JANE FONDA HONORED FOR SOCIAL ACTIVISM

Oscar-winning actress is getting the guild’s Stanley Kramer award

In its 17-year history the Stanley Kramer Award has been awarded to just two individuals: Sean Penn and now, Jane Fonda.

The Producers Guild established the award, named for the late director-producer of films including “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” to honor a motion picture, producer or other individual whose achievement or contribution illuminates provoca- tive social issues. Penn received the first such kudo in 2011, followed by films including “Fruitvale Station,” “The Hunting Ground” and “Get Out.”

Fonda, a two-time Academy Award winner, was born into a famous showbiz family and became a star in her own right before becoming politically active, protesting the Vietnam War in the 1970s. HBO’S documentary “Jane Fonda in Five Acts,” which pre- miered at the Sundance Film Festival last year, traced her evolution as an activist.

“I’m glad about that, because I think it shows that people aren’t born politically brave,” Fonda told Variety at that time. “People aren’t necessarily born feminists.”

Recently the 81-yearold actress raised $1.3 million for the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential, a nonprofit she started in 1995, and nearly $1 million for the Women’s Media Center, another nonprofit she co-founded with Gloria Steinem.

She won Oscars for “Klute” and “Coming Home,” also starring in “The China Syndrome,” “Nine to Five,” “On Golden Pond” and most recently, “Book Club.” The fifth season of her Netflix show “Grace and Frankie,” which she executive produces and stars in, debuts this week.