Claim: Susan Sarandon engages in political activism.

Susan Abigail Sarandon -LRB- -LSB- səˈrændən -RSB- née Tomalin ; born October 4 , 1946 -RRB- is an American actress and activist . She is an Academy Award and BAFTA Award winner who is also known for her social and political activism for a variety of causes . She was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1999 and received the Action Against Hunger Humanitarian Award in 2006 .   Sarandon began her career in the 1970 film Joe , before appearing in the soap opera A World Apart -LRB- 1970 -- 71 -RRB- . In 1975 , she starred in the cult classic film The Rocky Horror Picture Show . She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Atlantic City -LRB- 1980 -RRB- , Thelma & Louise -LRB- 1991 -RRB- , Lorenzo 's Oil -LRB- 1992 -RRB- , and The Client -LRB- 1994 -RRB- , before winning for Dead Man Walking -LRB- 1995 -RRB- . She has also won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for The Client , and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress for Dead Man Walking . Her other films include : Pretty Baby -LRB- 1978 -RRB- , The Hunger -LRB- 1983 -RRB- , The Witches of Eastwick -LRB- 1987 -RRB- , Bull Durham -LRB- 1988 -RRB- , White Palace -LRB- 1990 -RRB- , Little Women -LRB- 1994 -RRB- , Stepmom -LRB- 1998 -RRB- , Enchanted -LRB- 2007 -RRB- , The Lovely Bones -LRB- 2009 -RRB- , Tammy -LRB- 2014 -RRB- , and The Meddler -LRB- 2015 -RRB- .   She made her Broadway debut in An Evening with Richard Nixon in 1972 and went on to receive Drama Desk Award nominations for the Off-Broadway plays , A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking -LRB- 1979 -RRB- and Extremities -LRB- 1982 -RRB- . She returned to Broadway in the 2009 revival of Exit the King .   On television , she is a five-time Emmy Award nominee , including for her guest roles on the sitcoms Friends -LRB- 2001 -RRB- and Malcolm in the Middle -LRB- 2002 -RRB- , and the TV films Bernard and Doris -LRB- 2007 -RRB- and You Do n't Know Jack -LRB- 2010 -RRB- . In 2017 , Sarandon portrayed Bette Davis in the first season of FX 's anthology series Feud .