What is Bridget Fonda doing now?...

HOLLYWOOD star Bridget Fonda has been out of the entertainment industry for the last twelve years.

Fonda made her mark on the acting world in the 1980s and 1990s after gaining big roles in a number of box office hits. Find out what she’s up to now.

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Bridget Jane Fonda Elfman is a 58-year-old American former actress. 

She was born in Los Angeles, California, to a family of actors, including her grandfather Henry Fonda, father Peter Fonda, and her aunt Jane Fonda. 

Fonda began theatre when she was casted in a school production of Harvey.

This sparked her interest in performing and she went on to study method acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute as part of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts acting program.

She graduated from New York University in 1986.

She was just five-years-old when she made her movie debut in Easy Rider 1969.

Fonda met Eric Stoltz in 1986 and they began dating in 1990, but the relationship ended after eight years together.

In March 2003, after she suffered a serious car crash, she became engaged to film composer Danny Elfman and they got married in November.

In 2005 they welcomed a son.

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It is said that the former actress distanced herself from the entertainment industry in order to focus on the upbringing of her son Oliver.

Fonda has kept out of the spotlight for the last decade.

The 58-year-old retired from acting in 2002 and was last photographed in 2009 while attending the LA premiere of Quentin Taraantino’s World War two epic inglourious basterds with her husband.

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Fonda’s breakthrough role was as the journalist in The Godfather Part III, which was released in late 1990. 

She also famously starred as fear-plagued protagonist Allison 'Allie' Jones in the classic 1992 thriller Single White Female.

That same year she appeared in romantic comedy Singles alongside Matt Dillion.

In 1997, she happened to be on the same flight as Quentin Tarantino when he offered her the part of Melanie in Jackie Brown.

Her final major role was Kiss of the Dragon in 2001.