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Bridget Fonda stepped out for a rare public outing in Los Angeles, 24 years after her last on-screen appearance.
The 62-year-old actress was photographed while out to lunch on Monday, November 2, looking casual in black sweatpants and a white tank top, paired with a yellow collared button-down shirt.
She accessorized the look with a black crossbody bag and sunglasses, and wore her hair in a ponytail.
As the granddaughter of Oscar-winning actor Henry Fonda, known for his roles in “The Grapes of Wrath,” “12 Angry Men” and “On Golden Pond,” Bridget made her film debut at age five, appearing alongside her father, Peter Fonda, in the 1969 film, “Easy Rider.”
Bridget Fonda was photographed while having lunch with a friend in Los Angeles. (The direct image)
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She made her breakthrough in 1989, when she starred in the film “Scandal” and continued to prove herself in films such as “Single White Female”, “Point of No Return”, “It Could Happen to You” and “Jackie Brown”.
Although she had great success as an actress, she slowed down in the late 1990s and 2000s. Her last film role was in the 2001 TV movie, “After Amy,” and her last on-screen appearance was in two episodes of the miniseries “Snow Queen,” in 2002.
Bridget’s last on-screen role was in two episodes of “Snow Queen” in 2002. (KMazur/WireImage)
According to the Daily Mail, she told paparazzi in April 2023 that she had no plans to return to acting, noting, “It’s too nice to be a civilian.”
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In addition to her grandfather and father, Bridget also grew up with Oscar-winning actress Jane Fonda, who is her aunt. She explained that coming from a family of actors, it was hard not to be compared to each other.
Bridget told the Guardian that the media often pitted her and her aunt against each other. (Ben Rose/WireImage)
“There was a time when there was nothing the press would have liked better than to run a story about me versus Jane,” she told the Guardian in 2000. “They desperately wanted us to be bitter rivals. They were also trying to pit me against my father, to use me as a dart to throw at someone else.”
After moving away from Hollywood, Bridget married film composer and Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman in 2003, and the two welcomed their son, Oliver, in 2005.
Bridget married Danny Elfman in 2003. (Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic)
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When speaking about her career in 1993, Bridget discussed her personal success and its connection to her famous last name.
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“I wonder what kind of satisfaction I would have had where I am now if I wasn’t part of a family that did such phenomenal work,” she told Movieline.
Bridget previously said she wondered what her career would have been like without the help of her last name. (Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
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“I wonder what it would be like to know that you succeeded entirely on your own,” she added. “I sometimes wonder if I would be more at peace if I could know that I did it myself, instead of always wondering how many times my name got me in the door.”
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