bridget fonda
bridget fonda except for the elusive, defining role that would make bridget fonda name a household word and bridget fonda face instantly recognizable, bridget fonda possesses all the requisite qualities of a cinematic superstar-an expressive visage that "looks different from different angles," as bridget fonda told a writer for Time, talent forged at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, and lineage as a descendant of the most notable family of American actors since the Barrymores: bridget fonda is Henry Fonda's granddaughter, Jane Fonda's niece, and Peter Fonda's daughter. bridget fonda emerged in 1989 in a trio of movies-Scandal, Strapless, and Shag-in which bridget fonda played charming sexpots. In the 1990s bridget fonda began to establish herself as one of the leading actresses of bridget fonda generation, demonstrating the range of bridget fonda talent in such diverse films as Cameron Crowe's Singles, Barbet Schroeder's thriller Single White Female, and John Badham's action movie Point of No Return. "bridget fonda acts in the great tradition of bridget fonda grandfather, which is less is more," Schroder told Jeffrey Wells, who profiled the actress for the New York Times[August 30, 1992]. "I've never known any actor, except maybe Jermey Irons, who knows so much, who's such a total pro." Badham added, as quoted in the same source, "bridget fonda has charm, vulnerability, and strength. And bridget fonda makes the extra effort."
Bridget Jane Fonda was born in Los Angeles on January 27, 1964, the older child of Peter Fonda and Susan [Brewer] Fonda. bridget fonda was named for Bridget Hayward, a woman her father had loved and who had committed suicide. At the age of five, Bridget traveledwith her father during the filming of Dennis Hopper's Easy Rider [1969], the metaphorical film, about motorcycle-riding hippie-outlaws searching for personal freedom, that made Peter Fonda, who costarred with Hopper and Jack Nicholson, an icon of the counterculture. Aside from that experience, of which bridget fonda has remembered little more than "goats, and a lot of dirt," bridget fonda rarely saw her father, whose work frequently kept him on location for long periods of time.
After bridget fonda parents' divorce, in 1972, bridget fonda and her brother, Justin, were reared by their mother in the Coldwater Canyon section of Los Angeles, where they had little contact with their father or any of the Fondas. "When I was a kid, the most important thing for me was my home," bridget fonda recalled in an interview with Jessica Seigel of the Chicago Tribune [April 25, 1993]. "People would come and go, and things would change, but that place wouldn't. I loved it. I want to have that for the rest of my life. I want to have a place."
When bridget fonda mother moved to Montana to live with bridget fonda boyfriend, bridget fonda was compelled to shuttle between bridget fonda mother's home and bridget fonda father's. In bridget fonda interview with Jeffrey Wells, bridget fonda admitted that bridget fonda bore the emotional scars of what bridget fonda called bridget fonda "abandonment thing," but bridget fonda has scrupulously refrained from criticizing bridget fonda father. "I really get along with him well," bridget fonda explained when bridget fonda spoke to Wells. Noting in an interview with Michael Segell for Cosmopolitan [August 1989] that bridget fonda had had no need to defy bridget fonda freedom-loving parents in a self-detrimental manner, bridget fonda explained, "I've just always gone in my own direction and done things in my own way for my own reasons. That's a healthy way of rebelling, because you don't destroy yourself."
While bridget fonda was still a student, at the exclusive Westlake School for Girls, in Los Angeles, bridget fonda was cast as Nurse Kelly in a production of the comedy Harvey, an experience that prompted her to seek a career as an actress despite, rather than as a natural consequence of, her background. "My life struggle is going to be trying to establish myself within my family," she told James Kaplan of Rolling Stone [April 20,1989]. "I mean, this is like we have a little tiny cottage-and two skyscrapers. And who's gonna get the sun? It's something that, just by deciding that I wanted to be an actress, I set myself up for." Some of her teachers cautioned her not to expect any special treatment, but Fonda perceived such overcompensation for her family legacy as just another form of being treated differently from her classmates.
Fonda also resented the implication that acting was in her blood. Not only had she refused to solicit acting tips and advice from her famous relatives, she had worked hard to learn her craft, studying Method acting at New York University's celebrated Lee Strasberg Theatre institute for four years. For the first two years, she suffered from stage fright and self-consciousness that were exacerbated by the extra scrutiny she was under because of her name. "When you've got all eyes on you, people saying, 'She's not so hot,' you sort of wish you were a nobody," she told a reporter for People [Spring 1990]. But in her third year she learned to subordinate her concern for others' opinions to her desire to do what she thought was best for any given assignment. "Once I was able to make myself look like a fool, I was no longer scared," she told Michael Segell.
Filmography
Snow Queen, The (2002) (TV) .... Snow Queen
After Amy (2001) (TV) .... Linda Sanclair
... aka No Ordinary Baby (2001) (TV)
Kiss of the Dragon (2001) .... Jessica
... aka Baiser mortel du dragon, Le (2001) (France)
... aka KOD: Kiss of the Dragon (2001) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
"Chris Isaak Show, The" (2001) TV Series .... Stephanie Furst
Monkeybone (2001) .... Julie McElroy
Delivering Milo (2000) .... Elizabeth
Whole Shebang, The (2000) .... Val Bazinni
AFI's 100 Years, 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000) (TV) .... Herself
South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000) .... Adalyne Dunfries
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars (1999) (TV) .... Herself
Lake Placid (1999) .... Kelly Scott
Finding Graceland (1998) .... Ashley
Simple Plan, A (1998) .... Sarah Mitchell
... aka Einfacher Plan, Ein (1999) (Germany)
... aka Un plan simple (1999) (France)
Break Up (1998) .... Jimmy Dade
Jackie Brown (1997) .... Melanie Ralston
Mr. Jealousy (1997) .... Irene
In the Gloaming (1997) (TV) .... Anne
Touch (1997/I) .... Lynn Marie Faulkner
Grace of My Heart (1996) .... Kelly Porter
City Hall (1996) .... Marybeth Cogan
Balto (1995) (voice) .... Jenna
Rough Magic (1995) .... Myra
... aka Miss Shumway jette un sort (1995) (France)
Camilla (1994) .... Freda Lopez
Road to Wellville, The (1994) .... Eleanor Lightbody
It Could Happen to You (1994) .... Yvonne Biasi
Army of Darkness (1993) .... Linda
... aka Army of Darkness, the Ultimate Experience in Medieval Horror (1993) (closing credits title)
... aka Army of Darkness: Evil Dead 3 (1993)
... aka Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Darkness (1993) (UK: video title)
... aka Captain Supermarket (1993)
... aka Evil Dead 3 (1993)
... aka Medieval Dead, The (1993)
Little Buddha (1993) .... Lisa Conrad
... aka Little Buddha (1993) (France)
Bodies, Rest & Motion (1993) .... Beth
Point of No Return (1993) .... Maggie Hayward/Claudia Anne Joran/Nina
... aka Assassin, The (1993/I) (Australia) (Belgium: English title) (UK) (USA: video title)
Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980, The (1992) (V) .... Grace Hamilton
... aka Godfather Saga, The (1992) (V) (USA)
... aka Godfather Trilogy, The (1992) (V)
Singles (1992) .... Janet Livermore
Single White Female (1992) .... Allison 'Allie' Jones
Leather Jackets (1992) .... Claudi
Out of the Rain (1991) .... Jo
... aka End of Innocence (1991)
Iron Maze (1991) .... Chris Sugita
Doc Hollywood (1991) .... Nancy Lee Nicholson
Drop Dead Fred (1991) (uncredited) .... Annabelle
Godfather: Part III, The (1990) .... Grace Hamilton
... aka Mario Puzo's The Godfather: Part III (1990) (USA: complete title)
Frankenstein Unbound (1990) .... Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
... aka Roger Corman's Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
Jacob Have I Loved (1989) (TV) .... Louise Bradshaw
Strapless (1989) .... Amy Hempel
Scandal (1989) .... Mandy Rice-Davies
Shag (1989) .... Melaina Buller
... aka Shag: The Movie (1989)
You Can't Hurry Love (1988) .... Peggy
... aka Greetings from L.A. (1988)
... aka Lovestruck (1988)
Aria (1987) .... Lover (segment "Liebestod")
Gandahar (1986) (voice) .... Historian
... aka Light Years (1986) (USA)
Partners (1982) .... Bit Part
... aka Zwei irre Typen auf heißer Spur (1982)
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