Real Name : Bridget Jane Fonda
Birth : 27 January 1964, Los Angeles, California, USA
Height : 5' 6"
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The daughter of 'Peter Fonda (I)' (qv) and niece of 'Jane Fonda' (qv), Bridget Fonda first became interested in acting after appearing in a high-school production of "Harvey." At 18, she enrolled at New York University and spent four years there and at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. She went on to hone her craft in workshop productions and worked on such stage projects as "Just Horrible," written by 'Nicholas Kazan' (qv), who later cast Bridget in his directorial debut, "Professional Man," an episode for _The Edge (1989) (TV)_ (qv) series on HBO. She also starred in PBS's _Jacob Have I Loved (1989) (TV)_ (qv) and in a segment of _Aria (1987)_ (qv), a film composed of short works by 10 respected directors. Bridget Fonda's film credits include _The Godfather: Part III (1990)_ (qv), _Shag (1989)_ (qv), _Strapless (1989)_ (qv), _Doc Hollywood (1991)_ (qv), _Singles (1992)_ (qv), and _Single White Female (1992)_ (qv).
Biography written by: Anonymous
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- 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (2004) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself - #93 Celebrity Rejections: Ally McBeal]
- A Simple Plan (1998) [Sarah] <2>
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Robert De Niro (2003) (TV) [Herself]
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000) (TV) [Herself] <9>
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Legends (1999) (TV) [Herself]
- After Amy (2001) (TV) [Linda Sanclair] <1>
- Aria (1987) [Lover (segment "Liebestod")] <42>
- Army of Darkness (1992) [Linda] <8>
- Balto (1995) (voice) [Jenna] <3>
- Biography Special: The Fondas (2004) (TV) [Herself]
- Bodies, Rest & Motion (1993) [Beth] <2>
- Break Up (1998) [Jimmy Dade] <1>
- Camilla (1994) [Freda Lopez] <2>
- City Hall (1996) [Marybeth Cogan] <3>
- Delivering Milo (2001) [Elizabeth] <3>
- Doc Hollywood (1991) [Nancy Lee Nicholson] <8>
- Drop Dead Fred (1991) (uncredited) [Annabella]
- Easy Rider (1969) (uncredited) [Child in Commune]
- Finding Graceland (1998) [Ashley] <3>
- Frankenstein Unbound (1990) [Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin] <4>
- Gandahar (1988) (voice: English version) [Historian]
- Grace of My Heart (1996) [Kelly Porter] <31>
- In the Gloaming (1997) (TV) [Anne] <2>
- Iron Maze (1991) [Chris Sugita] <2>
- It Could Happen to You (1994) [Yvonne Biasi] <2>
- Jackie Brown (1997) [Melanie Ralston] <4>
- Jackie Brown: How It Went Down (2002) (V) [Herself] <9>
- Jacob Have I Loved (1989) (TV) [Louise Bradshaw] <1>
- Kiss of the Dragon (2001) [Jessica Kamen] <2>
- Lake Placid (1999) [Kelly Scott] <2>
- Leather Jackets (1992) [Claudi] <2>
- Little Buddha (1993) [Lisa Conrad] <4>
- Monkeybone (2001) [Dr. Julie McElroy] <2>
- Mr. Jealousy (1997) [Irene] <30>
- Out of the Rain (1991) [Jo] <7>
- Partners (1982/I) (unconfirmed)
- Point of No Return (1993) [Maggie Hayward - Claudia Anne Doran - Nina] <1>
- Premio Donostia a Matt Dillon (2006) (TV) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Janet Livermore]
- Rough Magic (1995) [Myra Shumway] <1>
- Scandal (1989) [Mandy Rice-Davies] <3>
- Shag (1989) [Melaina] <3>
- Single White Female (1992) [Allison 'Allie' Jones] <1>
- Singles (1992) [Janet Livermore] <1>
- Snow Queen (2002) (TV) [Snow Queen] <1>
- South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000) [Adalyne Dunfries] <4>
- Strapless (1989) [Amy Hempel] <3>
- The American Film Institute Salute to Henry Fonda (1978) (TV) [Herself]
- The Edge (1989) (TV) [Dorite]
- The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (V) (archive footage) [Grace Hamilton] <27>
- The Godfather: Part III (1990) [Grace Hamilton] <8>
- The Road to Wellville (1994) [Eleanor Lightbody] <2>
- The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special (2003) (TV) [Herself] <8>
- The Whole Shebang (2001) [Val Bazinni] <2>
- Touch (1997) [Lynn Marie Faulkner] <10>
- You Can't Hurry Love (1988) [Peggy Kellogg] <4>
- "21 Jump Street" (1987) {Blinded by the Thousand Points of Light (#3.17)} [Molly 'Moho' Chapman] <7>
- "Battleground Earth: Ludacris vs. Tommy Lee" (2008) {You've Got Junk Mail (#1.5)} [Herself]
- "Biography" (1987) {Larry Hagman: One More Shot} [Herself]
- "Howard Stern" (1994) {(2001-05-08)} [Herself]
- "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) {(2001-06-25)} [Herself]
- "Night Visions" (2001) {The Occupant (#1.12)} [Mary]
- "The Chris Isaak Show" (2001) {Chris Isaak Day (#2.3)} [Stephanie Furst]
- "The Chris Isaak Show" (2001) {In the Name of Love (#2.1)} [Stephanie Furst]
- "The Chris Isaak Show" (2001) {The Devil Made Me Do It (#2.2)} [Stephanie Furst]
- "The Chris Isaak Show" (2001) {Wrong Number (#2.4)} [Stephanie Furst]
- "The Daily Show" (1996) {(2001-06-28)} [Herself]
- "The Larry Sanders Show" (1992) {Pilots and Pens Lost (#6.4)} [Herself] <9>
- "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn" (1999) {(2001-07-13)} [Herself]
- "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1996) {(1997-02-13)} [Herself]
- "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1996) {(1997-12-09)} [Herself]
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- 'Danny Elfman' (qv) (29 November 2003 - present); 1 child
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- "Parade" (USA), 27 June 1999, pg. 4-5, by: Dotson Rader, "If You Don't Take Risks, You Don't Gain Anything"
- "Evening Standard Hot Tickets" (UK), 6 May 1999, pg. 2+3, by: David Eimer, "The heart grows Fonda"
- "Cinema" (Greece), March 1999, Iss. 99, pg. 56,57, by: Ersi Danou, "The kind spirit"
- "Maxim" (USA), January 1999, Iss. 15, pg. 104-107, by: Chris Geitz, "Bridget Fonda"
- "Details" (USA), February 1997, by: Rob Tannenbaum, "Confessions of a Dirty Blonde"
- "Mirabella" (USA), March 1993
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- "Total Film" (UK), November 2001, Iss. 58, pg. 38, by: Matt Mueller
- "Vox" (Hungary), October 2001, Iss. 54, pg. 113, by: stalex, "Színészlexikon"
- "Self" (USA), August 1999, pg. 61+64+168+170, by: Carolyn Ramsay, "Bridget Fonda: on her family, fame and the pressure to succeed"
- "Self" (USA), August 1999, pg. 16+61+64+168+170, by: Carolyn Ramsay, "Bridget Fonda on her family, fame and the pressure to succeed"
- "Correio da Manhã, TV" (Portugal), 20 November 1998, pg. 32, "Talento hereditário"
- "Ciné Live" (France), October 1998, Iss. 17, pg. 103-104, by: Olivier Rajchman, "La soupe au piston"
- "TV Guia" (Portugal), 1997, Iss. 951, pg. 84
- "In Style" (USA), March 1996, Vol. 3, Iss. 3, pg. 94-99, by: James B. Meigs, "Day of the Dolphin"
- "Studio" (France), June 1993
- "GQ" (USA), March 1992, Vol. 62, Iss. 3, pg. 192-197+256+258, by: Stephanie Mansfield, "Golden Child"
- "Cosmopolitan" (USA), May 1991
- "Playboy" (USA), May 1989, Vol. 36, Iss. 5, pg. 86-94, by: Michael Thomas, "Scandal"
- "Cosmopolitan" (USA), April 1989
- "The Face" (UK), July 1988, Iss. 99, pg. 32-36, by: Jessica Berens, "Queen of Tarts"
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- "Télépro" (Belgium), 29 July 2004, Iss. 2630, pg. 18-19, by: Cathy Dohet, "Au secours, mes parents sont célèbres!"
- "Celebrity Skin" (USA), March 2002, Vol. 24, Iss. 103, pg. 54, by: staff, "Hits & Mrs. - Dwight Yoakam"
- "Celebrity Skin" (USA), November 2001, Vol. 23, Iss. 100, pg. 42, "100 Sexiest Celebrities Of All Time Nude! #54 : Single Nude Female"
- "Movieline" (USA), July 2001, Vol. 12, Iss. 10, pg. 80-85, by: Albert Sanchez, "East Melts West"
- "Celebrity Skin" (USA), November 2000, Vol. 22, Iss. 90, pg. 55, by: staff, "Letters From Abroad: Music To Our Ears"
- "Maxim" (USA), January 1999, Iss. 15, pg. 104+106-107, by: photos by Albert Sanchez, "Bridget Fonda"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1999, Vol. 12, Iss. 3, pg. 6-9, by: staff, "25 Sexiest Women of 1999 - #24"
- "Playboy" (USA), November 1994, Vol. 41, Iss. 11, pg. 140, by: Bruce Williamson, "Sex In Cinema 1994"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1994, Vol. 7, Iss. 5, pg. 22-24, by: staff, "My Art Belongs To Daddy: Bridget Fonda"
- "Playboy" (USA), November 1993, Vol. 40, Iss. 11, pg. 135, by: Bruce Williamson, "Sex In Cinema 1993"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1991, Vol. 4, Iss. 7, pg. 38-39, by: staff, "Daddy's Girls: Bridget Fonda"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1989, Vol. 3, Iss. 1, pg. 90-91, by: staff, "Scandal's Bridget Fonda"
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- "Self" (USA), August 1999
- "Parade" (USA), 27 June 1999
- "Evening Standard Hot Tickets" (UK), 6 May 1999
- "Maxim" (USA), January 1999, Vol. 3, Iss. 1
- "MovieMaker" (USA), January 1998, Iss. 27
- "Mirabella" (USA), November 1997
- "Entertainment Weekly" (USA), 22 August 1997
- "Details" (USA), February 1997
- "Veronica" (Netherlands), 29 July 1995, Iss. 30
- "Screen" (Japan), February 1995, Iss. February
- "Movieline" (USA), November 1993
- "Veronica" (Netherlands), 5 June 1993, Iss. 23
- "American Cinematographer" (USA), March 1993, Vol. 74, Iss. 3
- "Mirabella" (USA), March 1993
- "Marquee" (Canada), February 1993, Vol. 18, Iss. 1
- "GQ" (USA), March 1992, Vol. 62, Iss. 3
- "The Face" (UK), July 1988, Iss. 99
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- (Japanese). _Bridget Fonda (104 pages filmography)._ Tokyo: (Japanese), 1995. ISBN 4-8261-0566-5
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- Print advertising and billboards for H&M in December 2001.
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- (December 2001) Christmas lingerie model for H&M
- (October 2004) Visiting family in San Marino.
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- "I can be pretty nasty. Not 'mean' nasty, but nasty by your parents' standards. But not by my parents' standards, because my parents were nasty for their day."
- "I'm afraid of making a mistake. I'm not totally neurotic, but I'm pretty neurotic about it. I'm as close to totally neurotic as you can get without being totally neurotic."
- "Nudity is who people are at the most interesting point of the evening, when they take off their protective layer, when no one is watching."
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- 'Cameron Crowe (I)' (qv) had her in mind when he wrote the movie _Singles (1992)_ (qv).
- (1999-2001) Dated singer/actor 'Dwight Yoakam' (qv)
- (1986-1989) Lived with 'Lee Drysdale' (qv).
- Was offered the the title role on _"Ally McBeal" (1997)_ (qv) but turned it down to focus on movies. In fact, she didn't even read the script out of fear that she would like it too much.
- (1990-1998) Lived with 'Eric Stoltz' (qv).
- Cousin of 'Troy Garity' (qv).
- Granddaughter of 'Henry Fonda' (qv), niece of 'Jane Fonda' (qv).
- Daughter of 'Peter Fonda (I)' (qv).
- Sister of 'Justin Fonda' (qv).
- (1995) Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#85).
- Cousin of 'Vanessa Vadim' (qv).
- Daughter of 'Susan Brewer' (qv).
- Is 'Larry Hagman' (qv)'s goddaughter.
- (Feb 2003) Flipped and crashed her 1998 Jaguar sports car, along the same infamous Malibu stretch of highway where both 'Nick Nolte' (qv) and 'Robert Downey Jr.' (qv) got into trouble with the law. She survived, but with minor back injuries.
- One week after her unexplained car crash, her publicist announces Fonda's engagement to composer and former "Oingo-Boingo" member, 'Danny Elfman' (qv).
- Shares a birthday with actress Mimi Rogers, actress Rosamund Pike, Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed, actor James Cromwell and actor Alan Cumming.
- Is a huge fan of 'Dario Argento' (qv) and was supposed to be in Argento's _La sindrome di Stendhal (1996)_ (qv) (aka The Stendhal Syndrome).
- Son Oliver Henry Milton Elfman was born mid January 2005.
- NBC has ordered a TV pilot based on 'Candace Bushnell' (qv)'s book _"Lipstick Jungle" (2008)_ (qv). In this book, Bushnell (the writer behind _"Sex and the City" (1998)_ (qv)) portrays three successful New York Women, who are not looking for Mr. Big but to become their own Mr. Big. The part of the designer was written with her in mind, owever, the part went to 'Lindsay Price' (qv).
- Named after Bridget Hayward, a step-aunt who committed suicide.
- Aunt of 'Bodhi Elfman' (qv) and 'Jenna Elfman' (qv).
- Step-mother of 'Mali Elfman' (qv).
- BFA in Drama - New York University, Tisch School of the Arts (1986).
- Her godfather is 'Larry Hagman' (qv).
- Sister-in-law of 'Richard Elfman' (qv).
- Daughter-in-law of 'Blossom Elfman' (qv).
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