An Evening with Jane Fonda and Mary Steenburgen

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Join us for an evening conversation between Academy Award-winning actor, author, and activist Jane Fonda and songwriter, Golden Globe, and Academy Award-winning actor Mary Steenburgen. Moderated by Crystal Bridges board chairperson, Olivia Walton, the conversation will center on wellbeing for women, highlighting Fonda and Steenburgen’s personal wellness journeys, climate work, and advocacy for holistic wellbeing.

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Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda is a two-time Academy Award-winning actor (Best Actress in 1971 for Klute and in 1978 for Coming Home), producer, author, activist, and fitness guru. Her career has spanned over 50 years, accumulating a body of film work that includes more than 50 films and significant contributions to political causes such as women’s rights, Native Americans’ rights, and environmental protection. She is a seven-time Golden Globe® winner and was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2021. She accepted The Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival. Most recently, in April of 2024, Fonda accepted the TIME Magazine Earth Award.

2023 was a banner year for Jane, with four films released. Most recently, she lent her voice to ‘Grandmama’ in DreamWorks’ animated film Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken. Before that, Fonda reunited with Diane Keaton, Mary Steenburgen, and Candice Bergen for Focus Features’ Book Club 2. She also starred in the highly anticipated 80 For Brady opposite Lily Tomlin, Sally Field, and Rita Moreno, released by Paramount Pictures. Then there was Moving On by Paul Weitz for Roadside Attractions, in which Fonda starred opposite her longtime friend and colleague, Lily Tomlin. Other notable credits include Grace & Frankie, Netflix’s longest-running original series. For her work on the series, she received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2017. She also released Jane Fonda in Five Acts, a documentary for HBO chronicling her life and activism.

Fonda continues to lead the charge on the climate emergency via Fire Drill Fridays, the national movement to protest government inaction on climate change, which she started in October 2019 in partnership with Greenpeace USA. In 2022, she launched the Jane Fonda Climate PAC, focused on defeating political allies of the fossil fuel industry. Her latest book, What Can I Do? My Path From Climate Despair to Action, details her personal journey with the movement and provides solutions for communities to combat the climate crisis. Notably, Jane celebrated her 85th birthday by raising $1 million for her nonprofit, the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential (GCAPP).

Mary Steenburgen

Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning actress Mary Steenburgen is a Hollywood veteran, having appeared in countless roles on the big and small screen. Steenburgen is known for her Oscar-nominated work in Melvin and Howard in addition to unforgettable roles in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Stepbrothers, and television shows such as FOX’s critically acclaimed comedy series The Last Man on Earth, FX’s Justified, Netflix’s Orange is the New Black, HBO’s Togetherness, and HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Recently, Steenburgen starred in the Focus Features Book Club: The Next Chapter opposite Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, and Candice Bergen, which was released in theaters by Focus Features on May 12, 2023. In addition to starring in the film, Steenburgen (along with Troy Verges and Caitlyn Smith) wrote “Anywhere With You” for the end credits of the film. She and her three co-stars recorded the vocals. In 2018, the first installment was released to rave reviews with Indiewire calling it the most “charming movie” of the year. Steenburgen starred for two seasons as Maggie Clarke in NBC’s musical television sensation Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist alongside Jane Levy, Peter Gallagher, and Skyler Astin. She also stars in Roku’s original film Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas, which picked up the story where the series left off. The film was released on December 1, 2021.

Upcoming, Steenburgen will appear in the film Let’s Have Kids!, directed by Adam Sztykiel. Starring Karen Gillan and Zoe Chao, the comedy feature tells the story of lifelong best friends who decide to have children at the same time and navigate motherhood together, until their friendship is tested when only one of them gets pregnant. Steenburgen will appear alongside Sam Richardson, Max Greenfield, K.J. Appa, and Ed Begley Jr.

Steenburgen had a pivotal role in Guillermo del Toro’s award-winning film, Nightmare Alley, which was released on December 17, 2021. In 2020, Steenburgen starred in Hulu’s rom-com Happiest Season, which was the streamers’ most-watched film on the platform. The film is directed by Clea Duvall and she stars alongside Mackenzie Davis, Kristen Stewart, Dan Levy, and Alison Brie.

In 2017, Steenburgen appeared opposite Lake Bell, Ed Helms, and Paul Reiser in the comedy feature I Do… Until I Don’t. She also had a starring turn opposite Kevin Kline in the CBS films feature Dean and appeared alongside Jason Sudeikis & Jessica Biel in The Book of Love, which was screened at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival.

In addition to her work in film and television, Steenburgen is an award-winning songwriter for Universal Music Publishing Group and has collaborated with acclaimed artists in Nashville and Los Angeles such as Tim McGraw, Kate York, Caitlyn Smith, Troy Verges, Lori McKenna, and many others. Along with co-writers Troy Verges and Caitlyn Smith, Steenburgen wrote “See Me” for the upcoming animated film, 10 Lives, which will be performed as a duet by Zayn Malik and Simone Ashley. The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival and will be released wide in theatres in October 2024.

Steenburgen co-wrote the song “Glasgow (No Place Like Home)” with Nashville songwriters Kate York and Caitlyn Smith for NEON’s critically acclaimed film WILD ROSE. In addition to the song being shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, “Glasgow” also won both the Critics’ Choice Award and the Hollywood Critics Association Award for Best Original Song. Steenburgen co-wrote “North Star,” performed by Tori Kelly for Roku original film Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas. She has also written songs for films including Last Vegas and Dirty Girl (co-written with Melissa Manchester) and is currently writing the music for the animated film adaptation of the book THE UNDERNEATH.

Her additional film and television credits include: 30 Rock, Bored to Death, Wilfred, Goin’ South, Time After Time, Ragtime, Philadelphia, Back to the Future, Cross Creek, Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy, Miss Firecracker, The Proposal, Elf, Dirty Girl, Four Christmases, The Help, Last Vegas, and Song One.

A proud member of the Atlantic Theater Company, Steenburgen’s theater credits include Holiday (London’s Old Vic, directed by Lindsay Anderson), Candida, Marvin’s Room, The Beginning of August, and The Exonerated. Steenburgen resides in Los Angeles with her husband Ted Danson.