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| | In 1972, Fonda visited Hanoi, and was controversially photographed seated on an anti-aircraft battery, which angered many American supporters of the war. In a 1988 interview, she said, "I will go to my grave regretting the photograph of me in an anti-aircraft gun, which looks like I was trying to shoot at American planes. It hurt so many soldiers. It galvanized such hostility. It was the most horrible thing I could possibly have done. It was just thoughtless." In her 2005 autobiography she claimed she had been manipulated into posing in the photographs. | | In 1972, Fonda visited Hanoi, and was controversially photographed seated on an anti-aircraft battery, which angered many American supporters of the war. In a 1988 interview, she said, "I will go to my grave regretting the photograph of me in an anti-aircraft gun, which looks like I was trying to shoot at American planes. It hurt so many soldiers. It galvanized such hostility. It was the most horrible thing I could possibly have done. It was just thoughtless." In her 2005 autobiography she claimed she had been manipulated into posing in the photographs. |
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| − | Fonda married political activist [[Tom Hayden]] in 1973 following her divorce from Roger Vadim. She and Hayden had a son, Troy (born 1973), and they also unofficially adopted the teenage daughter of members of the Black Panthers. Fonda and Hayden divorced in 1989, and married CNN founder [[Ted Turner]] in 1991. They divorced in 2001, the same year that Fonda declared her conversion to Christianity.<ref> In a New Yorker magazine article Turner blamed his wife's espousal of religion for the breakdown of their marriage. "She just came home and said: 'I've become a Christian.' That's a pretty big change for your wife of many years to tell you. That's a shock." [http://www.jesusjournal.com/content/view/80/85/ How Jane Fonda Met Jesus] </ref> | + | Fonda married political activist [[Tom Hayden]] in 1973 following her divorce from Roger Vadim. She and Hayden had a son, Troy (born 1973), and they also unofficially adopted the teenage daughter of members of the Black Panthers. Fonda divorced Hayden in 1989, and married [[CNN]] founder [[Ted Turner]] in 1991. They divorced in 2001, the same year that Fonda declared her conversion to Christianity.<ref> In a New Yorker magazine article Turner blamed his wife's espousal of religion for the breakdown of their marriage. "She just came home and said: 'I've become a Christian.' That's a pretty big change for your wife of many years to tell you. That's a shock." [http://www.jesusjournal.com/content/view/80/85/ How Jane Fonda Met Jesus] </ref> |
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| | Fonda was nominated for seven [[Academy Awards]], and won two as Best Actress, for 1971's ''Klute'' (1971) and ''Coming Home'' (1978). | | Fonda was nominated for seven [[Academy Awards]], and won two as Best Actress, for 1971's ''Klute'' (1971) and ''Coming Home'' (1978). |
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| | She announced her retirement from screen acting in the early 1990s, but returned to the screen in the movie ''Monster-in-Law'' (2005). In 2009 she played Katherine Brandt in Moises Kaufman's ''33 Variations'' on Broadway, in which role she received a Tony nomination. | | She announced her retirement from screen acting in the early 1990s, but returned to the screen in the movie ''Monster-in-Law'' (2005). In 2009 she played Katherine Brandt in Moises Kaufman's ''33 Variations'' on Broadway, in which role she received a Tony nomination. |
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| | + | In April 1999, Jane Fonda was honored by [[ABC News]] and [[Ladies Home Journal]] as one of the "100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century". |
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| | Apart from acting, Fonda is also known for a series of workout tapes she produced which gained prominence in the early 1980s. | | Apart from acting, Fonda is also known for a series of workout tapes she produced which gained prominence in the early 1980s. |