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Jane Fonda is turning lemons into laughter at the SAG Awards 2025!
Jane Fonda at the 2025 SAG Awards.
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While accepting the SAG Life Achievement Award on Sunday, Feb. 23, the actress-activist, 87, poked fun at a sound error that interrupted her stirring speech about working as a woman in Hollywood.
“What we create is empathy. Our job is to understand another human being so profoundly that we can touch their souls. We know why they do what they do. We feel their joy for their pain,” she said firmly before a pre-recorded track cut her off.
“I can conjure voices,” she joked as the crowd laughed. Without missing a beat, Fonda continued her speech.
The award is dedicated to “a well-established performer who has contributed to improving the image of the acting profession and has a history of active involvement in humanitarian and public service endeavors,” per a press release.
SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher called Fonda “a trailblazer and an extraordinary talent” and “dynamic force who has shaped the landscape of entertainment, advocacy and culture with unwavering passion” in a statement last October.
“We honor Jane not only for her artistic brilliance but for the profound legacy of activism and empowerment she has created,” added Drescher. “Her fearless honesty has been an inspiration to me and many others in our industry.”
Among Fonda’s many other accolades are two Academy Awards, for 1971’s Klute and 1978’s Coming Home, two BAFTAs, an Emmy, seven Golden Globes and last year’s TIME Magazine Earth Award. The organization Women in Film created the annual Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award in 2021.
