Jane Fonda
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Series
The Simpsons
Maxine Lombard (voice)
1989
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
1996
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
2019
Series
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
Series
Ciné regards
Self
1978
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Guest
1961
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
The Colbert Report
Self - Guest
2005
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
The View
Self - Guest
1997
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Series
The Talk
Self
2010
Series
World in Action
1963
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner
1944
Series
Leute heute
Self
1997
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Host
1956
Series
Vivement dimanche
Self
1998
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
Apostrophes
Self
1975
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Series
Grace and Frankie
Grace Hanson
2015
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Film '72
Self
1971
Series
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Series
The Drew Barrymore Show
Self
2020
Series
The Masked Singer
Special Message (via video)
2019
Series
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
Self - Guest
2016
Series
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Series
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Self
2016
Series
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Series
Champs-Elysées
Narratrice (voice) (archive footage)
1982
Series
The Newsroom
Leona Lansing
2012
Series
The Kardashians
Self
2022
Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004
Series
Beau geste
Self
2023
Series
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
The Reichen Show
Self
2005
Series
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Self - Contestant
2020
Series
The Comeback
Jane Fonda
2005
Series
Dinah!
Self
1974
Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
Series
Today
Self
1952
Series
Explained
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
Luck
Dragon (voice)
2022
Film
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
Grandmamah (voice)
2023
Film
Monster-in-Law
Viola Fields
2005
Series
Cinépanorama
Self
1956
Series
History 101
Self (archive footage)
2020
Series
Dear...
Self
2020
Series
Leçon de Cinéma
Self
2004
Series
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
Self
2022
Series
Trailblazer Honors
Self - Speaker
2014
Series
Somebody Feed Phil
Self
2018
Film
The Butler
Nancy Reagan
2013
Film
This Is Where I Leave You
Hillary Altman
2014
Series
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Film
Youth
Brenda Morel
2015
Film
80 for Brady
Trish
2023
Series
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Film
Barbarella
Barbarella
1968
Film
Fathers and Daughters
Theodora
2015
Film
Georgia Rule
Georgia Randall
2007
Film
On Golden Pond
Chelsea Thayer Wayne
1981
Film
Nine to Five
Judy Bernly
1980
Film
Book Club
Vivian
2018
Film
The China Syndrome
Kimberly Wells
1979
Series
Norm Macdonald Has a Show
Self - Guest
2018
Film
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Gloria Beatty
1969
Series
Oprah's Master Class
Herself
2011
Film
Klute
Bree Daniels
1971
Film
The Chase
Anna Reeves
1966
Film
Book Club: The Next Chapter
Vivian
2023
Film
Agnes of God
Dr. Martha Louise Livingston
1985
Film
Cat Ballou
Catherine 'Cat' Ballou
1965
Series
Ein Herz für Kinder
Self
1998
Series
Pour le plaisir
Self
1964
Series
The Dame Edna Experience
Self
1987
Series
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
Narrator (voice)
2020
Series
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
Film
California Suite
Hannah Warren
1978
Series
The Early Show
Self - Guest
1999
Film
Elena and the Secret of Avalor
Shuriki (voice)
2016
Film
Better Living Through Chemistry
Pharmacy Customer
2014
Film
This Is Me…Now
Sagittarius
2024
Film
Stanley & Iris
Iris King
1990
Film
Chaos: The Manson Murders
Self - Activist (archive footage)
2025
Film
Coming Home
Sally Hyde
1978
Series
Brando: The Documentary
Self
2007
Film
Comes a Horseman
Ella Connors
1978
Film
The Morning After
Alexandra Sternbergen
1986
Film
Julia
Lillian Hellman
1977
Film
Barefoot in the Park
Corie Bratter
1967
Series
David Frost Vs
self (archive footage)
2025
Film
Fun with Dick and Jane
Jane Harper
1977
Film
Morceaux de Cannes
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Moving On
Claire
2023
Film
The Electric Horseman
Hallie
1979
Film
Thriller 40
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
Our Souls at Night
Addie Moore
2017
Film
Spirits of the Dead
Contessa Frederique de Metzengerstein (segment "Metzengerstein")
1968
Film
The Blue Bird
The Night
1976
Film
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
Joy House
Melinda
1964
Film
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
2021
Film
Hurry Sundown
Julie Ann Warren
1967
Film
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive)
2017
Film
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Film
The Earth Day Special
Hellen
1990
Film
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
1990
Film
HyperNormalisation
Self (archive footage)
2016
Film
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Grace
2011
Film
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
The Greatest Love Story Never Told
Self
2024
Film
A Century of Cinema
Self
1994
Film
Tall Story
June Ryder
1960
Series
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Film
A Doll's House
Nora Helmer
1973
Series
Train Like a Girl
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
All Together
Jeanne
2012
Film
Walk on the Wild Side
Kitty Twist
1962
Film
French Love
1998
Film
The Chapman Report
Kathleen Barclay
1962
Film
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
Self
2018
Series
The Checkup with Dr. David Agus
Self
2022
Film
Sally
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
Brando
Self
2007
Film
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
1995
Film
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Sunday in New York
Eileen Tyler
1963
Film
Hollywood Invasion
archive footage
2011
Film
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1986
Film
Searching for Debra Winger
Self
2002
Film
Elena of Avalor: Realm of the Jaquins
Shuriki (voice)
2017
Film
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
Film
FTA
Self
1972
Film
Stoner Cats
Ms. Stoner
2021
Film
My Way
Narrator (voice)
2024
Film
Complicated Women
Self - Narrator (voice)
2003
Film
Leonard Part 6
Jane Fonda (uncredited)
1987
Film
Body Parts
Self
2022
Film
Delphine and Carole
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self - Interviewee
2014
Film
Old Gringo
Harriet Winslow
1989
Film
Tout Va Bien
Her, Suzanne
1972
Film
A Journey to Sundance
Self
2023
Film
Lily for President?
Judy Bernly
1982
Film
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Self (archive footage)
1980
Film
Rollover
Lee Winters
1981
Film
The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival
Self
2022
Film
Gaslit
Self
2026
Film
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Self - Host
1985
Film
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
Self
1997
Film
Miss Representation
Self
2011
Film
I Love Liberty
Self
1982
Film
Citizen Jane Fonda
Self
2020
Film
Paul Newman: The Restless
Self
2023
Film
La Classe américaine
Self
2012
Film
Steelyard Blues
Iris Caine
1973
Film
Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Ladies Night Live
Self
2022
Film
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
2019
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Superstunt
Self
1977
Film
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2021
Ceasefire
Jean Kennedy Smith
Film
Period of Adjustment
Isabel Haverstick
1962
Film
Becoming California
Self - Narrator
2014
Film
Henry Fonda for President
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
Self - Performer
1984
Film
Beautiful Darling
Self (archive footage)
2010
Film
Hal
Self
2019
Film
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Self
2006
Film
Mansfield 66/67
2017
Film
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
Self - (archive footage)
2018
Film
Circle of Love
Sophie
1964
Dominick Dunne: After the Party
Self (archive footage)
2008
Film
Women He's Undressed
Self
2015
Film
The Dollmaker
Gertie Nevels
1984
Film
Danger: Diabolik - From Fumetti to Film
Self
2005
Film
Dolly Parton: Here I Am
Self
2019
Film
Anna
Self (uncredited)
1975
Series
The Impeachment Show
Self
2019
Series
Call Me Ted
self
2024
Film
Tell Them Who You Are
Self
2004
Film
The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent
Self
2004
Film
Montgomery Clift
Self
1983
Film
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
Film
Senior Entourage
Self
2021
Film
The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy
Self
2004
Film
Any Wednesday
Ellen Gordon
1966
Film
Connected
Self-help Guru (voice)
2016
Film
Yearly Departed
Self
2021
Film
Beautiful Daughters
Self
2006
Film
Sir! No Sir!
Self
2005
Film
The Making of Captain EO
Self
1986
Film
The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty
Self - Actress (archive footage)
2023
Film
Magic Night
Self
1980
Film
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Self
1981
Film
The Game Is Over
Renée Saccard
1966
Film
Still Working 9 to 5
Self
2022
Film
No Nukes
Self
1980
Film
In the Cool of the Day
Christine Bonner
1963
Film
Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks
Self
1970
Film
I Love Quincy
Self
1984
Film
Vadim Mister Cool
Self (archive footage)
2016
Film
Waging Change
Self
2020
Film
Sex on Screen
Self
2023
Film
David Hurn: A Life in Pictures
Self
2017
Film
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Self
2007
Film
'Klute' in New York
Self
1971
Film
Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary
Self
1972
Film
WBCN and the American Revolution
Self
2019
Film
Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island
Self
2024
Film
Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star
Self (archive footage)
1987
Film
Lily: Sold Out
Wanda
1981
Film
The (Dead Mothers) Club
Self
2014
Film
9to5: The Story of a Movement
Self
2020
Film
Bad Luck Spot!
Babe the Dragon (voice)
2023
Film
The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane
Herself
2023
Film
Robert Scheer: Above the Fold
Self
2019
Film
Introduction to the Enemy
Self
1974
Film
Fonda on Fonda
Self - Host
1992
Film
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Self
1988
Film
Filmmaking on the Riviera
Self
1964
Film
A String of Beads
Gloria Winters
1961
Film
Olga
Self
2014
Film
Jane
Self
1962
Film
Workout
Self
1982
Film
Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives
Self
2019
The Correspondent
Sybil Van Antwerp
Film
Jane Fonda and Illeana Douglas on KLUTE
Self
2019
Film
Jane
Self - Interviewee
1973
Film
Jane Fonda's AM/PM Yoga For Beginners
Film
Jane Fonda's Original Workout
Self
1982
Film
New Line Cinema: The First Generation and the Next Generation
Self
2008
Film
Jane Fonda: Prime Time - Fit & Strong
Self
2010
Film
Barbarella Forever
Self
2023
Yoga Exercise Workout
Self
1994
Film
Jane Fonda's New Workout
Self
1985
Film
Jane Fonda: Prime Time - Trim, Tone & Flex
2011
Film
Jane Fonda's Step Aerobic and Abdominal Workout
Self
1992
Film
Jane Fonda's Complete Workout
Self
1988
Loving Against Time: the Making of On Golden Pond
herself
Film
Jane Fonda: Prime Time - Firm & Burn
Self
2011
Film
Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty
Self
2025
Film
Jane Fonda's Sports Aid
Self
1987
Film
Jane Fonda: Prime Time - Walkout
Self
2010
Film
Private Screenings: Jane Fonda
Self
2007
Film
Workout Challenge
Self
1983
Jane Fonda on Vietnam
Self
Olympic Gala
Self - Host
1984