Claim to Fame: This was actually a hard one. I polled the various
editors in the office and asked when I say the name Bridget Fonda what comes to
mind. The number one answer was Jane Fonda is her aunt. But when I probed them
as far as a movie or TV role, the most popular
answer was for her role in "Single White Female."
Family Life: Married to composer and former Oingo Boingo member Danny Elfman
since November 2003. They have one son Oliver Henry Milton Elfman born January
2005.
Father is Peter Fonda. Aunt is Jane Fonda and Grandfather is Henry Fonda.
Info:
Eventhough she came from a very active acting family Bridget didn't become
interested in acting until she appeared in a high-school production of "Harvey".
At 18, she enrolled at New York University and spent four years there and at the
Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.
Trivia: Cameron Crowe had her in mind when he wrote the movie
Singles (1992)
Dated singer/actor Dwight Yoakam [1999-2001]
Lived with Lee Drysdale [1986-1989]
Was offered the role of "Ally McBeal" (1997), but turned it down to focus on
movies. In fact, she didn't even read the script out of fear that she would like
it too much.
Lived with Eric Stoltz [1990-1998]
Cousin of Troy Garity (Jane Fonda's son)
Is Larry Hagman's goddaughter.
Flipped
and crashed her 1998 Jaguar sports car, along the same
infamous Malibu stretch of highway where both Nick Nolte and Robert
Downey Jr. got into trouble with the law. She survived, but with minor back
injuries. [February 2003]
One week after her unexplained car crash, her publicist announced
Bridget's engagement to composer and former "Oingo-Boingo" member,
Danny Elfman.
Shares a birthday with actress Mimi Rogers, actress Rosamund Pike,
Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed, actor James Cromwell and actor
Alan Cumming.
Is a huge fan of Dario Argento and was supposed to be in Argento's
"The Stendhal Syndrome".
Named after Bridget Hayward, a step-aunt who committed suicide.
Where
is She Now:
Bridget has been busy being a wife and mother. But she is getting ready to come
back to acting. Word is NBC has ordered a TV pilot based on Candace Bushnell's
book "Lipstick Jungle". In this book Bushnell (the writer behind Sex and the
City) portrays three successful New York Women, who are not looking for Mr. Big
but to become their own Mr. Big. The part of the designer was written with
Bridget Fonda in mind.
Write to Bridget at: Bridget Fonda
United Talent Agency
9560 Wilshire Blvd.
Ste. 500
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
CREDITS:
"The Chris Isaak Show" (2001) TV Series .... Stephanie Furst (2002)
Snow Queen (2002) (TV) .... Snow Queen
After Amy (2001) (TV) .... Linda Sanclair
The Whole Shebang (2001) .... Val Bazinni
"Night Visions" - The Occupant (2001) TV Episode .... Mary
Kiss of the Dragon (2001) .... Jessica
Monkeybone (2001) .... Dr. Julie McElroy
Delivering Milo (2001) .... Elizabeth
South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000) .... Adalyne Dunfries
Lake Placid (1999) .... Kelly Scott
A Simple Plan (1998) .... Sarah Mitchell
Finding Graceland (1998) .... Ashley
Break Up (1998) .... Jimmy Dade
Jackie Brown (1997) .... Melanie Ralston
Mr. Jealousy (1997) .... Irene
In the Gloaming (1997) (TV) .... Anne
Touch (1997) .... Lynn Marie Faulkner
Grace of My Heart (1996) .... Kelly Porter
City Hall (1996) .... Marybeth Cogan
Balto (1995) (voice) .... Jenna
Rough Magic (1995) .... Myra
Camilla (1994) .... Freda Lopez
The Road to Wellville (1994) .... Eleanor Lightbody
It Could Happen to You (1994) .... Yvonne Biasi
Little Buddha (1993) .... Lisa Conrad
Point of No Return (1993) .... Maggie Hayward/Claudia Anne Doran/Nina
Army of Darkness (1993) .... Linda
Bodies, Rest & Motion (1993) .... Beth
Singles (1992) .... Janet Livermore
Single White Female (1992) .... Allison 'Allie' Jones
Leather Jackets (1992) .... Claudi
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (V) .... Grace Hamilton
Iron Maze (1991) .... Chris Sugita
Doc Hollywood (1991) .... Nancy Lee Nicholson
Out of the Rain (1991) .... Jo
Drop Dead Fred (1991) (uncredited) .... Annabella
The Godfather: Part III (1990) .... Grace Hamilton
Frankenstein Unbound (1990) .... Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
Strapless (1989) .... Amy Hempel
"21 Jump Street" - Blinded by Thousand Points of Light (1989)... Molly 'Moho'
Shag (1989) .... Melaina Buller
Scandal (1989) .... Mandy Rice-Davies
The Edge (1989) (TV) .... Episode 'Professional Man'
Jacob Have I Loved (1989) (TV) .... Louise Bradshaw
Gandahar (1988) (voice) .... Historian
You Can't Hurry Love (1988) .... Peggy Kellogg
Aria (1987) .... Lover (segment "Liebestod")
Partners (1982) (uncredited)
Easy Rider (1969) (uncredited) .... Child in Commune
Updated:
5/29/2006
Flipped
and crashed her 1998 Jaguar sports car, along the same 
