The daughter of Peter Fonda and niece of Jane Fonda, Bridget Fonda first became interested in acting after appearing 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.

She went on to hone her craft in workshop productions and worked on such stage projects as "Just Horrible", written by Nicholas Kazan, who later cast Bridget in his directorial debut, "Professional Man", an episode for "The Edge" series on HBO. She also starred in PBS's "Jacob Have I Loved" and in a segment of "Aria", a film composed of short works by 10 respected directors.

Bridget Fonda's film credits include, "The Godfather: Part III", "Shag", "Strapless", "Doc Hollywood", "Singles" and "Single White Female".



Cameron Crowe had her in mind when he wrote the movie Singles (1992). Lived with Lee Drysdale. [1986-1989] Lived with Eric Stoltz. [1990-1998] Granddaughter of Henry Fonda, niece of Jane Fonda. Sister of Justin Fonda. Cousin of Vanessa Vadim. Is Larry Hagman's goddaughter. One week after her unexplained car crash, her publicist announces Fonda's engagement to composer and former "Oingo-Boingo" member, Danny Elfman. Is a huge fan of Dario Argento and was supposed to be in Argento's La sindrome di Stendhal (1996) (aka The Stendhal Syndrome). NBC has ordered a TV pilot based on Candace Bushnell's book "Lipstick Jungle" (2008). In this book, Bushnell (the writer behind "Sex and the City" (1998)) 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 her in mind, owever, the part went to Lindsay Price. Aunt of Bodhi Elfman and Jenna Elfman. BFA in Drama - New York University, Tisch School of the Arts (1986). Sister-in-law of Richard Elfman.