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Jane Fonda Says ‘Woke Just Means You Give a Damn About Other People,’ Calls on Hollywood to Fight With Empathy in SAG Awards Speech

Jane Fonda was honored on Sunday night with SAG's life achievement award.

A six-decade Hollywood veteran, Fonda’s career spans film, television and theater with credits ranging from “Klute,” “Coming Home,” “9 to 5,” “Monster-In-Law,” “Grace & Frankie,” “Book Club” and “80 for Brady.” From those acclaimed works and others, the 87-year-old Fonda has won two Oscars, an Emmy and seven Golden Globes — and so many nominations — as well as life achievement awards from organizations including AFI and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Cecil B. DeMille Award. In October 2019, Fonda was arrested five times — and brought famous friends like Ted Danson, Catherine Keener and Rosanna Arquette along with her — for protesting outside the United States Capitol for reduction in the use of fossil fuels. SAG-AFTRA bestows the life achievement award to “an actor who fosters the finest ideals of the acting profession.” Fonda is the 60th recipient, with past honorees including Barbra Streisand, Sally Field and Helen Mirren.

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