Bridget Fonda Spotted in Rare LA Outing, Still Happily Retired From Hollywood

Bridget Fonda hasn’t been in a movie since 2002, and that’s exactly how she likes it. The’90s favorite, star of Jackie Brown and Single White Female, was photographed in Los Angeles this month smiling outside a deli with a friend, a rare glimpse of the actress who traded red carpets for a quiet life with husband Danny Elfman and their son Oliver.

Fonda comes from Hollywood royalty, with father Peter, grandfather Henry and aunt Jane all in the family business, and she earned Golden Globe nominations in 1990 and 2002. Then she stepped away and never looked back. In a 2023 interview she shut down comeback talk completely, saying there was no chance of returning because“it’s too nice being a civilian,”and admitting that still photo shoots are the one part of the job she really doesn’t miss.

So the next time you wonder what happened to a favorite star from your childhood, remember this story. Sometimes they’re not lost to fame. They’re just happier out of it. Which celebrity from your childhood do you wish you could get an update on?