Bridget Fonda, Husband Danny Elfman Spotted Together During Rare Sighting: Inside Her Reclusive Life

Bridget Fonda and Danny Elfman made a rare joint appearance, their first in years.

Fonda, 61, and Elfman, 71, were spotted together outside their Los Angeles home on Monday, April 28, in photos obtained by Us Weekly. The now-reclusive actress wore a pair of dark sweatpants with a white T-shirt underneath a black peacoat as the couple was spotted organizing items in their garage. Elfman, for his part, sported all-black leisure wear with a coordinating baseball cap.

Fonda and the film composer — the former Oingo Boingo frontman has scored such films as The Nightmare Before Christmas, Batman and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice — have been married since 2003, welcoming son Oliver two years later. Fonda is also the mother of two older children from a previous relationship. Since welcoming Oliver in 2005, Fonda took a step back from the limelight. In 2023, she told photographers that she didn’t plan to act again in the future.

“I don’t think [there’s any chance],” Fonda quipped in footage obtained by The Daily Mail. “It’s too nice being a civilian.”

Bridget, part of the famed Fonda dynasty including dad Peter Fonda, grandfather Henry Fonda and aunt Jane Fonda, was a major star in the 90s and 2000s who starred in The Godfather Part III, Single White Female, Jackie Brown and Lake Placid. She’s also been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards in 1990 and 2002, respectively.

“I measured myself against those who inspired me. I know there was a time when I took myself too seriously. I used to think ‘God, I’m such a goof,” Bridget told MovieMaker in January 2023 during a rare sit-down. “Now I can have a good chuckle at my own expense. Self-flagellation is interesting for about a second.”

She added, “That fact has caused sorrow and frustration in my life. But now I realize you have to give yourself a break. You come to accept that you might not have that in you. Or you can’t see it in yourself. But when someone else cultivates it, what a great feeling.”

At the time, Bridget stressed that she doesn’t “like to be defined” by outside forces.

“Every day there’s something new, some external catalyst that happens to you that can take you in a new direction. I see things around me all the time that move me,” Bridget added to the magazine. “Simple things. The other night I was walking and I saw this night watchman playing with a cat, but he was expressionless. I found that very sad. I also don’t like being defined because I like to feel that I’m bigger than what I can define through my inarticulate abilities.”

She continued, “I have a problem with still photo shoots. I don’t like them at all. In that moment you’re being captured and defined. In film, I don’t mind because you’re a moving target. It’s somebody else, and you’re looking in every direction, there’s so many variables about it. I don’t mind because it keeps a lot of possibility and mystery intact.”