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Biography

Bridget Fonda was born in Los Angeles on January 27th, 1964 to actor Peter Fonda and Susan (Brewer) Fonda. She is the older of two children. Her grandfather is Henry Fonda and her aunt is Jane Fonda.

She studied method acting at New York University’s celebrated Lee Strasberg Theatre institute for four years. During her first two years at the theatre, she suffered from a severe case of stage fright and self-consciousness that were exacerbated by the extra scrutiny she experienced because of her name. After gaining work on a few theater productions and a small time opera anthology “Aria” (1987) she landed a role in Michael Caton-Jone’s acclaimed “Scandle” in 1989. A review in the New Yorker proclaimed she had “…a provocative, taunting assertiveness” and Rolling Stone said that Fonda was “a comic delight.”Fonda quickly found work that same year and pumped out two other movies, “Shag” and “Strapless”. She also stared in three television sequences: Fox’s 21 Jump Street, HBO’s The Edge, and PBS’s Wonder Works tale “Jacob Have I Loved”.

In 1992 she was cast in the lead for Barbet Schroeder’s “Single White Female”. Bridget has turned out a fist full of movies over the past several years including “Point of No Return”,“Singles” (1992), “It Could Happen to You” (1994), “and “The Road to Wellville” (1994).

Filmography

Snow Queen, The (2002) (TV) .... Snow Queen
After Amy (2001) (TV) .... Linda Sanclair
Kiss of the Dragon (2001) .... Jessica
"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
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
Camilla (1994) .... Freda Lopez
Road to Wellville, The (1994) .... Eleanor Lightbody
It Could Happen to You (1994) .... Yvonne Biasi
Army of Darkness (1993) .... Linda
Medieval Horror (1993) (closing credits title)
... aka Army of Darkness: Evil Dead 3 (1993)
Little Buddha (1993) .... Lisa Conrad
Bodies, Rest & Motion (1993) .... Beth
Point of No Return (1993) .... Maggie Hayward/Claudia Anne Joran/Nina
Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980, The (1992) (V) .... Grace Hamilton
Singles (1992) .... Janet Livermore
Single White Female (1992) .... Allison 'Allie' Jones
Leather Jackets (1992) .... Claudi
Out of the Rain (1991) .... Jo
Iron Maze (1991) .... Chris Sugita
Doc Hollywood (1991) .... Nancy Lee Nicholson
Drop Dead Fred (1991) (uncredited) .... Annabelle
Godfather: Part III, The (1990) .... Grace Hamilton
Frankenstein Unbound (1990) .... Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
Jacob Have I Loved (1989) (TV) .... Louise Bradshaw
Strapless (1989) .... Amy Hempel
Scandal (1989) .... Mandy Rice-Davies
Shag (1989) .... Melaina Buller
You Can't Hurry Love (1988) .... Peggy
Aria (1987) .... Lover (segment "Liebestod")
Gandahar (1986) (voice) .... Historian
Partners (1982) .... Bit Part