Acting
Jane Fonda
EN, DE, ES, FR cinema · 187 credits
Born
21 December 1937 (age 88)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Jane Seymour Fonda
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
Filmography
The Correspondent
The Correspondent
as Sybil Van Antwerp, Producer
Ceasefire
Ceasefire
as Jean Kennedy Smith
Gaslit
as Self, Producer
Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20
as Self / Judy Bernly (archive footage)
Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald
as Self (archive footage)
Steal This Story, Please!
Executive Producer
Sally
as Self (archive footage)
Chaos: The Manson Murders
as Self - Activist (archive footage)
Henry Fonda for President
as Self (archive footage)
This Is Me…Now
as Sagittarius
My Way
as Narrator (voice)
Norita
Executive Producer
80 for Brady
as Trish
Sex on Screen
as Self
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
as Grandmamah (voice)
Bad Luck Spot!
as Babe the Dragon (voice)
The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Moving On
as Claire
Thriller 40
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman: The Restless
as Self (archive footage)
Body Parts
as Self
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self (archive footage)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
as Self (archive footage)
Luck
as Dragon (voice)
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
as Self (archive footage)
Each Day in a Moment
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Yearly Departed
as Self
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Senior Entourage
as Self
Morceaux de Cannes
as Self (archive footage)
Citizen Jane Fonda
as Self (archive footage)
Delphine and Carole
as Self (archive footage)
Hal
as Self
Book Club
as Vivian
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
as Self (archive footage)
Our Souls at Night
as Addie Moore
Elena of Avalor: Realm of the Jaquins
as Shuriki (voice)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
as Self (archive footage)
Elena and the Secret of Avalor
as Shuriki (voice)
Connected
as Self-help Guru (voice)
HyperNormalisation
as Self (archive footage)
Vadim Mister Cool
as Self (archive footage)
Youth
as Brenda Morel
Fathers and Daughters
as Theodora
Better Living Through Chemistry
as Pharmacy Customer
This Is Where I Leave You
as Hillary Altman
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self - Interviewee
Olga
as Self
Becoming California
as Self - Narrator
The Butler
as Nancy Reagan
All Together
as Jeanne
Beautiful Darling
as Self (archive footage)
Dominick Dunne: After the Party
2008
Dominick Dunne: After the Party
as Self (archive footage)
Georgia Rule
as Georgia Randall
Brando
as Self
Monster-in-Law
as Viola Fields
Sir! No Sir!
as Self
Complicated Women
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Heart of the Festival
as Self (archive footage)
Fonda on Fonda
as Self - Host
Stanley & Iris
as Iris King
The Earth Day Special
as Hellen
Old Gringo
as Harriet Winslow
Jane Fonda's Complete Workout
as Self, Casting
Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star
as Self (archive footage)
Leonard Part 6
as Jane Fonda (uncredited)
The Morning After
as Alexandra Sternbergen
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Agnes of God
as Dr. Martha Louise Livingston
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
as Self - Host
The Dollmaker
as Gertie Nevels
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
as Self - Performer
Olympic Gala
1984
Olympic Gala
as Self - Host
Montgomery Clift
as Self
Lily for President?
as Judy Bernly
Workout
as Self
On Golden Pond
as Chelsea Thayer Wayne
Rollover
as Lee Winters
Lily: Sold Out
as Wanda
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
as Self (archive footage)
Nine to Five
as Judy Bernly
No Nukes
as Self
Magic Night
as Self
The China Syndrome
as Kimberly Wells
The Electric Horseman
as Hallie
Coming Home
as Sally Hyde
California Suite
as Hannah Warren
Comes a Horseman
as Ella Connors
Fun with Dick and Jane
as Jane Harper
Julia
as Lillian Hellman
The Blue Bird
as The Night
Anna
as Self (uncredited)
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Steelyard Blues
as Iris Caine
A Doll's House
as Nora Helmer
Jane
as Self - Interviewee
Tout Va Bien
as Her, Suzanne
FTA
as Self, Writer, Producer
Nationtime: Gary
Producer
Klute
as Bree Daniels
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
as Gloria Beatty
Barbarella
as Barbarella
Spirits of the Dead
as Contessa Frederique de Metzengerstein (segment "Metzengerstein")
Barefoot in the Park
as Corie Bratter
Hurry Sundown
as Julie Ann Warren
The Chase
as Anna Reeves
Any Wednesday
as Ellen Gordon
The Game Is Over
as Renée Saccard
Cat Ballou
as Catherine 'Cat' Ballou
Joy House
as Melinda
Circle of Love
as Sophie
Sunday in New York
as Eileen Tyler
In the Cool of the Day
as Christine Bonner
Period of Adjustment
as Isabel Haverstick
Walk on the Wild Side
as Kitty Twist
The Chapman Report
as Kathleen Barclay
Jane
as Self
A String of Beads
as Gloria Winters
Tall Story
as June Ryder