Fonda, Jane BrE AmE
(1937–) a US film actress, daughter of Henry Fonda, known for being sexually attractive and for her strong ↑ left-wing views. She became known as ‘Hanoi Jane’ for protesting against US support of South Vietnam in the Vietnam War (Hanoi was the capital of North Vietnam). In the 1980s she made an extremely popular exercise ↑ video , called ‘Jane Fonda’s Workout’, which gave instructions on how to do ↑ aerobics . Her films include Barbarella (1968), Julia (1977), and The China Syndrome (1980). She won Oscars for the films Klute (1971) and Coming Home (1978).