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Bridget Fonda

American actress (born )

Bridget Jane Fonda (born January 27, ) is an American former actress.

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She is known for her roles in films such as The Godfather Part III (), Single White Female (), Singles (), Point of No Return (), It Could Happen to You (), City Hall (), Jackie Brown (), A Simple Plan (), Lake Placid (), and Kiss of the Dragon ().

She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Mandy Rice-Davies in Scandal (), and received Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for the television films In the Gloaming () and No Ordinary Baby (), respectively. Fonda retired from acting in [1]

Fonda is the daughter of Peter Fonda, niece of Jane Fonda, and granddaughter of Henry Fonda.

She is married to composer Danny Elfman, with whom she has a son.

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    • Early life

    Fonda was born on January 27, ,[2] in Los Angeles, California, to a family of actors, including her grandfather Henry Fonda, father Peter Fonda, and her aunt Jane Fonda. Her mother, Susan Jane Brewer, is an artist. Fonda is named after actress Margaret Sullavan's daughter Bridget Hayward.[3] Her maternal grandmother, Mary Sweet, married businessman Noah Dietrich.[4]

    Fonda's parents divorced in , and the next year, her father Peter married Portia Rebecca Crockett (former wife of author Thomas McGuane).

    Crockett raised Fonda, her brother Justin, and older stepbrother Thomas McGuane Jr. in the Coldwater Canyon section of Los Angeles, as well as in Paradise Valley, south of Livingston, Montana.[5]

    Career

    Fonda became involved with the theater when she was cast in a school production of Harvey. She studied method acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute as part of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts acting program[6] and graduated from NYU in [7]

    She made her movie debut at age five (filmed at age four) in Easy Rider () as a child in the hippiecommune that Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper visit on their trek across the United States.[8] Her second (non-speaking) part was in the comedy Partners.

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    Her breakthrough role was as a journalist in The Godfather Part III, released in late After gaining additional work experience in a few theater productions, she was cast as the lead in Barbet Schroeder's Single White Female, followed by a role in Cameron Crowe's ensemble comedy Singles (both ).

    Fonda starred in 's Point of No Return, an American remake of the French film Nikita. A review in The New Yorker cited her "provocative, taunting assertiveness". In , she was on the same flight as Quentin Tarantino when he offered her the part of Melanie in Jackie Brown.

    Easy Rider Bridget Jane Fonda was born in Los Angeles, California, to Susan Brewer and actor Peter Fonda. She is the granddaughter of Henry Fonda and niece of Jane Fonda, both famous actors. Bridget made her film debut at age five as an extra in Easy Rider (), but first became interested in acting after appearing in a high school production of "Harvey.".

    She starred in Lake Placid (), and was also reportedly offered the lead, eponymous role in the television series Ally McBeal, but turned it down to concentrate on her film career.[9]

    In , Fonda starred with Jet Li in the action thriller film Kiss of the Dragon. Her final film role was in the movie The Whole Shebang.

    Her final role overall was the title role in the TV movie Snow Queen in , and she has not appeared on screen since.[10]

    Personal life

    Fonda met Eric Stoltz in and they began dating in In , the couple ended their relationship.[11]

    In February , she suffered a serious injury from a car crash that fractured a vertebra.[12] The following month, she became engaged to film composer and former Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman, and they married in November.[13] In , they had a son together.[14][15]

    After her engagement to Elfman, Fonda withdrew from acting and concentrated on her family life.[15]

    Filmography

    Film

    Television

    Award nominations

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