Jane Fonda pulled no punches in her 2025 SAG Life Achievement Award acceptance speech.
And she also did a little improv, proving that she’s the ultimate icon.
On a night when the union pride in the room is always strong, Fonda—vibrant AF at 87—was extolling the importance of SAG-AFTRA when the evening’s announcer all of a sudden cut in, saying, “We return, here at the 31st…”
A technical difficulty that could have rattled a less seasoned performer, but Fonda—who as presenter Julia Louis-Dreyfus noted has been at this game for 65 years—survived and thrived.
“I can conjure up voices!” the actress, activist and workout icon quipped. After which she had to hold for all the applause. (See all the 2025 SAG Award winners.)
It was also, incidentally, the second sound mishap of the night, Fonda remarking when she got some microphone feedback as she took the stage, “What about the sound system? I’m gonna talk loud!”
But the daughter of screen legend Henry Fonda did not disappoint in any way, using the platform to remark on being a “late bloomer” and to meet the moment, her history of political activism and social justice work front and center as she reminded her fellow actors, “What we create is empathy. Our job is to understand another human being so profoundly that we can touch their souls.”
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