Jane Fonda's Life Has Been Full of Wild, Whirlwind Love

In August 1965, Jane married her first husband, prominent French film director Roger Vadim. They tied the knot in a small ceremony at the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas. At the time, Jane was 28; Roger was 10 years her senior and known for being a womanizer (Jane was actually his third wife).

By the time he married Jane — who moved to Paris in the hopes of pivoting her reputation as the "girl next door" to more serious, sexier roles — he had already had previous romances with other beautiful actresses like Brigitte Bardot and Cindy Pickett. He shared a son with French screen siren Catherine Deneuve, and a daughter, Nathalie, from a previous marriage with Danish actress Annette Stroyberg. Nathalie and Jane formed a sweet bond, and the then-teenager considered her a strong mother figure.

Together, Jane and Tom — along with a young Troy and Jane's daughter, Vanessa — travelled the country, championing civil rights and antiwar causes, and they founded the Indochina Peace Campaign. Jane also made a slightly controversial visit to North Vietnam and Hanoi in 1972.

The couple eventually settled down in Santa Monica and even opened a Summer camp for disadvantaged kids on a ranch in Santa Barbara. It was there that Jane and Tom met Mary Luana Williams (known as Lulu), the daughter of Black Panther members. In 1982, they invited 14-year-old Lulu to live with them and unofficially adopted her.

Despite their happy blended family, Jane and Tom got divorced in June 1990. Troy is now a famous actor himself, with roles in Soldier's Girl, Bandits, and the Barbershop films. He currently stars on HBO's Ballers. Tom died in 2016 at the age of 76.

Jane and Tom were married for 10 years before their divorce in May 2001. They have both opened up about the reasons for their split, with Jane calling out Ted's need for constant attention. "He needs someone to be there 100 percent of the time," she told the New Yorker that year. "He thinks that's love. It is not love. It's babysitting. We went in different directions. I grew up."

The two have remained close friends and have continued to meet up with their families and attend events together. During one scene in her HBO documentary, while visiting Ted at his ranch in Montana, Jane calls him her "favourite ex-husband."