Jane Fonda is an American actress and activist. She has been the recipient of numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and eight Golden Globe Awards, along with nominations for two Tony Awards and a Grammy Award.
Fonda began her career by performing in film and Broadway theatres in early 1960s. For her debut theatre role in There Was a Little Girl (1960) she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play and won the Theatre World Award. For her debut film role in Tall Story (1960) she received the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year â Actress. In the following years, she received two nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress and three nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture â Musical or Comedy. She gained critical acclaim for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), for which she received her first nomination for Academy Award for Best Actress, along with nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture â Drama. She received her first Academy Award and second Golden Globe Award for Klute (1971). She won her second Academy Award for Coming Home (1978) and received additional nominations for Julia (1977), The China Syndrome (1979), On Golden Pond (1981) and The Morning After (1986) She also won BAFTA Awards for Julia and The China Syndrome, as well as Golden Globe Awards for Julia and Coming Home. In television, she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Special for the television film The Dollmaker (1984).
In 1991, she retired from the film industry. After returning in 2005, she appeared in multiple films and television series. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for 33 Variations (2009). In 2012âÂÂ2014 she had a recurring role in the HBO television series The Newsroom, for which she received two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. In 2015âÂÂ2022, she starred in the Netflix television series Grace and Frankie, for which she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and three nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series.
She has received multiple numerous honorary accolades including Career Achievement Award from National Board of Review (2005), Honorary Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival (2007), AFI Life Achievement Award (2014), Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival (2017), Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (2021) and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award (2025).