Jane Fonda
Acting • Born 1937-12-21
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.
Filmography
244 credits
Klute
Movie • 1971
Bree Daniels
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Movie • 1988
Self
The China Syndrome
Movie • 1979
Kimberly Wells
80 for Brady
Movie • 2023
Trish
Monster-in-Law
Movie • 2005
Viola Fields
The Electric Horseman
Movie • 1979
Hallie
Cat Ballou
Movie • 1965
Catherine 'Cat' Ballou
Barbarella Forever
Movie • 2023
Self
Fun with Dick and Jane
Movie • 1977
Jane Harper
On Golden Pond
Movie • 1981
Chelsea Thayer Wayne
The Chase
Movie • 1966
Anna Reeves
Barbarella
Movie • 1968
Barbarella
Tout Va Bien
Movie • 1972
Her, Suzanne
Agnes of God
Movie • 1985
Dr. Martha Louise Livingston
The Morning After
Movie • 1986
Alexandra Sternbergen
Coming Home
Movie • 1978
Sally Hyde
Body Parts
Movie • 2022
Self
Sex on Screen
Movie • 2023
Self
California Suite
Movie • 1978
Hannah Warren
Tell Them Who You Are
Movie • 2004
Self
Dominick Dunne: After the Party
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
Georgia Rule
Movie • 2007
Georgia Randall
WBCN and the American Revolution
Movie • 2019
Self
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
Movie • 2023
Grandmamah (voice)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Movie • 1969
Gloria Beatty
Stanley & Iris
Movie • 1990
Iris King
I Love Liberty
Movie • 1982
Self
Spirits of the Dead
Movie • 1968
Contessa Frederique de Metzengerstein (segment "Metzengerstein")
Comes a Horseman
Movie • 1978
Ella Connors
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Movie • 1980
Self (archive footage)
Julia
Movie • 1977
Lillian Hellman
Bad Luck Spot!
Movie • 2023
Babe the Dragon (voice)
Any Wednesday
Movie • 1966
Ellen Gordon
Period of Adjustment
Movie • 1962
Isabel Haverstick
Old Gringo
Movie • 1989
Harriet Winslow
Walk on the Wild Side
Movie • 1962
Kitty Twist
Sunday in New York
Movie • 1963
Eileen Tyler
The Dollmaker
Movie • 1984
Gertie Nevels
Joy House
Movie • 1964
Melinda
Circle of Love
Movie • 1964
Sophie
Yearly Departed
Movie • 2021
Self
Sir! No Sir!
Movie • 2005
Self
Rollover
Movie • 1981
Lee Winters
Barefoot in the Park
Movie • 1967
Corie Bratter
Waging Change
Movie • 2020
Self
Nine to Five
Movie • 1980
Judy Bernly
Steelyard Blues
Movie • 1973
Iris Caine
Lily for President?
Movie • 1982
Judy Bernly
The Game Is Over
Movie • 1966
Renée Saccard
Miss Representation
Movie • 2011
Self
Tall Story
Movie • 1960
June Ryder
All Together
Movie • 2012
Jeanne
Jane Fonda's New Workout
Movie • 1985
Self
The Blue Bird
Movie • 1976
The Night
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Movie • 2011
Grace
The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty
Movie • 2023
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Searching for Debra Winger
Movie • 2002
Self
Moving On
Movie • 2023
Claire
Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star
Movie • 1987
Self (archive footage)
The Butler
Movie • 2013
Nancy Reagan
Better Living Through Chemistry
Movie • 2014
Pharmacy Customer
Hurry Sundown
Movie • 1967
Julie Ann Warren
The Chapman Report
Movie • 1962
Kathleen Barclay
In the Cool of the Day
Movie • 1963
Christine Bonner
No Nukes
Movie • 1980
Self
Robert Scheer: Above the Fold
Movie • 2019
Self
A Doll's House
Movie • 1973
Nora Helmer
I Love Quincy
Movie • 1984
Self
The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane
Movie • 2023
Herself
Book Club: The Next Chapter
Movie • 2023
Vivian
This Is Where I Leave You
Movie • 2014
Hillary Altman
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie • 1995
Self
Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Ladies Night Live
Movie • 2022
Self
And the Oscar Goes To...
Movie • 2014
Self - Interviewee
The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival
Movie • 2022
Self
Yoga Exercise Workout
Movie • 1994
Self
Jane
Movie • 1962
Self
Complicated Women
Movie • 2003
Self - Narrator (voice)
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Movie • 2006
Self
A String of Beads
Movie • 1961
Gloria Winters
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie • 1990
Self
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Movie • 1981
Self
The Making of Captain EO
Movie • 1986
Self
Youth
Movie • 2015
Brenda Morel
Fathers and Daughters
Movie • 2015
Theodora
The (Dead Mothers) Club
Movie • 2014
Self
This Is Me…Now
Movie • 2024
Sagittarius
FTA
Movie • 1972
Self
The Greatest Love Story Never Told
Movie • 2024
Self
Women He's Undressed
Movie • 2015
Self
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Workout
Movie • 1982
Self
Fonda on Fonda
Movie • 1992
Self - Host
Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island
Movie • 2024
Self
We Are Cinema
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
Movie • 1997
Self
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Movie • 1985
Self - Host
Lily: Sold Out
Movie • 1981
Wanda
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Movie • 2007
Self
Brando
Movie • 2007
Self
The Earth Day Special
Movie • 1990
Hellen
Jane Fonda's AM/PM Yoga For Beginners
Movie
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
Movie • 1974
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
My Way
Movie • 2024
Narrator (voice)
Filmmaking on the Riviera
Movie • 1964
Self
Hal
Movie • 2019
Self
Elena and the Secret of Avalor
Movie • 2016
Shuriki (voice)
Our Souls at Night
Movie • 2017
Addie Moore
New Line Cinema: The First Generation and the Next Generation
Movie • 2008
Self
Connected
Movie • 2016
Self-help Guru (voice)
Jane Fonda's Complete Workout
Movie • 1988
Self
Beautiful Darling
Movie • 2010
Self (archive footage)
Book Club
Movie • 2018
Vivian
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
Movie • 2018
Self - (archive footage)
Jane Fonda's Sports Aid
Movie • 1987
Self
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Movie • 1986
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
Movie • 2018
Self
Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives
Movie • 2019
Self
'Klute' in New York
Movie • 1971
Self
Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary
Movie • 1972
Self
Introduction to the Enemy
Movie • 1974
Self
Jane
Movie • 1973
Self - Interviewee
Danger: Diabolik - From Fumetti to Film
Movie • 2005
Self
Jane Fonda's Step Aerobic and Abdominal Workout
Movie • 1992
Self
A Century of Cinema
Movie • 1994
Self
HyperNormalisation
Movie • 2016
Self (archive footage)
Dolly Parton: Here I Am
Movie • 2019
Self
The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent
Movie • 2004
Self
The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy
Movie • 2004
Self
Vadim Mister Cool
Movie • 2016
Self (archive footage)
Jane Fonda: Prime Time - Walkout
Movie • 2010
Self
La Classe américaine
Movie • 2012
Self
Olga
Movie • 2014
Self
Citizen Jane Fonda
Movie • 2020
Self
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Movie • 2019
Self
9to5: The Story of a Movement
Movie • 2020
Self
Beautiful Daughters
Movie • 2006
Self
Workout Challenge
Movie • 1983
Self
Luck
Movie • 2022
Dragon (voice)
Anna
Movie • 1975
Self (uncredited)
Jane Fonda's Original Workout
Movie • 1982
Self
Private Screenings: Jane Fonda
Movie • 2007
Self
Montgomery Clift
Movie • 1983
Self
Night of 100 Stars
Movie • 1982
Self
Delphine and Carole
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie • 2021
Self
Still Working 9 to 5
Movie • 2022
Self
Elena of Avalor: Realm of the Jaquins
Movie • 2017
Shuriki (voice)
Jane Fonda and Illeana Douglas on KLUTE
Movie • 2019
Self
A Journey to Sundance
Movie • 2023
Self
Thriller 40
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Stoner Cats
Movie • 2021
Ms. Stoner
David Hurn: A Life in Pictures
Movie • 2017
Self
Jane Fonda: Prime Time - Trim, Tone & Flex
Movie • 2011
Jane Fonda: Prime Time - Firm & Burn
Movie • 2011
Self
Jane Fonda: Prime Time - Fit & Strong
Movie • 2010
Self
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
Movie • 1984
Self - Performer
Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks
Movie • 1970
Self
Sally
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Magic Night
Movie • 1980
Self
Leonard Part 6
Movie • 1987
Jane Fonda (uncredited)
Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty
Movie • 2025
Self
Senior Entourage
Movie • 2021
Self
Becoming California
Movie • 2014
Self - Narrator
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
Movie • 2018
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Chaos: The Manson Murders
Movie • 2025
Self - Activist (archive footage)
Jane Fonda on Vietnam
Movie
Self
Heart of the Festival
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
Gaslit
Movie • 2026
Self
Henry Fonda for President
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Superstunt
Movie • 1977
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
The Tony Danza Show
TV • 2004
Self - Guest
Today
TV • 1952
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
TV • 2016
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self - Guest
The Colbert Report
TV • 2005
Self - Guest
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self
The Newsroom
TV • 2012
Leona Lansing
Explained
TV • 2018
Self (archive footage)
The Masked Singer
TV • 2019
Special Message (via video)
Oprah's Master Class
TV • 2011
Herself
Grace and Frankie
TV • 2015
Grace Hanson
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Wetten, dass..?
TV • 1981
Self
The Dame Edna Experience
TV • 1987
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Dear...
TV • 2020
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
TV • 2018
Narrator (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Guest
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
The Drew Barrymore Show
TV • 2020
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
Leute heute
TV • 1997
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Leçon de Cinéma
TV • 2004
Self
Trailblazer Honors
TV • 2014
Self - Speaker
The Reichen Show
TV • 2005
Self
Spécial cinéma
TV • 1974
Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV • 1996
Self - Guest
The View
TV • 1997
Self
History 101
TV • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Goldene Kamera
TV • 1984
Self
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Checkup with Dr. David Agus
TV • 2022
Self
The Impeachment Show
TV • 2019
Self
Champs-Elysées
TV • 1982
Self
Apostrophes
TV • 1975
Self
Cinépanorama
TV • 1956
Self
Beau geste
TV • 2023
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Maxine Lombard (voice)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV • 2003
Self
Champs-Elysées
TV • 1982
Narratrice (voice) (archive footage)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self
Ein Herz für Kinder
TV • 1998
Self
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
TV • 2020
Self - Contestant
The Kardashians
TV • 2022
Self
Brando: The Documentary
TV • 2007
Self
Vivement dimanche
TV • 1998
Self
Norm Macdonald Has a Show
TV • 2018
Self - Guest
Call Me Ted
TV • 2024
self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
TV • 2022
Self
Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Train Like a Girl
TV • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Somebody Feed Phil
TV • 2018
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Winner
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest