Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon (born October 4, 1946) is an American actress. She was born in New York City and grew up in Edison, New Jersey. She has received many awards in her career for her work, including the Academy Award in 1995 for her role at the movie Dead Man Walking, written and directed by her partner, actor and director Tim Robbins.

Susan Sarandon
Sarandon at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival
Born	Susan Abigail Tomalin (1946-10-04) October 4, 1946 (age 78) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1969–present
Spouse	Chris Sarandon (1967–1979)
Partner	Tim Robbins (1988–2009)
Children	3

In 2022, she came out as bisexual.^[1]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970	Joe	Melissa Compton
1971	Lady Liberty	Sally
1971	The Apprentice	Elizabeth Hawkins	aka "Fleur bleue" (in Canada)
1974	Lovin' Molly	Sarah
1974	The Front Page	Peggy Grant
1975	The Great Waldo Pepper	Mary Beth
1975	The Rocky Horror Picture Show	Janet Weiss
1976	One Summer Love	Chloe	aka "Dragonfly" (USA: original title)
1977	Checkered Flag or Crash	C.C. Wainwright
1977	The Other Side of Midnight	Catherine Alexander Douglas
1977	The Great Smokey Roadblock	Ginny
1978	Pretty Baby	Hattie
1978	King of the Gypsies	Rose
1979	Something Short of Paradise	Madeline Ross
1980	Atlantic City	Sally Matthews	Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress
1980	Loving Couples	Stephanie
1982	Tempest	Aretha Tomalin
1983	The Hunger	Dr. Sarah Roberts
1983	Who Am I This Time?	Helene Shaw
1984	The Buddy System	Emily
1984	Faerie Tale Theatre
1985	Compromising Positions	Judith Singer
1987	The Witches of Eastwick	Jane Spofford	Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress
1988	Bull Durham	Annie Savoy	Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1988	Sweet Hearts Dance	Sandra Boon
1989	The January Man	Christine Starkey
1989	A Dry White Season	Melanie Bruwer
1990	White Palace	Nora Baker	London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress (also for Thelma & Louise) Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1991	Thelma & Louise	Louise Elizabeth Sawyer	David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actress (shared with Geena Davis) London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress (also for White Palace) National Board of Review Award for Best Actress (shared with Geena Davis) Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress  – Motion Picture Drama
1992	The Player	Herself
1992	Light Sleeper	Ann
1992	Bob Roberts	Tawna Titan
1992	Lorenzo's Oil	Michaela Odone	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1994	The Client	Regina 'Reggie' Love	BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
1994	Little Women	Margaret 'Marmee' March
1994	Safe Passage	Margaret 'Mag' Singer
1995	Dead Man Walking	Sister Helen Prejean	Academy Award for Best Actress Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actress Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1996	James and the Giant Peach	Miss Spider	voice
1998	Twilight	Catherine Ames
1998	Illuminata	Calimene
1998	Stepmom	Jackie Harrison	San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1999	Our Friend, Martin	Mrs. Clark	voice (direct-to-video)
1999	Cradle Will Rock	Margherita Sarfatti
1999	Anywhere but Here	Adele August
2000	Joe Gould's Secret	Alice Neel
2000	Rugrats in Paris: The Movie	Coco LaBouche	voice
2001	Cats & Dogs	Ivy	voice
2001	Goodnight Moon	Narrator	voice (short subject)
2002	Igby Goes Down	Mimi Slocumb	Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress (also for | Moonlight Mile) Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
2002	The Banger Sisters	Lavinia Kingsley
2002	Moonlight Mile	Jojo Floss	Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress (also for Igby Goes Down)
2002	Little Miss Spider	Narrator	short subject
2004	Noel	Rose Collins
2004	Jiminy Glick in Lalawood	Herself	Cameo
2004	Shall We Dance	Beverly Clark
2004	Alfie	Liz
2005	Elizabethtown	Hollie Baylor
2005	Romance & Cigarettes	Kitty
2006	Irresistible	Sophie
2007	Mr. Woodcock	Beverly Farley
2007	In the Valley of Elah	Joan Deerfield
2007	Enchanted	Queen Narissa
2007	Emotional Arithmetic	Melanie Lansing Winters	Nominated—Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress Nominated—Jutra Award for Best Actress
2008	Speed Racer	Mom Racer
2008	Middle of Nowhere	Rhonda Berry
2009	The Greatest	Grace Brewer
2009	Peacock	Fanny Crill	Direct-to-video
2009	Leaves of Grass	Daisy Kincaid
2009	Solitary Man	Nancy
2009	The Lovely Bones	Grandma Lynn	Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
2010	Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps	Sylvia Moore
2012	Jeff, Who Lives at Home	Sharon
2012	That's My Boy	Mary McGarricle	post-production
2012	Arbitrage	Ellen Miller
2012	Cloud Atlas		filming
2012	The Company You Keep	Sharon Solarz
2013	Snitch	District Attorney Joanne Keeghan
2013	The Big Wedding	Bebe McBride
2013	The Last of Robin Hood	Florence Aadland
2014	Tammy	Pearl Balzen
2014	Ping Pong Summer	Randy Jammer
2014	The Calling	Hazel Micallef
2015	Hell and Back	Barb The Angel	voice
2015	The Meddler	Marnie Minervini
2015	3 Generations	Dolly
2016	Zoolander 2	Herself	Cameo (uncredited)
2016	April and the Extraordinary World	Chimene	voice
2016	Mothers and Daughters	Millie
2016	Spark	Bananny	voice
2016	Ace the Case	Detective Dottie Wheel
2016	My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea	Lunch Lady Lorraine	voice
2017	A Bad Moms Christmas	Isis Dunkler
2018	The Death & Life of John F. Donovan	Grace Donovan
2018	Viper Club	Helen
2019	Blackbird	Lily
2019	VHYes	Tracy Beth
2019	The Jesus Rolls	Jean
2020	Fearless	Mom
2021	Jolt	Woman With No Name
2021	Ride the Eagle	Honey
2022	Forty Winks	Connie Montoya
2023	Maybe I Do	Monica
2023	Blue Beetle	Victoria Kord
2024	The Gutter	Linda Curson
2024	Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue	Shades	voice
2024	The Fabulous Four	Lou
2024	The Six Triple Eight	Eleanor Roosevelt
2025	Nonnas	Gia

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970– 1971	A World Apart	Patrice Kahlman
1971	Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law	Joyce	1 episode
1972	Search for Tomorrow	Sarah Fairbanks	unknown episodes
1974	F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles'	Ailie Calhoun	television film
1974	The Satan Murders	Kate	television film
1974	June Moon	Eileen	television film
1974	The Rimers of Eldritch	Pasty Johnson	television film
1975	The Haunting of Rosalind		television film
1981	Fridays	Herself	TV show. Special guest star
1982	Who Am I This Time?	Helene Shaw	television film
1984	Oxbridge Blues	Natalie	TV mini-series
1984	Faerie Tale Theatre	Beauty	1 episode Beauty And The Beast
1985	A.D	Livilla	TV mini-series
1985	Mussolini and I	Edda Mussolini Ciano	television film
1986	Women of Valor	Col. Margaret Ann Jessup	television film
1994	All Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!	Bitsy
1995	The Simpsons	Ballet Teacher	1 episode
1999	Earthly Possessions	Charlotte Emory	television film
2001	Friends	Cecilia Monroe/Jessica Lockhart	Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress – Comedy Series
2001	Cool Women In History	The Host	Season 1 Nominated—Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Series
2002	Malcolm in the Middle	Meg	Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress – Comedy Series
2003	Ice Bound: A Woman's Survival at the South Pole	Dr. Jerri Nielsen	television film
2003	Frank Herbert's Children of Dune	Princess Wensicia	TV miniseries
2004	Chappelle's Show	herself	Season 3
2004	Troy: The Passion of Helen	The Host
2005	The Exonerated	Sunny Jacobs	television film
2005	Mad TV		2 episodes
2006– 2007	Rescue Me	Alicia
2007	Bernard and Doris	Doris Duke	television film Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
2009	Saturday Night Live	Mother of Andy Samberg's character	SNL Digital Short - Motherlover
2009	ER	Nora	1 episode
2010	Who Do You Think You Are?[2]	herself	1 episode
2010	You Don't Know Jack	Janet Good	television film Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
2010	Chelsea Lately	Herself	Appeared 7/20/2010
2010	The Good Wife	Mrs. Joe Kent	Uncredited voice role, 10/27/2010
2011– 2012	30 Rock	Lynn Onkman	2 Episodes Queen of Jordan , Alexis Goodlooking and the Case of the Missing Whisky
2011	Saturday Night Live	Mother of Andy Samberg's character	SNL Digital Short - 3-Way (The Golden Rule)
2012	The Big C	Joy the Joyologist	6 episodes
2013– 2014	Mike & Molly	J.C. Small	2 episodes
2014	Doll & Em	Herself	1 episode
2015	The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe	Gladys	2 episodes
2015	Moonbeam City	Ice Ivory	1 episode
2016	Cassius and Clay
2016	American Dad!	Mrs. Jasperterian	1 episode
2016– 2017	Skylanders Academy	Golden Queen	6 episodes
2017	Feud: Bette and Joan	Bette Davis	8 episodes
2017– 2023	Rick and Morty	Dr. Wong	4 episodes
2017– 2019	Ray Donovan	Samantha Winslow	16 episodes
2017– 2018	Neo Yokio	Aunt Agatha	7 episodes
2019	At Home with Amy Sedaris	Susan Sarandon	1 episode
2019	Robot Chicken	Louise, Chloe, Gen Z Advertising Executive, Handmaid	1 episode
2019	Magic for Humans	Herself	1 episode
2021	Search Party	Lylah	2 episodes
2022	Monarch	Dottie Cantrell Roman
2023	C*A*U*G*H*T	Alaska Adams
2023	Krapopolis	Demeter	1 episode

Documentaries

Year	Title	Role
1983	When the Mountains Tremble	herself
1990	Through the Wire	narrator
1993	Wildnerness: The Last Stand	narrator
1994	School of the Americas Assassins	narrator
1995	The Celluloid Closet	herself
1996	Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press	narrator
1997	The Need to Know	narrator
1997	Father Roy: Inside the School of Assassins	narrator
1997	187: Documented	narrator
1999	For Love of Julian	narrator
2000	Light Keeps Me Company	herself
2000	Iditarod: A Far Distant Place	narrator
2000	Mythos	narrator
2000	This Is What Democracy Looks Like	narrator
2000	Dying to be Thin	narrator
2001	Uphill All the Way	narrator
2001	900 Women	narrator
2001	The Shaman's Apprentice	narrator
2001	Rudyland	narrator
2001	Islamabad: Rock City	narrator
2001	Ghosts of Attica	narrator
2001	Last Party 2000	herself
2002	The Next Industrial Revolution	narrator
2002	Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion	narrator
2003	XXI Century	herself
2003	The Nazi Officer's Wife	narrator
2003	Burma: Anatomy of Terror	narrator
2003	Journey of the Heart: The Life of Henri Nouwen	narrator
2004	Fragile Hopes from the Killing Fields	narrator
2005	A Whale in Montana	narrator
2005	On the Line: Dissent in an Age of Terrorism	herself
2006	Secrets of the Code	narrator
2006	Christa McAuliffe: Reach for the Stars	narrator
2006	Home	herself
2007	This Child of Mine	narrator
2007	World Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies	herself
2007	Coming Home	herself
2009	PoliWood	herself
2010	Who Do You Think You Are?	herself
2014	Unity	narrator
2015	Connected	Herself
2017	Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story	executive producer only
2017	Soufra	executive producer only
2017	Up To Us	herself
2018	Survivors Guide to Prison	narrator
2018	American Mirror	herself
2018	Death Row Stories	narrator
2023	Materia Viva	herself
2025	Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror	herself