From the day she was born, Bridget Fonda was a member of Hollywood royalty. Her grandfather, Henry Fonda, was a well respected, Oscar winning actor, who worked with everyone from Alfred Hitchcock to Katharine Hepburn, and whose acting career spanned five decades. Bridget’s father, Peter Fonda, followed in the footsteps of his father Henry, and carved out a successful movie career of his own, receiving two Academy Award nominations in the process. Peter’s sister, Jane Fonda, needs no introduction. The winner of two Oscars, Jane’s work as an actor and an activist started in 1960, and continues to this day. Basically, Bridget was born into a clan of talented performers, so it makes sense that she would pursue acting, too.
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In a 1993 interview with Movieline, Bridget addressed the influence her famous family undoubtedly had on her career. She explained (via Fox News), “I wonder what kind of satisfaction I would have with where I am now if I wasn’t part of a family that has done such phenomenal work.” She continued, “I wonder what it would feel like to know that you’ve made it completely under your own steam. I sometimes wonder if I would be more at peace if I could know I made it by myself, instead of always wondering how many times my name got me in the door.” Understandably, Bridget wrestled with the prestige of her family’s name while she built a career of her own.
