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Fonda said in a statement that she was “deeply honored and
humbled” that she was chosen.
“I have been working in this industry for almost the entirety of
my life and there’s no honor like the one bestowed on you by
your peers,” Fonda said.
In her over six decades in the business, Fonda has won two
Oscars — for “Klute” and “Coming Home" — two BAFTA Awards, an
Emmy and seven Golden Globes. With an activist spirit spanning
back to her antiwar protests in the 1960s and 70s, she’s also
used her platform to advocate for gender equality, civil rights
and environmental issues. Last year, Fonda spent her 85th
birthday raising $1 million for a non-profit in Georgia aimed at
educating school-aged children to make healthy life decisions.
SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher called Fonda a “trailblazer.”
“We honor Jane not only for her artistic brilliance but for the
profound legacy of activism and empowerment she has created,”
Drescher said.
Fonda was born Dec. 21, 1937, in New York City, the first child
of the late actor Henry Fonda and socialite Frances Seymour
Brokaw, who died by suicide at 42 when Jane was 12. Her brother,
Peter, the Oscar-nominated actor and screenwriter, died in 2019.
Fonda reflects on her extraordinary life, family, career,
relationships and activism in the 2018 multipart documentary
“Jane Fonda in Five Acts,” which is streaming on MAX.
SAG Life Achievement Award recipients are nominated and voted on
by a SAG-AFTRA committee, intended to honor an actor who
represents the “finest ideals” of the profession.
The 31st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will stream live on
Netflix on Feb. 23 at 8 p.m. ET.
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