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Bridget Fonda
Bridget Fonda at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival
Born	Bridget Jane Fonda (1964-01-27) January 27, 1964 (age 60) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	New York University
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer
Years active	1969–2002
Spouse	Danny Elfman ​(m. 2003)​
Children	1
Parent(s)	Peter Fonda Susan Brewer
Relatives	Henry Fonda (paternal grandfather) Frances Ford Seymour (paternal grandmother) Jane Fonda (paternal aunt) Troy Garity (paternal first cousin)

Bridget Jane Fonda (born January 27, 1964) is an American former actress. She is known for her roles in The Godfather Part III (1990), Single White Female (1992), Singles (1992), Point of No Return (1993), It Could Happen to You (1994), and Jackie Brown (1997). She is the daughter of Peter Fonda, niece of Jane Fonda and granddaughter of Henry Fonda.

Fonda was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing Mandy Rice-Davies in the 1989 film Scandal and provided the voice for Jenna in the 1995 animated feature film Balto. She received an Emmy Award nomination for the 1997 TV film In the Gloaming, and a second Golden Globe Award nomination for the 2001 TV film No Ordinary Baby.

Early life

Fonda was born 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. She is named after actress Margaret Sullavan's daughter Bridget Hayward. Her maternal grandmother, Mary Sweet, married businessman Noah Dietrich.

Bridget's parents divorced and Peter married Portia Rebecca Crockett (former wife of author Thomas McGuane). Peter and Portia raised Bridget, 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. Fonda attended Westlake School for Girls in Los Angeles.

Career

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 and graduated from NYU in 1986.

Earlier, she had made her film debut at the age of five in the 1969 movie Easy Rider as a child in the hippie commune that Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper visit on their trek across the United States. Her second (non-speaking) part was in the 1982 comedy Partners. In 1988, she got her first substantial film role in Scandal. That same year she appeared in You Can't Hurry Love and Shag.

Her breakthrough role was as a journalist in The Godfather Part III. After gaining additional work experience in a few theater productions she was cast in the lead in Barbet Schroeder's Single White Female, followed by a role in Cameron Crowe's ensemble comedy Singles (both 1992).

She 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, which she undertook. She was also reportedly offered the lead, eponymous role in the television series Ally McBeal but turned it down to concentrate on her film career.

She starred with Jet Li in the action thriller film Kiss of the Dragon in 2001, played the title role in the TV movie Snow Queen in 2002 and has not appeared in films since then.

Personal life

In 1986, Bridget met Eric Stoltz and, in 1990, they began dating. The relationship ended after eight years.

On February 27, 2003, she suffered a serious car crash in Los Angeles that caused a fracture in her vertebra. In March of the same year, she became engaged to soundtrack composer and former Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman, and they married in November. They have a son named Oliver.

Filmography

Award nominations

• 1990: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for Scandal
• 1997: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for In the Gloaming
• 2002: Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television for No Ordinary Baby (also known as After Amy)

References

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8. Phillips, Patrick. "The real reason you don't hear from Bridget Fonda anymore". Looper.com.
9. unknown (July 13, 1998). "Fonda Memory: Actors Bridget Fonda and Eric Stoltz End Their Eight Year of Unwedded Bliss". People Magazine. Retrieved April 8, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
10. Steven W. Silverman (December 4, 2003). "PASSAGES: Bridget Fonda's Boingo Wedding". People Magazine. Retrieved April 8, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
11. "CHRISTMAS PARTY CHEZ FONDA/ELFMAN (Bridget and Danny) - Jane Fonda". Retrieved April 10, 2016.
12. "Sunday Classics: "Easy Rider"". atthecinema.net. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
13. "Bridget Fonda Emmy Nominated". Emmys.com. Retrieved May 29, 2012.

Further reading

• Collier, Peter (1991). The Fondas: A Hollywood Dynasty. Putnam. ISBN 0-399-13592-8.

External links

• Bridget Fonda at IMDb
• Bridget Fonda at TVGuide.com
• Bridget Fonda at Emmys.com

• 1964 births
• Living people
• American film actresses
• Actresses from Los Angeles
• Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute alumni
• Tisch School of the Arts alumni
• Fonda family
• 20th-century American actresses
• 21st-century American actresses
• Elfman family
• American voice actresses
• Harvard-Westlake School alumni