Entertainer Jane Fonda will get the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Cecil B. DeMille Award which praises a person for their enduring effect on the film industry.
Fonda, 83, will get the honor during the Feb. 28 Golden Globes ceremony.
“The Hollywood Foreign Press Association invests wholeheartedly in presenting the 2021 Cecil B. DeMille Award to Jane Fonda,” HFPA President Ali Sar said in an explanation. “For over fifty years, Jane’s expansiveness of work has been moored in her unrelenting activism, utilizing her foundation to address the absolute most significant social issues within recent memory.
“Her obvious ability has acquired her the most elevated level of acknowledgment, and keeping in mind that her expert life has taken numerous turns, her unflinching obligation to inspiring change has remained. We are respected to commend her accomplishments at the 2021 Golden Globe Awards.”
Past beneficiaries of the honor incorporate Jeff Bridges, Robert De Niro, Audrey Hepburn, Harrison Ford, Jodie Foster, Sophia Loren, Sidney Poitier, Steven Spielberg, Denzel Washington and Robin Williams. A year ago, Tom Hanks was given the honor.
Fonda has won seven Golden Globes in her profession alongside consecutive Oscars for her parts in “Julia” and “Coming home.”
She is likewise notable for her political activism and presently holds week by week “Fire Drill Friday” occasions pointed toward bringing issues to light of the threats of an Earth-wide temperature boost.
The Golden Globe Awards, which will be held at The Beverly Hilton, ordinarily happens in January however was postponed because of the Covid pandemic.