23 Jane Fonda Hairstyles That Are Just As Iconic As She Is

A young Jane Fonda began modeling in the 50s, rocking a feminine pixie cut, to fund her classes at the private New York Vassar College. The actress never graduated, which gave her “nightmares,” she told The Crimson in a 2006 interview.

Twenty-year-old Fonda strikes a pose before heading to LA to shoot Tall Story, her breakout film as an actress, in which she played June Ryder, a new student at Custer College who falls for the school’s basketball star. Here, Fonda sports longer hair, swept to the side with a deep part for a bit of glam.

Rocking a shoulder-length bob with wide-sweeping curls, Fonda holds a confident stare in a promotional shoot for Tall Story. Throughout the film, she switches between bouncy curls, a dramatic up-do, and a playful half-up look.

The young actress surprises her fans by debuting brunette locks in Edward Dmytryk’s Walk on the Wild Side. Fonda plays the free-spirited Kitty Twist, who helps lovesick Texan Dove Linkhorn (Laurence Harvey) free his long-lost lover from a brothel. Fonda won a Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer for her performance.

Fonda applies lipstick and owns this voluminous hair in a behind-the-scenes look at the filming of Sunday in New York, a romantic comedy directed by Peter Tewksbury. Shortly after filming for this movie, Fonda met her future husband, former director Roger Vadim, in Paris.

Fonda poses in a yellow and white striped jersey—and looks absolutely stunning in yellow-blonde hair and short, side-swept bangs, which was a signature 60s style. At the time, she was living in France with her then beau, Vadim.

Filming a scene from the romance film Barefoot in the Park, Fonda dazzles in this voluminous, messy up-do and soft bangs. The film is set in New York City, where two newlyweds start a new chapter in a tiny walk-up apartment.

With a sweeping side part, Fonda’s gently curled hair looks effortlessly chic as she and Vadim visit the Belvedere Hospital in Paris with their newborn, Vanessa Vadim.

An Oscar-winning (her very first!), brown-haired Fonda! Do we dare brand this look as mullet-inspired? Fonda gleefully accepts an Oscar for Best Performance by an Actress at the 44th annual Academy Awards for her role in Klute.

Two years after her divorce, Fonda lets her brunette strands grow much longer than her typical shoulder-length cut and sports a middle part—an iconic look in the 70s. The actress endured a rocky eight years with Vadim, and met her second husband—activist, author, and politician Tom Hayden—at an anti-war circuit, The Huffington Post reports. They married in 1973 and welcomed a son, Troy Garity.

If this fanned-out hairstyle doesn’t scream late 70s, we don’t know what does. A cheerful Fonda attends the LA premiere of The China Syndrome, where she starred as a news reporter who witnesses a SCRAM incident and prevents a nuclear catastrophe.

With an elegant bun and choppy fringe, sparkling pearls, and cherry-red lips, Fonda stuns at the American Movie Awards at Wilshire Theater in Beverly Hills.

With neon leotards, fuzzy leg warmers, and big, 80s hair, Fonda revolutionized the fitness industry with her Workout video. VCR players became cheap, and the original video sold by the millions.

Divorced from her second husband, Fonda steps out in a gem-embellished blue gown with her new man, media mogul Ted Turner. She looks happier than ever with vibrant, blonde locks and her signature bangs.

As narrator of the mini-series A Century of Women, it’s only fitting that Fonda turns heads at the documentary’s premiere in New York City, where she returns to longer, neutral locks but doesn’t shy away from volume and messy curls.

Two decades after the hit movie 9 to 5, Fonda sports a choppy blonde bob with sweeping bangs at the 20th Anniversary Screening. The movie boasts two other American icons: Dolly Parton and Lily Tomlin.

After a 16-year-long hiatus from the big screen, Fonda returns in Monster-in-Law, co-starring with a young Jennifer Lopez. Her hair is a bit brighter, though the cut hasn’t changed much in the past five years.

It’s a look! From the cheetah jacket to the tan shades to the edgy, flipped-out cut, Fonda is living her best life at the LA premiere of How Do You Know.

Back to blonde, the actress maintains her choppy bob at the 64th Cannes International Film Festival.

How can you miss a stunning Fonda in this vibrant yellow jumpsuit? The actress goes a little bit shorter and a lot more voluminous at the 2013 Oscars.