LOS ANGELES (news desk) – American actor and activist Jane Fonda received a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes ceremony on Sunday, marking a career in film and television and at the forefront of social issues over some 60 years.Fonda, 83, made an impassioned plea for diversity while accepting her award, saying storytelling was central to mutual human understanding. Her comments came at a virtual ceremony put on amid controversy over the dearth of Black members in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which hands out the Golden Globes.\u201cThere is a story we have been afraid to see and hear about ourselves in our industry, a story about which voices we respect and elevate and which we tune out,\u201d said Fonda, who accepted her award dressed in a white pantsuit and long sparkling earrings.\u201cAfter all, art has always been not just in step with history, but has led the way,\u201d she said. \u201cSo let\u2019s be leaders.\u201dFonda made her professional debut in 1960 on Broadway and on screen and went on to become one of the biggest movie stars of the 1960s and 1970s with films like \u201cBarbarella\u201d and \u201cKlute\u201d and later \u201cOn Golden Pond\u201d and \u201c9 to 5.\u201dHer most recent appearances have been in the Netflix comedy series \u201cGrace and Frankie\u201d in which she and Lily Tomlin play older women finding new life after divorce.Fonda is also known a political activist, earning the nickname Hanoi Jane for her campaigns against the Vietnam War in the 1970s. She later campaigned against the Iraq War in 2003, and in recent years has held \u201cFire Drill Fridays\u201d protests highlighting the dangers of global warming.The daughter of late actor Henry Fonda and sister of late actor Peter Fonda has won two Oscars and seven Golden Globes.Fonda was presented with the Cecil B. Demille award, which is bestowed at the Golden Globes annually to celebrate the recipient\u2019s lasting impact on the film industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LOS ANGELES (news desk) – American actor and activist Jane Fonda received a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes ceremony on Sunday, marking a career in film and television and at the forefront of social issues over some 60 years.Fonda, 83, made an impassioned plea for diversity while accepting her award, saying storytelling was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automobile","category-international","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n