Jane Fonda to Receive SAG Life Achievement Award at SAG Awards 2025
Jane Fonda is getting a huge honor.
The 86-year-old icon will receive the SAG Life Achievement Award, SAG Awards and SAG-AFTRA announced on Thursday (October 17), via TheWrap.
The prize is SAG-AFTRA’s highest honor.
Jane will be awarded at the 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on February 23, 2025.
The SAG Life Achievement Award recognizes actors who represent the “finest ideals of the acting profession,” in a statement from SAG Awards and SAG-AFTRA.
SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher said: “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. 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.”
“I am deeply honored and humbled to be this year’s recipient of the SAG Life Achievement Award,” Jane said in a statement.
“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.”
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