Bridget Jane Fonda (born January 27, 1964) is an American actress.
Fonda was born in Los Angeles, California into a family of actors, including her grandfather Henry Fonda, her father Peter Fonda, and her aunt Jane Fonda. Her mother, Susan Jane Brewer, is an artist. She is named after actress Margaret Sullavan's daughter Bridget Hayward, who committed suicide at the age of 21, and with whom her father was once in love. Bridget has Irish, Italian,...
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Bridget Jane Fonda (born January 27, 1964) is an American actress.
Fonda was born in Los Angeles, California into a family of actors, including her grandfather Henry Fonda, her father Peter Fonda, and her aunt Jane Fonda. Her mother, Susan Jane Brewer, is an artist. She is named after actress Margaret Sullavan's daughter Bridget Hayward, who committed suicide at the age of 21, and with whom her father was once in love. Bridget has Irish, Italian, and Dutch ancestry on her father's side and English ancestry on her mother's side. Her parents divorced and Peter got re-married to Portia Rebecca Crockett (ex-wife of author Thomas McGuane). Peter and Portia brought up Bridget, her brother Justin, and older stepbrother Thomas McGuane Jr (born circa 1962) in the Coldwater Canyon section of Los Angeles. Fonda attended Westlake School for Girls in Los Angeles. During this time she and Justin had little contact with the Fonda family, with Bridget recalling in an interview: "When I was a kid, the...
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