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Jane Fonda has been arrested in Washington DC amid a climate change protest.

The 81-year-old actress had promised action in an earlier interview and followed through with her threats, taking to the US Capitol building steps on Friday morning where police placed her in plastic ties.

Wearing a long red coat, she was walked away by police officers as fellow protestors cheered and called out ‘we love you Jane’.

‘I’m going to take my body, which is kind of famous and popular right now because of the [television] series and I’m going to go to D.C. and I’m going to have a rally every Friday,’ she said.




‘It’ll be called Fire Drill Friday. And we’re going to engage in civil disobedience and we’re going to get arrested every Friday.’

Jane Fonda was arrested in Washington DC (Picture: Getty Images)

The Grace and Frankie star told the Washington Post she was inspired by 16-year-old activist Greta Thunberg, and added that the teen had ‘realised what was happening and that this was barreling at us like an engine’.

Caption: Jane Fonda is seen being arrested during a climate change protest (Picture: Reuters)

‘It so traumatised her that she stopped speaking and eating. And when I read that, it rocked me because I knew that Greta had seen the truth. And the urgency came into my DNA the way it hadn’t before.’

She said: ‘Greta said we have to behave like it’s a crisis. We have to behave like our houses are on fire.’

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg had become the bookies’ favourite to win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize although she later lost to Abiy Ahmed, the Ethiopian Prime Minister who helped end his country’s 20-year war with Eritrea.

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The Swedish girl, 16, rose up to lead a millions-strong youth movement demanding action on global warming.

She has been hailed as the world’s most influential teenager on the world stage, thanks to her relentless campaigning for environmental issues.

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