Biography for
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Date of Birth

27 January 1964, Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth Name

Bridget Jane Fonda

Height

5' 6" (1.68 m)

Mini Biography

The daughter of Peter Fonda, granddaughter of Henry Fonda and niece of Jane Fonda, Bridget Fonda made her film debut at age five as an extra in Easy Rider (1969), but did not become interested in acting until 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. Bridget Fonda's film credits include Shag (1989), Scandal (1989), Strapless (1989), Single White Female (1992), Singles (1992), Point of No Return (1993), It Could Happen to You (1994), Rough Magic (1995), A Simple Plan (1998), and Kiss of the Dragon (2001). She has not acted since 2002, when she played the title role in the Hallmark television film Snow Queen (2002) (TV).

In 2003, Fonda suffered head and neck injuries when she drove her Jaguar over an embankment and off the Pacific Coast Highway. Later that year, she married Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman and has since retired from show business.

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Spouse

Danny Elfman

(29 November 2003 - present) 1 child

Trivia

Cameron Crowe had her in mind when he wrote the movie Singles (1992).

Was offered the the title role on "Ally McBeal" (1997) 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.

Cousin of Vanessa Vadim and Troy Garity.

Granddaughter of Henry Fonda, niece of Jane Fonda.

Daughter of Peter Fonda and Susan Brewer.

Older sister of Justin Fonda.

Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#85). [1995]

Is Larry Hagman's goddaughter.

Flipped and crashed her 1998 Jaguar XK8 sports car, along the same infamous Malibu stretch of highway where both Nick Nolte and Robert Downey Jr. got into trouble with the law. She survived, but with minor back injuries. [February 2003]

One week after her unexplained car crash, her publicist announces Fonda's engagement to composer and former "Oingo-Boingo" member, Danny Elfman.

Is a huge fan of Dario Argento and was supposed to be in Argento's The Stendhal Syndrome (1996) (aka The Stendhal Syndrome).

Son Oliver Henry Milton Elfman was born mid January 2005.

NBC has ordered a TV pilot based on Candace Bushnell's book "Lipstick Jungle" (2008). In this book, Bushnell (the writer behind "Sex and the City" (1998)) 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.

Named after Bridget Hayward, a step-aunt who committed suicide.

Aunt of Bodhi Elfman and Jenna Elfman.

Step-mother of Mali Elfman.

BFA in Drama - New York University, Tisch School of the Arts (1986).

Her godfather is Larry Hagman.

Sister-in-law of Richard Elfman.

Daughter-in-law of Clare Elfman.

Is a fan of actress Tippi Hedren, who played her mother in the straight-to-cable film Break Up (1998). Fonda gushed to Hedren that she had watched Marnie (1964) "a million times".

Personal Quotes

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.

Where Are They Now

(December 2001) Christmas lingerie model for H&M

(October 2004) Visiting family in San Marino.