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Jane Seymour Fonda is an American actress and activist. Fonda's work spans several genres and over seven decades of film and television. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, eight Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for a Grammy Award and two Tony Awards. Fonda is also the recipient of various honorary awards including the Honorary Palme d'Or in 2007, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2014, the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2017, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2021, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2025.

American writer, suffragist and Women's Rights activist (1815–1902)

American politician

American scientist, inventor and women's rights activist (1819–1888)

First Lady of the United States (1841-1917)

American actress (1926-1971)

American poet, story-writer and critic (1835–1908)

American actress and medical researcher (1895-1982)

American writer, poet and journalist (1888–1975)

American philanthropist

American botanist (1818-1905)

American anthropologist and folklorist

American physician

Bahamian rower

American women's rights activist and writer

American educator, author, evangelist, philanthropist, civic activist, suffragist (1835-1896)

Canadian writer