In this exclusive conversation at the 79th Festival de Cannes, Anupama Chopra sits down with Jane Fonda - two-time Oscar winner, lifelong activist, and L'Oréal Paris global ambassador, now in her 20th year with the brand. Fresh off opening the festival alongside Gong Li, Jane reflects on what two decades with L'Oréal Paris have meant to her - confidence, community, and the chance to meet remarkable women from across the world. She speaks about the L'Oréal Paris Lights on Women's Worth program in its sixth edition, and why supporting young women filmmakers is as critical as the brand's iconic "Because You're Worth It" message. Drawing on 65 years as an artist, she traces how starkly the industry has changed since 1958 - when she was often the only woman on set besides the script supervisor - and how much further it still has to go, even as Autumn Durald Arkapaw's recent historic Oscar win for Sinners marks a long-overdue milestone for women behind the camera. Jane also opens up about the corporate squeeze on independent cinema, paying tribute to Robert Redford's legacy at Sundance, and shares her practical advice for women building careers in entertainment. She talks about how living in France for nine years reshaped her relationship with beauty and ageing, what runs through her mind on the red carpet, and her personal mantra of staying curious and being kind. In one of the most moving passages, she recalls travelling alone through India, Nepal, and Sikkim in her early thirties - a journey that confronted her with poverty for the first time and set her on the path to activism. She closes with her upcoming Lionsgate film The Correspondent, in which she stars as Sybil Van Antwerp, a role she calls one she was born to play, won after a rare seven-studio bidding war. #JaneFonda #Cannes2026 #LOrealParis