Bridget Fonda made a rare public appearance in Los Angeles on Monday, Nov. 2, nearly 24 years after her last on-screen role.
The 62-year-old actress was spotted heading out to lunch in a relaxed outfit: black sweatpants, a white tank top and a yellow button-up shirt. She carried a black crossbody bag, wore sunglasses and had her hair tied back in a ponytail.
Fonda comes from a well-known acting family. Her grandfather was Henry Fonda, the Oscar-winning star of films including “The Grapes of Wrath,” “12 Angry Men” and “On Golden Pond.” She made her film debut at age five, appearing with her father, Peter Fonda, in the 1969 film “Easy Rider.”
Her breakthrough came in 1989 with “Scandal.” She went on to appear in films such as “Single White Female,” “Point of No Return,” “It Could Happen to You” and “Jackie Brown.”
Though her career had taken off, Fonda began taking fewer roles in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Her final movie was the 2001 TV film “After Amy,” followed by two episodes of the miniseries “Snow Queen” in 2002.
During a public outing in 2023, she told photographers she wasn’t planning to return to acting, saying she enjoyed being a private citizen.
Fonda also grew up with her aunt, Oscar-winning actress Jane Fonda. In a 2000 interview, she said the press had often tried to frame the two women as rivals, and had also sought to pit her against her father.
After leaving Hollywood, Bridget married Danny Elfman, the film composer and former frontman of Oingo Boingo, in 2003. They welcomed their son, Oliver, in 2005.
In a 1993 interview, Fonda reflected on how her family name may have shaped her career. She wondered whether she would feel differently about her accomplishments if she had made her way entirely on her own, rather than sometimes questioning whether her name had helped open doors.
