Bridget Fonda was born in Los Angeles on January 27th, 1964 to actor Peter Fonda and Susan (Brewer) Fonda. She is the older of two children.

She is a descendant of notable actors, her grandfather (Henry Fonda), her aunt (Jane Fonda), and her father (Peter Fonda).I

Fonda made her film debut with a non-speaking role in the 1982 comedy Partners, and it was not until 1988 that she had her first speaking role in a feature film. That year, she appeared in both You Can't Hurry Love and Shag, the latter opposite Phoebe Cates as one of a group of girls looking for a good time in Myrtle Beach.

In 1992 she was cast in the lead for Barbet Schroeder’s Single White Female. Critics proclaimed Bridgets performance as her most expressive performance to date.She has become one of Hollywood’s busiest actresses. Bridget has turned out a fist full of movies over the past several years and has played each character with uncanny believability. In 1993’s Point of No Return, she convincingly essayed the virtually unplayable part of an evening-gowned political assassin effortlessly.

Fonda surprised and delighted many an observer when she took on the role of a perpetually stoned, ill-fated beach bunny in Jackie Brown (1997). The following year, she portrayed another atypical character in A Simple Plan, earning raves as Bill Paxton's pregnant.