Overview
- Fonda said on The Look, an IMO podcast special series, that she once believed she would die before 30 from drugs and loneliness.
- She linked that fear to an unhappy youth and the loss of her mother, Frances Ford Seymour, when she was 12.
- Fonda said she has never feared aging or death, describing a pivotal mindset shift as she entered what she calls her final act at 60.
- She emphasized practicing forgiveness and living intentionally to avoid the regrets she saw her father, Henry Fonda, carry at the end of his life.
- Now approaching 88, she described feeling centered and content in later life, with coverage noting her 2025 SAG Lifetime Achievement Award and ongoing work.