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.

In 2022, she came out as bisexual.

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|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|||

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|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|__|Kate|television film||
|1974|_June Moon_|Eileen|television film||
|1974|__|Pasty Johnson|television film||
|1975|__||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|__|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?_|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||

|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|__|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|__|narrator|
|2001|_Rudyland_|narrator|
|2001|_Islamabad: Rock City_|narrator|
|2001|_Ghosts of Attica_|narrator|
|2001|_Last Party 2000_|herself|
|2002|__|narrator|
|2002|_Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion_|narrator|
|2003|_XXI Century_|herself|
|2003|__|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|__|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|

## Infobox (person)

- **image**: Susan Sarandon 3 by David Shankbone.jpg
- **caption**: Sarandon at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival
- **birth name**: Susan Abigail Tomalin
- **birth place**: New York City, New York (state), New York, U.S.
- **years active**: 1969–present
- **occupation**: Actor, Actress
- **spouse**: Chris Sarandon (1967–1979)
- **partner**: Tim Robbins (1988–2009)
- **children**: 3