When I had the chance to go to France to make a movie with René Clément and get away from the shadow of my father, I jumped at it. But then because of roles I’d had, I was put into a slot: nice girl next door. Instead of taking one class a week, I would take four, so no one could say I was a dilettante. Also, internally, I wanted to be sure that I wasn’t getting parts because I was Henry Fonda’s daughter, so I worked harder. When I became an actress, the fact that my father was a movie star was an advantage-no question-because people paid more attention to me than they would have if I were just another actress. Some people wanted to be my friend because my father was Henry Fonda some people didn’t like me because my father was Henry Fonda. When I was 10, we moved to the East Coast, and suddenly I realized, because of how I was treated, that there was something special about me. It was normal, and nobody paid attention. So the fact that my father was an actor was something I never even thought about. My first 10 years were spent in California, going to school with other children who had parents in the entertainment business: producers, directors, heads of studio, cinematographers. I think it really helped me at a difficult time in life.ĭid the Fonda name help or hinder you early on? Willard’s example, help shape your life?įonda: Being at an all-girls high school for four years-a school that had very high academic standards and wonderful teachers-was an important thing for me.
HBR: Early in your life you studied at a school founded by Emma Willard, a women’s rights advocate. She won two Oscars in the 1970s, became a fitness guru in the 1980s, focused on nonprofit work in the 1990s, and has since 2005 returned to acting, most recently in Grace and Frankie.
Born to a famous father and a mother who committed suicide, Fonda overcame a tough childhood to find success as an actress and then greater purpose as an activist.
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