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Bridget Jane Fonda (born 27 January
1964) is a US actress.
Fonda was born in Los Angeles, California into a family of actors
including her grandfather Henry Fonda, her father Peter Fonda, and her
aunt Jane Fonda. Her mother Susan Jane Brewer is an artist. She is named
after actress Margaret Sullavan's daughter Bridget Hayward who committed
suicide at the age of 21. Sullavan was her grandfather's first wife. Her
parents divorced and Peter remarried Portia Rebecca Crockett (former wife
of author Thomas McGuane). Peter and Portia brought up Bridget, her
brother Justin, and older stepbrother Thomas McGuane Jr (born circa 1962)
in the Coldwater Canyon section of Los Angeles as well as just south of
Livingston, Montana, where both brothers attended high school. Fonda
attended Westlake School for Girls in Los Angeles. During this time she
and Justin had little contact with the Fonda family, with Bridget
recalling in an interview: "When I was a kid, the most important thing for
me was my home. People would come and go and things would change but that
place wouldn't. I loved it. I want to have that for the rest of my life. I
want to have a place".
Fonda first became involved with the theatre when she was cast in a school
production of Harvey. She refused to solicit acting tips and advice from
her famous relatives and studied method acting at New York University's
Tisch School of the Arts and the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.
She made her film debut at the age of five in the 1969 movie Easy Rider as
a child in the hippie commune that Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper visit on
their trek across the United States. Her second (also non-speaking) bit
part was in the 1982 comedy Partners. In 1988 she got her first
substantial film role, costarring with John Hurt in Scandal, based on the
Profumo affair. That year she also appeared in You Can't Hurry Love and
Shag.
Her breakthrough role, however, was as a journalist in The Godfather, Part
III. After gaining additional work experience in a few theater productions
she was cast in the lead in Barbet Schroeder's Single White Female,
followed by a role in Cameron Crowe's ensemble comedy Singles, both in
1992. A review in the New Yorker proclaimed her "provocative, taunting
assertiveness", and Rolling Stone said Fonda was "a comic delight". In
1997 Fonda was on the same plane flight as Quentin Tarantino when he
offered her the part of a beach babe in Jackie Brown. Fonda was also
offered the lead role in the television series Ally McBeal (later accepted
by Calista Flockhart), but turned it down to focus on her film career.
Fonda has not appeared in films since 2002. On 29 November 2003 Fonda
married film composer and former Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman. They
have a son Oliver, born in mid-January 2005. Via marriage she is aunt to
actress Jenna Elfman. |
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"I can be pretty nasty. Not
'mean' nasty, but nasty by your parents' standards. But not by my
parents' standards, because my parents were nasty for their day."
"I'm afraid of making a mistake. I'm not totally neurotic, but I'm
pretty neurotic about it. I'm as close to totally neurotic as you
can get without being totally neurotic."
"Nudity is who people are at the most interesting point of the
evening, when they take off their protective layer, when no one is
watching." |
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Snow Queen (2002) (TV) ....
Snow Queen
... aka La reine des neiges (Canada: French title)
"The Chris Isaak Show" .... Stephanie Furst (4 episodes, 2002)
- Wrong Number (2002) TV episode .... Stephanie Furst
- Chris Isaak Day (2002) TV episode .... Stephanie Furst
- The Devil Made Me Do It (2002) TV episode .... Stephanie Furst
- In the Name of Love (2002) TV episode .... Stephanie Furst
After Amy (2001) (TV) .... Linda Sanclair
... aka No Ordinary Baby (UK)
The Whole Shebang (2001) .... Val Bazinni
"Night Visions" .... Mary (1 episode, 2001)
- The Occupant (2001) TV episode .... Mary
Kiss of the Dragon (2001) .... Jessica Kamen
... aka KOD: Kiss of the Dragon (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Le baiser mortel du dragon (France)
Monkeybone (2001) .... Dr. Julie McElroy
Delivering Milo (2001) .... Elizabeth
South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000) .... Adalyne Dunfries
Lake Placid (1999) .... Kelly Scott
A Simple Plan (1998) .... Sarah
... aka Ein einfacher Plan (Germany)
... aka Un plan simple (France)
Finding Graceland (1998) .... Ashley
Break Up (1998) .... Jimmy Dade
... aka The Break Up (USA: alternative title)
Jackie Brown (1997) .... Melanie Ralston
Mr. Jealousy (1997) .... Irene
In the Gloaming (1997) (TV) .... Anne
Touch (1997) .... Lynn Marie Faulkner
Grace of My Heart (1996) .... Kelly Porter
City Hall (1996) .... Marybeth Cogan
Balto (1995) (voice) .... Jenna
Rough Magic (1995) .... Myra
... aka Miss Shumway jette un sort (France)
Camilla (1994) .... Freda Lopez
The Road to Wellville (1994) .... Eleanor Lightbody
It Could Happen to You (1994) .... Yvonne Biasi
Little Buddha (1993) .... Lisa Conrad
... aka Little Buddha (France)
... aka Piccolo Buddha (Italy)
Point of No Return (1993) .... Maggie Hayward - Claudia Anne Doran -
Nina
... aka The Assassin (Australia) (International: English title) (UK)
(USA: video title)
... aka The Assassin - (Point of No Return) (UK: DVD box title)
Bodies, Rest & Motion (1993) .... Beth
Army of Darkness (1992) .... Linda
... aka Army of Darkness: The Medieval Dead (UK: video title)
... aka Army of Darkness: The Ultimate Experience in Medieval Horror
(USA: closing credits title)
... aka Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Darkness (USA: closing credits
title)
... aka The Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness (UK: DVD box title)
Singles (1992) .... Janet Livermore
Single White Female (1992) .... Allison 'Allie' Jones
Leather Jackets (1992) .... Claudi
Doc Hollywood (1991) .... Nancy Lee Nicholson
Out of the Rain (1991) .... Jo
... aka End of Innocence
Drop Dead Fred (1991) (uncredited) .... Annabella
... aka My Special Friend (Philippines: English title)
Iron Maze (1991) .... Chris Sugita
The Godfather: Part III (1990) .... Grace Hamilton
... aka Mario Puzo's The Godfather: Part III (USA: complete title)
Frankenstein Unbound (1990) .... Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
... aka Roger Corman's Frankenstein Unbound
The Edge (1989) (TV) .... Dorite
Strapless (1989) .... Amy Hempel
"21 Jump Street" .... Molly 'Moho' Chapman (1 episode, 1989)
- Blinded by the Thousand Points of Light (1989) TV episode ....
Molly 'Moho' Chapman
Shag (1989) .... Melaina
... aka Shag: The Movie
Scandal (1989) .... Mandy Rice-Davies
Jacob Have I Loved (1989) (TV) .... Louise Bradshaw
Gandahar (1988) (voice: English version) .... Historian
... aka Light Years (USA: dubbed version)
You Can't Hurry Love (1988) .... Peggy Kellogg
... aka Greetings from L.A.
... aka Lovestruck
Aria (1987) .... Lover (segment "Liebestod")
Partners (1982/I) (unconfirmed)
Easy Rider (1969) (uncredited) .... Child in Commune |
