In September, the activist close to the Democratic Party announced that she suffered from cancer of the lymphatic system but remained optimistic regarding her chances of recovery and took advantage of her notoriety to denounce the inequalities of access to care in the United States. During the months she was battling the disease, Jane Fonda said she continued her activist work.
Of all the fights
She mobilized once morest a legislative text carried by the Democratic Senator Joe Manchin and which aims to develop the production of all forms of energy, including fossil fuels, in the United States and would give the green light to a controversial gas pipeline in his state of West Virginia.
Jane Fonda’s career began in the 1960s and was crowned with two Best Actress Oscars, in 1971 for Alan J. Pakula’s “Klute” and in 1978 for Hal Ashby’s “The Return”. She has also been nominated five other times for the most prestigious awards in American cinema.