| Bridget Fonda | |
| Birth Name: | Bridget Jane Fonda |
| Birth Date: | 1964 1, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 1969, 1987–2002 |
| Children: | 1 |
| Father: | Peter Fonda |
| Relatives: | Henry Fonda (grandfather) Frances Ford Seymour (grandmother) Jane Fonda (aunt) Troy Garity (first cousin) |
| Alma Mater: | New York University |
Bridget Jane Fonda (born January 27, 1964) is an American former actress. She is known for her roles in films such as The Godfather Part III (1990), Single White Female (1992), Singles (1992), Point of No Return (1993), It Could Happen to You (1994), City Hall (1996), Jackie Brown (1997), A Simple Plan (1998), Lake Placid (1999), and Kiss of the Dragon (2001). She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Mandy Rice-Davies in Scandal (1989), and received Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for the television films In the Gloaming (1997) and No Ordinary Baby (2001), respectively. Fonda retired from acting in 2002.[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.
Fonda was born on January 27, 1964,[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 1974, 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]
Fonda became involved with the theatre 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 1986.[7]
She made her movie debut at age five (filmed at age four) in Easy Rider (1969) as a child in the hippie commune that Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper visit on their trek across the United States.[8] Her second (non-speaking) part was in the 1982 comedy Partners. In 1988, she got her first substantial film role in Scandal, and appeared in You Can't Hurry Love and Shag.
Her breakthrough role was as a journalist in The Godfather Part III, released in late 1990. 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 1992).
Fonda starred in 1993's Point of No Return, an American remake of the 1990 French film Nikita. A review in The New Yorker cited her "provocative, taunting assertiveness". In 1997, she was on the same flight as Quentin Tarantino when he offered her the part of Melanie in Jackie Brown. She starred in Lake Placid (1999), 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 2001, Fonda starred with Jet Li in the action thriller film Kiss of the Dragon. Her final film role was in the 2001 movie The Whole Shebang. Her final role overall was the title role in the TV movie Snow Queen in 2002, and she has not appeared on screen since.[10]
Fonda met Eric Stoltz in 1986 and they began dating in 1990. In 1998, the couple ended their relationship.[11]
In February 2003, 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 2005, they had a son together.[14] [15]
After her engagement to Elfman, Fonda withdrew from acting and has concentrated on family life.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Easy Rider | Child In Commune | Uncredited[16] | |
| 1987 | Aria | Lover | Segment: "Liebestod" | |
| 1988 | You Can't Hurry Love | Peggy Kellogg | ||
| 1988 | Gandahar | Head / Historian | Voice dub English version | |
| 1989 | Scandal | Mandy Rice-Davies | ||
| 1989 | Shag | Melaina | ||
| 1989 | Strapless | Amy Hempel | ||
| 1990 | Frankenstein Unbound | Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin | ||
| 1990 | Grace Hamilton | |||
| 1991 | Iron Maze | Chris Sugita | ||
| 1991 | Drop Dead Fred | Annabella | Uncredited | |
| 1991 | Out of the Rain | Jo | ||
| 1991 | Doc Hollywood | Nancy Lee Nicholson | ||
| 1992 | Leather Jackets | Claudi | ||
| 1992 | Single White Female | Allison Jones | ||
| 1992 | Singles | Janet Livermore | ||
| 1992 | Army of Darkness | Linda | ||
| 1993 | Bodies, Rest & Motion | Beth | ||
| 1993 | Point of No Return | Maggie Hayward / Claudia Anne Doran / Nina | Also known as The Assassin | |
| 1993 | Little Buddha | Lisa Conrad | ||
| 1994 | It Could Happen to You | Yvonne Biasi | ||
| 1994 | Eleanor Lightbody | |||
| 1994 | Camilla | Freda Lopez | ||
| 1995 | Rough Magic | Myra Shumway | ||
| 1995 | Balto | Jenna | Voice role | |
| 1996 | City Hall | Marybeth Cogan | ||
| 1996 | Grace of My Heart | Kelly Porter | ||
| 1997 | Touch | Lynn Marie Faulkner | ||
| 1997 | Mr. Jealousy | Irene | ||
| 1997 | Jackie Brown | Melanie Ralston | ||
| 1998 | Break Up | Jimmy Dade | ||
| 1998 | Finding Graceland | Ashley | ||
| 1998 | Sarah Mitchell | |||
| 1999 | Lake Placid | Kelly Scott | ||
| 2000 | South of Heaven, West of Hell | Adalyne Dunfries | ||
| 2001 | Delivering Milo | Elizabeth | ||
| 2001 | Monkeybone | Dr. Julie McElroy | ||
| 2001 | Kiss of the Dragon | Jessica Kamen | ||
| 2001 | The Whole Shebang | Val Bazinni |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Jacob Have I Loved | Louise Bradshaw | Television film | |
| 1989 | 21 Jump Street | Molly 'Moho' Chapman | Episode: "Blinded by the Thousand Points of Light" | |
| 1997 | In the Gloaming | Anne | Television film | |
| 1998 | Bravo Profiles: The Entertainment Business | Herself | Episode: "Late Night Talk" | |
| 1998 | The Larry Sanders Show | Bridget Fonda | Episode: "Pilots and Pens Lost" | |
| 2001 | Night Visions | Mary | Episode: "The Occupant" | |
| 2001 | No Ordinary Baby | Linda Sanclair | Television film | |
| 2002 | Stephanie Furst | 4 episodes | ||
| 2002 | Snow Queen | Snow Queen | Television film |