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Fitness Celebrity Profile: Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda, now almost seventy years old has been named one of the most important women of the 20th century.

There is much more to Jane Fonda then aerobics even though she became kind of an exercise and fitness icon in the early eighties when she produced the Jane Fonda exercise tapes and television programs.

Jane Fonda was born in 1937 in New York as the daughter of Henry Fonda and Frances Seymour Brakow. Jane's brother is the famous Peter Fonda. Jane Fonda's mother committed suicide when young Jane was only twelve years old. Since Jane Fonda's father was a busy actor and producer, she kind of grew up on a movie set. It's no wonder Jane Fonda wanted to become an actress, too.

However there were more important problems in the world that fascinated Jane Fonda at an early age. She reacted strongly to the Vietnam War and the political forces involved, so strongly that she went over to Vietnam to try to make peace.

While Nixon was in power Jane tried to save the American soldiers from being used and killed in a War that wasn't theirs to fight in the first place. Jane Fonda stayed politically involved and active throughout the sixties and the early seventies.

Jane Fonda's first real movie breakthrough came with her role in Barbarella (1968) when she in the late sixties started to get more involved in the movies instead of the politics.

Jane Fonda has produced over 25 workout videos for all levels of fitness and exercise as well as implementing yoga, aerobics, dance and stretching in her videos. By 1987 Jane had already produces 5 exercise videos that all sky rocketed on the video sales lists. The original Jane Fonda Workout Video has been discontinued but even today, twenty years later, Jane has over ten workout videos on the leading video web sites.

Jane Fonda was not just a leader of political rallies but also a leader of aerobics craze in the eighties and she will forever be a fitness icon.

After marrying her third husband, Ted Turner, that lasted until 2001 when the couple announced their final divorce and break up to the public, Jane Fonda took time to focus on herself after being there for her children and husbands for so many years.

In December of 2002, Jane Fonda joined the pacifists demonstrating against the occupation of Jerusalem. She paid a week's visit to Israel and Jerusalem on a mission for the founded organization V-Day who is fighting violence against women worldwide. The V-Day movement was inspired by the off-Broadway hit The Vagina Monologues.

Jane Fonda, who has been an activist all her life, is now traveling the world giving voice to minority groups in society such as children, women in politically occupied countries and animals.

Jane Fonda: the actress, model, activist, author and fitness icon has been a strong role model for women for over four decades, and was elected the 100 most important women in America during the past decade. Jane Fonda recently appeared on Barbara Walters 20/20 where she did a open interview about her role as Hanoi-Jane in during the Vietnam War, her stormy marriages, marriage to billionaire Ted Turner, and their mutual decision to separate and later divorce.

Jane Seymour Fonda is a true inspiration to people of all ages and she has shown that she is a true Humanitarian when it comes to fighting for justice for the less fortunate in the world.