Bridget Fonda

Bridget Jane Fonda (born January 27, 1964) is a retired American actress. She is known for her roles in The Godfather Part III (1990), Single White Female (1992), Singles (1992 film) (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 Actressfor 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 Awardnomination 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.[1] She is named after actress Margaret Sullavan's daughter Bridget Hayward. Her maternal grandmother, Mary Sweet, married businessman Noah Dietrich.[2]
Bridget's parents divorced and Peter remarried 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 Canyonsection of Los Angeles, as well as in Paradise Valley, south of Livingston, Montana.[3] 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[4] and graduated from NYU in 1986.[5]
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.[6] 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.[7]
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.[8]
== Personal life ==
In 1986, Bridget met Eric Stoltz and, in 1990, they began dating. The relationship ended after eight years.[9]
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.[10] They have a son named Oliver.[11]
== Filmography ==
Film
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1969	Easy Rider 	Child in Commune 	Uncredited[12]
1987	Aria 	Lover 	Segment: "Liebestod"
1988	You Can't Hurry Love 	Peggy Kellogg 	
1988	Gandahar 	Head / Historian 	Voice (English version)
1989	Scandal 	Mandy Rice-Davies 	
1989	Shag 	Melaina 	
1989	Strapless 	Amy Hempel 	
1990	Frankenstein Unbound 	Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin 	
1990	The Godfather Part III 	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 (uncredited cameo) 	
1993	Bodies, Rest & Motion 	Beth 	
1993	Point of No Return 	Maggie Hayward / Claudia Anne Doran / Nina	
1993	Little Buddha 	Lisa Conrad 	
1994	It Could Happen to You 	Yvonne Biasi 	
1994	The Road to Wellville 	Eleanor Lightbody 	
1994	Camilla 	Freda Lopez 	
1995	Rough Magic 	Myra Shumway 	
1995	Balto 	Jenna 	Voice
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	A Simple Plan 	Sarah 	
1998	Angie Ariel Eric & Vanessa The Movie (1998) 	Ariel (Speaking and Singing) 	Voice
1998	Chance Delilah Sassy & Shadow's Homeward Bound The Incredible Journey (1998)	Molly's Mother 	
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 	
Television
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1989	Jacob Have I Loved 	Louise Bradshaw 	Television film (WonderWorks)
1989	21 Jump Street 	Molly 'Moho' Chapman	Episode: "Blinded by the Thousand Points of Light"
1989	The Edge 	Dorite 	Pilot for HBO
1997	In the Gloaming 	Anne 	Television film (HBO)
2001	Night Visions 	Mary 	Episode: "The Occupant"
2001	No Ordinary Baby 	Linda Sanclair 	Television film (Lifetime)
2002	The Chris Isaak Show	Stephanie Furst 	4 episodes
2002	Snow Queen 	Snow Queen 	Television film (Hallmark)
== Roles on Idea Wiki ==
* Balto IV: Northern Howl - Jenna
* Kingdom Hearts vs. Sword Art Online - Jenna
== 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[13] 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)
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