Jane Fonda's Biography part 2
Continued from Jane Fonda biography Part 1
She was nicknamed 'Hanoi Jane' but recently expressed regret at her support for the Viet-Cong, saying, "It hurt so many soldiers. It galvanised such hostility. It was the most horrible thing I could possibly have done. It was just thoughtless."
In April 2005, when Jane Fonda was doing a book signing in Kansas for her new memoir, My Life So Far, which describes her notorious 1972 visit to Hanoi, a Vietnam veteran was arrested for spitting tobacco juice in her face.
After her marriage to Hayden ended Jane Fonda married CNN magnate, Ted Turner in 1991. But that too was to end in divorce.
Turner, who once described Christianity as "a religion for losers" said, in an interview with New Yorker magazine, "She just came home and said: 'I've become a Christian.'
In March 2004 Jane Fonda marked International Women's Day by staging a performance of 'The Vagina Monologues' in India.
"Violence comes in many forms and affects women all over the world," Fonda said after the performance."Behind the closed doors of my marriage, I would give up all my power. I would silence my own voice to be accepted ...My whole life was about pleasing my man."
Back in 1979 she founded the Jane Fonda Workout Studio in L.A, and a string of workout videos followed. Some journalists credit Jane Fonda with the invention of 'fitness culture'.
In May 2005, Monster-in-Law, which was Jane Fonda's first film for 15 years topped the US box office charts. It co-starred Jennifer Lopez.
In 2007, she starred as Georgia in Georgia Rule, which co-starred Lindsay Lohan.
In March 2009, Jane Fonda returned to the Broadway stage after a 46-year absence, when she starred in 33 Variations, written and directed by Moises Kaufman.
In June 2009, Jane Fonda had an operation to replace her left knee.
In June 2010, Jane Fonda was presented with the Great Medal of Paris.
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