Jane Fonda announces she's taking a break from acting

Jane Fonda has announced that she is taking a lengthy break from acting for an important reason.

The Book Club actor, 85, attended the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday (10 June), and was honoured with an award for her decades-long political activism.

In the past Fonda has supported women's rights and 'climate action', as well as having campaigned against the Vietnam War.

During the annual film festival in New York City, Fonda received the Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award by Alicia Keys.

In a 30-minute on-stage interview with Robin Roberts, the actor revealed that she would be taking a break from acting ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

"Let's get rid of the Joe Manchin's. We need to try to light a fire under Biden and look, we have to vote for him, ok?" she said.

"We have got to get really mad at him and we have to try to demand that he earn our votes.

"But I mean, let's be real because the alternative is the end of everything."

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The 9 to 5 star personally ruled herself out of a presidential run in.

"One thing about getting old is that you start to get a little smart about what your strong suits are. And that's not one of them. I'm a cheerleader," she added.

"I don't have any original ideas. I'm the one who takes your ideas and then I get credit for it."

The star said it's 'up to us' to tackle the climate crisis, before it's 'too late'.

Fonda added: "We are animals, let us not forget. We depend on the ocean and the forests for oxygen, for food.

"I mean, even dogs don't s*** in their own kennel. And we're in our kennel and taking a lot down with us in the process. We have to stop it. It's all connected.

"Those of us who are alive right now in this decade, it's up to us (to make a change) because when we go it'll be too late. We're the ones who can make the difference.

"Let's not, when history is written, be the ones that were staying at home and rearranging the china."

This follows on from last month's Awards ceremony at the Cannes Film Festival, when Fonda presented Justine Triet with the Palme d’Or award - by throwing it at her.

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The French filmmaker picked up the award on the final day of the event for her courtroom drama Anatomy Of A Fall.

It's only the third movie directed by a woman to win the top honor at the world-renowned film festival.

After the director made her acceptance speech she ended up leaving the award behind.

Quick-thinking Fonda decided that the most effective way of resolving the solution was to launched the award at Triet while she was walking away.

Thankfully the award was a light scroll of paper and Triet hadn't noticed that it had been thrown at her.

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