), and Barbarella (1968). Her first husband was Barbarella director Roger Vadim. A seven-time Academy Award nominee, she received her first nomination for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), and went on to win the Academy Award for Best Actress twice in the 1970s, for Klute (1971) and Coming Home (1978). Her other nominations were for Julia (1977), The China Syndrome (1979), On Golden Pond (1981), and The Morning After (1986). Consecutive hits Fun with Dick and Jane (1977), California Suite (1978), The Electric Horseman (1979), and 9 to 5 (1980) sustained Fonda's box-office drawing power, and she won a Primetime Emmy Award for her performance in the TV film The Dollmaker (1984). In 1982, she released her first exercise video, Jane Fonda's Workout, which became the highest-selling VHS of the 20th century. It would be the first of 22 such videos over the next 13 years, which would collectively sell over 17 million copies. Divorced from her second husband Tom Hayden, she married billionaire media mogul Ted Turner in 1991 and retired from acting, following a row of commercially unsuccessful films concluded by Stanley & Iris (1990). Fonda divorced Turner in 2001 and returned to the screen with the hit Monster-in-Law (2005). Although Georgia Rule (2007) was her only other movie during the 2000s, in the early 2010s she fully re-launched her career. Subsequent films have included The Butler (2013), This Is Where I Leave You (2014), Youth (2015), Our Souls at Night (2017), and Book Club (2018). In 2009, she returned to Broadway after a 49-year absence from the stage, in the play 33 Variations which earned her a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, while her major recurring role in the HBO drama series The Newsroom (2012–14) earned her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She also released another five exercise videos between 2009 and 2012. Fonda currently stars as Grace Hanson in the Netflix comedy series Grace and Frankie, which debuted in 2015 and has earned her nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Known For
Bree Daniels
Klute
Self
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Kimberly Wells
The China Syndrome
Trish
80 for Brady
Viola Fields
Monster-in-Law
Hallie
The Electric Horseman
Catherine 'Cat' Ballou
Cat Ballou
Self
Barbarella Forever
Jane Harper
Fun with Dick and Jane
Chelsea Thayer Wayne
On Golden Pond
Anna Reeves
The Chase
Barbarella
Barbarella
Her, Suzanne
Tout va bien
Dr. Martha Louise Livingston
Agnes of God
Sally Hyde
Coming Home
Alexandra Sternbergen
The Morning After
Self
Body Parts
Self
Sex on Screen
Hannah Warren
California Suite
Self
Tell Them Who You Are
Self (archive footage)
Dominick Dunne: After the Party
Georgia Randall
Georgia Rule
Self
WBCN and the American Revolution
Grandmamah (voice)
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
Gloria Beatty
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Iris King
Stanley & Iris
Self
I Love Liberty
Contessa Frederique de Metzengerstein (segment "Metzengerstein")
Histoires extraordinaires
Ella Connors
Comes a Horseman
Self (archive footage)
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Lillian Hellman
Julia
Babe the Dragon (voice)
Bad Luck Spot!
Ellen Gordon
Any Wednesday
Isabel Haverstick
Period of Adjustment
Harriet Winslow
Old Gringo
Kitty Twist
Walk on the Wild Side
Eileen Tyler
Sunday in New York
Gertie Nevels
The Dollmaker
Melinda
Les Félins
Sophie
La Ronde
Self
Yearly Departed
Self
Sir! No Sir!
Lee Winters
Rollover
Corie Bratter
Barefoot in the Park
Self
Waging Change
Judy Bernly
Nine to Five
Iris Caine
Steelyard Blues
Judy Bernly
Lily for President?
Renée Saccard
La Curée
Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman, l'intranquille
Self
Miss Representation
June Ryder
Tall Story
Jeanne
Et si on vivait tous ensemble ?
Self
Jane Fonda's New Workout
The Night
The Blue Bird
Grace
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Les Fonda : une dynastie de cinéma
Self
Searching for Debra Winger
Claire
Moving On
Self (archive footage)
Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star
Nancy Reagan
The Butler
Pharmacy Customer
Better Living Through Chemistry
Julie Ann Warren
Hurry Sundown
Kathleen Barclay
The Chapman Report
Christine Bonner
In the Cool of the Day
Self
No Nukes
Self
Robert Scheer: Above the Fold
Nora Helmer
A Doll's House
Self
I Love Quincy
Herself
The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane
Vivian
Book Club: The Next Chapter
Hillary Altman
This Is Where I Leave You
Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Ladies Night Live
Self - Interviewee
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self
The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival
Self
Yoga Exercise Workout
Self
Jane
Self - Narrator (voice)
Complicated Women
Self
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Gloria Winters
A String of Beads
Self
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Sois belle et tais-toi !
Self
The Making of Captain EO
Brenda Morel
Youth
Theodora
Fathers and Daughters
Self
The (Dead Mothers) Club
Sagittarius
This Is Me…Now
Self
FTA
Self
The Greatest Love Story Never Told
Self
Women He's Undressed
Self (archive footage)
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
Workout
Self - Host
Fonda on Fonda
Self
Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island
Self (archive footage)
Noi siamo cinema
Self (archive footage)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Self
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
Self - Host
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Wanda
Lily: Sold Out
Self
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Self
Brando
Hellen
The Earth Day Special
Jane Fonda's AM/PM Yoga For Beginners
Self - Actor, Hurry Sundown (archive footage)
Faye
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
Narrator (voice)
My Way
Self
Filmmaking on the Riviera
Self
Hal
Shuriki (voice)
Elena and the Secret of Avalor
Addie Moore
Our Souls at Night
Self
New Line Cinema: The First Generation and the Next Generation
Self-help Guru (voice)
Connected
Self
Jane Fonda's Complete Workout
Self (archive footage)
Beautiful Darling
Vivian
Book Club
Self
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
Self
Jane Fonda's Sports Aid
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Self
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
Self
Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives
Self
'Klute' in New York
Self
Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary
Self
Introduction to the Enemy
Self - Interviewee
Jane
Self
Danger: Diabolik - From Fumetti to Film
Self
Jane Fonda's Step Aerobic and Abdominal Workout
Self
A Century of Cinema
Self (archive footage)
HyperNormalisation
Self
Dolly Parton: Here I Am
Self (archive footage)
Vadim Mister Cool
Self
The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent
Self
The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy
Self
Jane Fonda: Prime Time - Walkout
Self
La Classe américaine
Self
Olga
Self
Citizen Jane, l'Amérique selon Fonda
Self
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
9to5: The Story of a Movement
Self
Beautiful Daughters
Self
Workout Challenge
Dragon (voice)
Luck
Self (uncredited)
Anna
Self
Jane Fonda's Original Workout
Self
Private Screenings: Jane Fonda
Self
Montgomery Clift
Self
Night of 100 Stars
Self (archive footage)
Delphine et Carole, insoumuses
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
Still Working 9 to 5
Shuriki (voice)
Elena of Avalor: Realm of the Jaquins
Self
Jane Fonda and Illeana Douglas on KLUTE
Self
Jane Fonda and Illeana Douglas on KLUTE
Self
A Journey to Sundance
Self (archive footage)
Thriller 40
Ms. Stoner
Stoner Cats
Self
David Hurn: A Life in Pictures
Self (archive footage)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special
Jane Fonda: Prime Time - Trim, Tone & Flex
Self
Jane Fonda: Prime Time - Firm & Burn
Self
Jane Fonda: Prime Time - Fit & Strong
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks
Histoires de festival
Self (archive footage)
Sally
Self
Magic Night
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
166
Gender
Female
Birthday
1937-12-21
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Jane Seymour Fonda