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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA),
which organizes the Golden Globes, said on Tuesday that Fonda
would receive its Cecil B. deMille award at the Feb. 28
ceremony.
"Her undeniable talent has gained her the highest level of
recognition, and while her professional life has taken many
turns, her unwavering commitment to evoking change has
remained," HFPA president Ali Sar said in a statement.
Fonda, 83, made her professional debut in 1960 on Broadway and
on screen and went on to become one of the biggest movie stars
of the 1960s and 1970s with films like "Barbarella" and "Klute"
and later "On Golden Pond" and "9 to 5." Her most recent
appearances have been in the Netflix comedy series "Grace and
Frankie."
She also developed a voice as a political activist, campaigning
against the Vietnam War in the 1970s, against the Iraq War in
2003, and in the past year holding weekly protests highlighting
the dangers of global warming.
Fonda, the daughter of late actor Henry Fonda and sister of late
actor Peter Fonda, has won two Oscars and seven Golden Globes.
Previous recipients of the Cecil B. deMille awards include Oprah
Winfrey, Meryl Streep, Sophia Loren, Tom Hanks and Robert De
Niro.
(This story corrects description of Henry Fonda from director to
actor in paragraph seven)
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)
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