(Los Angeles) American actress and activist Jane Fonda announced on Friday that the cancer she had been diagnosed with was going into remission and that she could stop her chemotherapy treatment.
“I feel so lucky […]. I’m even happier that while my first four chemo treatments were pretty easy, with just a few days of fatigue, the last chemo session was tough,” the 84-year-old Oscar-winning actress shared in a post titled “The Best of Birthday Gifts” published on its website.
In September, the activist close to the Democratic Party announced that she suffered from cancer of the lymphatic system, but remained optimistic about her chances of recovery and took advantage of her notoriety to denounce the inequalities of access to care in the United States.
During the months she was battling the disease, Jane Fonda said she continued her activist work.
She mobilized against a legislative text carried by the Democratic Senator Joe Manchin and which aims to develop the production of all forms of energy, including fossil fuels, in the United States and would give the green light to a controversial gas pipeline in his state of West Virginia.
Jane Fonda’s career began in the 1960s and was crowned with two Best Actress Oscars in 1971 for Klute by Alan J. Pakula, and in 1978 for The return by Hal Ashby. She has also been nominated five other times for the most prestigious awards in American cinema.
The actress is still pursuing her career, notably lending her voice in the animated family film Luck recently released on Apple TV+.
His career had many other facets. A star of aerobics, she is also known for her peaceful activism at the time of the Vietnam War and then, until today, in favor of the environment and the fight against climate change.