Jane Fondais 82 years old, but her zeal for activism hasn’t changed a bit; just check out therecent photos of her being arrested while protesting climate change in Washington, D.C. As a successful and celebrated actress, Fonda has used her fame to do good both on and off-screen — bringing her talents to the worlds of entertainment and advocacy.
In this episode,#SeeHer Storyrecognizes Fonda’s many accomplishments and her lifelong dedication to being an empowered woman.
The goal of#SeeHer Story, adigital video series fromKatie CouricMedia and PEOPLE, is to recognize female trailblazers throughout the past 100 years and celebrate how they’ve helped to shape history and culture.
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Born in New York, Fonda grew up in a privileged family as the daughter of actor Henry Fonda and socialite Frances Ford Seymour.
“We looked like the American dream,” she explained in the clip. “But a lot of it was simply a myth.”
Her acting career began after her brief stint at Vassar, winning a Tony nomination at 22 forThere Was a Little Girl.
Several movies later, Fonda won her first Academy Award forKlutein 1971.
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In addition to acting, Fonda began working as an activist, speaking out about the civil rights movement and Vietnam. One of her protests, which saw her posing on a Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun, was met with extreme backlash and earned her the derogatory nickname “Hanoi Jane.”
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She apologized, explaining that her “intentions were never to hurt them or make their situation worse. It was the contrary — I was trying to end the killing and the war,” she said in the clip.
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In 1978, she earned her second Academy Award forComing Home, in which she played the lover of a wounded Vietnam warrior.
After marrying Atlanta-based billionaire Ted Turner in 1991 (the two have since split), Fonda founded the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential which provides sex education to teens.
“This is a collective crisis and it requires collective action, so I decided to use my celebrity to try to raise the sense of urgency, and I moved to Washington and I’m going to get arrested every Friday,” Fonda said in the clip.
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The actress — who now stars in the Netflix comedyGrace and Frankiewith Lily Tomlin — is sticking to her word. By the end of 2019, she had beenarrested five times.
source: people.com
