Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda on the climate fight: ‘The cure for despair is action’

Sometimes the only way to get attention is to break the rules. Fifty years after my first arrest, I’ve embraced being locked up in the name of the planet. As Cop26 nears, here’s why it’s time to rise up

Jane Fonda

23, Oct, 2021 @7:00 AM

Wrong side of the law. Right side of history: the activists arrested in the name of the planet

From grassroots campaigners to Hollywood actors, 21 climate rebels tell their stories

Interviews: Elle Hunt, Sam Wollaston

23, Oct, 2021 @7:00 AM

Klute at 50: a thriller less interested in a killer and more in character

Jane Fonda gives a commanding performance in a film that avoids cliche and embraces a more nuanced view of sex work

Scott Tobias

25, Jun, 2021 @5:58 AM

FTA: unearthing Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland's anti-Vietnam war film

After being reportedly censored by the US government, a satirical documentary about a comedy tour in Vietnam is finally getting seen again

Charles Bramesco

04, Mar, 2021 @3:49 PM

Golden Globes 2021: Nomadland and The Crown major winners

Netflix royal drama and Chloé Zhao were toast of the night amid technical difficulties and against background of diversity issues

Adrian Horton

01, Mar, 2021 @10:37 AM

'A lost history': the US women who fought for better working conditions

PBS documentary on 9to5 shows how women’s organizing efforts in 1970s to better working conditions echos many of today’s social justice movements

Michael Sainato

31, Jan, 2021 @7:00 AM

Jane Fonda: ‘I'm very rarely afraid. Maybe emotional intimacy scares me’

After 50 years of getting arrested, Jane Fonda is still protesting at 82 - this time over the climate crisis. She talks Hollywood, husbands and activism now

Hadley Freeman

05, Sep, 2020 @8:30 AM

Shades of 50: how the midlife woman went from invisible to the main event

From Jennifer Aniston to Robin Wright, the cultural underdog has been rebranded

Jess Cartner-Morley

21, Mar, 2020 @8:00 AM

Jane Fonda and Daniel Ellsberg protest against killing of Suleimani

Activist and Pentagon Papers whistleblower joined protest groups alarmed by US-Iranian tensions in Washington on Saturday

Edward Helmore in New York

04, Jan, 2020 @4:02 PM

Jane Fonda on joining the climate fight: 'It's back to the barricades'

Veteran actor and activist has been arrested four times after being inspired by Greta Thunberg and disgusted by Trump

Emily Holden in Washington

06, Dec, 2019 @10:55 AM

How Hollywood feted the black power movement – and fell foul of the FBI

The biopic Seberg tells the tragic story of film star Jean Seberg who – along with Marlon Brando and Jane Fonda – gave money and public support for the Black Panthers

Lanre Bakare

05, Dec, 2019 @3:26 PM