Jane Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an American actress, writer,
political activist, former
fashion model and
fitness guru. She rose to fame in the 1960s with films such as
Barbarella and
Cat Ballou and, excluding a 15 year hiatus, has appeared in films ever since. She has won two
Academy Awards and received several other awards and nominations. She announced her retirement from acting in 1991, but returned to film in 2005 with
Monster in Law, and later
Georgia Rule, released in 2007. She also produced and starred in several exercise videos released between 1982 and 1995.
Fonda has been an activist for many political causes, one of the most notable and controversial of which was her opposition to the
Vietnam War. She has also protested the
Iraq War and violence against women. She describes herself as a
liberal and a
feminist. Since 2001, Fonda has been a
Christian. She published an autobiography in 2005 and currently resides in
Atlanta, Georgia.
