
Jane Fonda
Known for Acting · 253 credits
- Born
- 1937-12-21 (age 88)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Jane Seymour 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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self / Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Simpsons
1989
as Maxine Lombard (voice)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self

The Daily Show
1996
as Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
TV Shows (74)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self / Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Simpsons
1989
as Maxine Lombard (voice)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self

The Daily Show
1996
as Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self - Guest

The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self

The Colbert Report
2005
as Self - Guest

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Guest

The View
1997
as Self - Guest

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Winner

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest

What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest

Leute heute
1997
as Self

Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self / Narratrice (voice) (archive footage)

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self

Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host

Grace and Frankie
2015
as Grace Hanson

The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest

Vivement dimanche
1998
as Self

The Drew Barrymore Show
2020
as Self

Apostrophes
1975
as Self

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self

The Masked Singer
2019
as Special Message (via video)

Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self

Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self

The Newsroom
2012
as Leona Lansing
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest

The Reichen Show
2005
as Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
2016
as Self

The Oscars
1953
as Self

Dinah!
1974
as Self

The Kardashians
2022
as Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self

Explained
2018
as Self (archive footage)

The Comeback
2005
as Jane Fonda

Today
1952
as Self

World in Action
1963

History 101
2020
as Self (archive footage)

Cinépanorama
1956
as Self

Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2020
as Self - Contestant

Beau geste
2023
as Self

Somebody Feed Phil
2018
as Self

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self

Trailblazer Honors
2014
as Self - Speaker

The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest

Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
2022
as Self

Dear...
2020
as Self

Ein Herz für Kinder
1998
as Self

The Early Show
1999
as Self - Guest
Movies (179)

Thriller 40
2023
as Self (archive footage)

Luck
2022
as Dragon (voice)

This Is Where I Leave You
2014
as Hillary Altman

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
2023
as Grandmamah (voice)

Monster-in-Law
2005
as Viola Fields

The Butler
2013
as Nancy Reagan

Youth
2015
as Brenda Morel

Barbarella
1968
as Barbarella

Book Club
2018
as Vivian

Nine to Five
1980
as Judy Bernly

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
2011
as Grace

Fathers and Daughters
2015
as Theodora

80 for Brady
2023
as Trish

Book Club: The Next Chapter
2023
as Vivian

Cat Ballou
1965
as Catherine 'Cat' Ballou

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969
as Gloria Beatty

Elena and the Secret of Avalor
2016
as Shuriki (voice)

The China Syndrome
1979
as Kimberly Wells

The Chase
1966
as Anna Reeves

Chaos: The Manson Murders
2025
as Self - Activist (archive footage)

On Golden Pond
1981
as Chelsea Thayer Wayne

Klute
1971
as Bree Daniels

Georgia Rule
2007
as Georgia Randall

And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self - Interviewee

The Earth Day Special
1990
as Hellen

This Is Me…Now
2024
as Sagittarius

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
as Self (archive footage)

Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self

Better Living Through Chemistry
2014
as Pharmacy Customer

California Suite
1978
as Hannah Warren

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self

Stanley & Iris
1990
as Iris King

Barefoot in the Park
1967
as Corie Bratter

Coming Home
1978
as Sally Hyde

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self

Our Souls at Night
2017
as Addie Moore

Julia
1977
as Lillian Hellman

Spirits of the Dead
1968
as Contessa Frederique de Metzengerstein (segment "Metzengerstein")

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022
as Self (archive footage)

Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self

Searching for Debra Winger
2002
as Self

HyperNormalisation
2016
as Self (archive footage)

Brando
2007
as Self

Complicated Women
2003
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Moving On
2023
as Claire

Walk on the Wild Side
1962
as Kitty Twist

We Are Cinema
2021
as Self (archive footage)

Agnes of God
1985
as Dr. Martha Louise Livingston

The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980
as Self (archive footage)

Fun with Dick and Jane
1977
as Jane Harper

Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Ladies Night Live
2022
as Self

AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
2007
as Self

The Greatest Love Story Never Told
2024
as Self

We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985
as Self - Host

The Dollmaker
1984
as Gertie Nevels

La Classe américaine
2012
as Self

Comes a Horseman
1978
as Ella Connors

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
2019
as Self

Hal
2019
as Self

The Blue Bird
1976
as The Night

The Chapman Report
1962
as Kathleen Barclay

Beautiful Darling
2010
as Self (archive footage)

The Morning After
1986
as Alexandra Sternbergen

The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self (archive)
Dominick Dunne: After the Party
2008
as Self (archive footage)

Steelyard Blues
1973
as Iris Caine

Sally
2025
as Self (archive footage)

Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
as Self

Heart of the Festival
2002
as Self (archive footage)

Tall Story
1960
as June Ryder

FTA
1972
as Self

The Electric Horseman
1979
as Hallie

Elena of Avalor: Realm of the Jaquins
2017
as Shuriki (voice)

Gaslit
2026
as Self

Barbra Streisand: One Voice
1986
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

Sunday in New York
1963
as Eileen Tyler

I Love Liberty
1982
as Self

A Journey to Sundance
2023
as Self

Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
2018
as Self

A Century of Cinema
1994
as Self

Old Gringo
1989
as Harriet Winslow

Period of Adjustment
1962
as Isabel Haverstick

Joy House
1964
as Melinda

Jane Fonda in Five Acts
2018
as Self - (archive footage)

Hurry Sundown
1967
as Julie Ann Warren

The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival
2022
as Self

My Way
2024
as Narrator (voice)

The Making of Captain EO
1986
as Self

Montgomery Clift
1983
as Self

Body Parts
2022
as Self
Ceasefire
as Jean Kennedy Smith

Mansfield 66/67
2017

All Together
2012
as Jeanne

Lily: Sold Out
1981
as Wanda

Miss Representation
2011
as Self

Circle of Love
1964
as Sophie

Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018

Tell Them Who You Are
2004
as Self

Bad Luck Spot!
2023
as Babe the Dragon (voice)

Rollover
1981
as Lee Winters

Any Wednesday
1966
as Ellen Gordon

Fonda on Fonda
1992
as Self - Host

Leonard Part 6
1987
as Jane Fonda (uncredited)

The Game Is Over
1966
as Renée Saccard

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Senior Entourage
2021
as Self

Still Working 9 to 5
2022
as Self

Tout Va Bien
1972
as Her, Suzanne

Jane
1962
as Self

Stoner Cats
2021
as Ms. Stoner

Dolly Parton: Here I Am
2019
as Self

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
1997
as Self

A Doll's House
1973
as Nora Helmer

Danger: Diabolik - From Fumetti to Film
2005
as Self

Delphine and Carole
2020
as Self (archive footage)

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
as Self

Women He's Undressed
2015
as Self

Gregory Peck: His Own Man
1988
as Self

The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy
2004
as Self

The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent
2004
as Self
About Jane 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… With 253 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Jane Fonda has appeared in 179 films and 74 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jane Fonda Movies
- Thriller 40 (2023) — as Self (archive footage)
- Luck (2022) — as Dragon (voice)
- This Is Where I Leave You (2014) — as Hillary Altman
- Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023) — as Grandmamah (voice)
- Monster-in-Law (2005) — as Viola Fields
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