Jane Fonda has been chosen as the 2025 recipient of the SAG Life Achievement Award, SAG-AFTRA‘s highest tribute. The honor will be bestowed in February during the 31st annual SAG Awards which stream live on Netflix.
Fonda, a two-time Oscar winner, will be the 60th person to receive the award, given to an actor who fosters “the finest ideals of the acting profession” as it recognizes both career and humanitarian accomplishments.
“Jane Fonda is a trailblazer and an extraordinary talent; a dynamic force who has shaped the landscape of entertainment, advocacy and culture with unwavering passion,” SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher said in a release Thursday announcing the award. “We honor Jane not only for her artistic brilliance but for the profound legacy of activism and empowerment she has created. Her fearless honesty has been an inspiration to me and many others in our industry.”
Fonda, across a six-decade career in film, TV and theater, won her Oscars for Klute in 1971 and 1978’s Coming Home, adding and Emmy and seven Golden Globes. Her film credits include They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, The China Syndrome, On Golden Pond and 9 to 5. Just in 2023 she appeared in four films, capped by 80 For Brady alongside Lily Tomlin, Sally Field, and Rita Moreno — all previous SAG Life Achievement winners.
Her TV credits include her Emmy-winning turn in 1984’s The Dollmaker, along with The Newsroom and Grace and Frankie, where she co-starred alongside Tomlin.
She also received the 2015 AFI Life Achievement Award, and the Golden Globes’ career honor the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and for her longtime activism and philanthropy saw the Women in Film Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award named after her.
“I am deeply honored and humbled to be this year’s recipient of the SAG Life Achievement Award,” Fonda said. “I have been working in this industry for almost the entirety of my life and there’s no honor like the one bestowed on you by your peers. SAG-AFTRA works tirelessly to protect the working actor and to ensure that union members are being treated equitably in all areas, and I am proud to be a member as we continue to work to protect generations of performers to come.”
The 2025 SAG Awards ceremony is set for February 23 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
