Susan Sarandon

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Susan Sarandon
Sarandon in 2017
Born	Susan Abigail Tomalin (1946-10-04) October 4, 1946 (age 78) New York City, U.S.
Alma mater	Catholic University of America
Occupations	Actor activist
Years active	1970–present
Works	Full list
Spouse	Chris Sarandon ​ ​ (m. 1967; div. 1979)​
Partners	Louis Malle (1977–1980) Franco Amurri (1984–1988) Tim Robbins (1988–2009) Jonathan Bricklin (2010–2015)
Children	3, including Eva Amurri and Miles Robbins
Awards	Full list

Susan Abigail Sarandon (/səˈrændən/; née Tomalin; born October 4, 1946)^[1] is an American actor.^[2] She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for a Daytime Emmy Award, six Primetime Emmy Awards, and nine Golden Globe Awards. In 2002, she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Sarandon made her film debut in Joe (1970) and followed up with stints on the soap operas A World Apart (1970–1971) and Search for Tomorrow (1972). She gained prominence for her role as Janet Weiss in the cult classic musical comedy horror film The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). Sarandon went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Actress for Dead Man Walking (1995). Her other Oscar-nominated roles were in Atlantic City (1980), Thelma & Louise (1991), Lorenzo's Oil (1992), and The Client (1994). Her other notable films include Pretty Baby (1978), The Hunger (1983), The Witches of Eastwick (1987), Bull Durham (1988), Little Women (1994), Stepmom (1998), Enchanted (2007), Speed Racer (2008), The Lovely Bones (2009), Cloud Atlas (2012), The Meddler (2015) and Blue Beetle (2023).

Sarandon made her Broadway debut in the play An Evening with Richard Nixon (1972) and went on to receive Drama Desk Award nominations for the off-Broadway plays A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking (1979) and Extremities (1982). She returned to Broadway in the 2009 revival of Exit the King, and to off-Broadway in the 2019 play Happy Talk. On television, she is a six-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee, including for her guest roles on the sitcoms Friends (2001) and Malcolm in the Middle (2002) as well as her portrayals of Janet Good in the HBO film You Don't Know Jack (2010), Doris Duke in the HBO film Bernard and Doris (2008), Bette Davis in the FX miniseries Feud (2017), and Natasha Romanova in the radio drama series Marvel's Wastelanders (2021–23).

Also known for her social and political activism, Sarandon was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1999 and received the Action Against Hunger Humanitarian Award in 2006.