Susan Abigail Sarandon (née Tomalin; born October 4, 1946 in New York City, New York) is an American actress.
Among the accolades that she has received during her more than fifty-year career are nominations for five Best Actress Academy Awards (winning for Dead Man Walking), two BAFTAs (winning for The Client), nine Golden Globes, and five Primetime Emmy Awards.
Sarandon made her film debut in the 1970 film Joe and appeared as a regular on the short-lived soap opera A World Apart in 1970–71. Her other well-known films include The Great Waldo Pepper, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Pretty Baby, Atlantic City, The Hunger, The Witches of Eastwick, Bull Durham, Thelma & Louise, Lorenzo's Oil, The Client, Little Women (1994), Stepmom, Igby Goes Down, Enchanted, The Lovely Bones, Arbitrage, and 3 Generations.
She is also known for her social and political activism for a variety of progressive causes. She was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1999 and received the Action Against Hunger Humanitarian Award in 2006.
Sarandon was married to Chris Sarandon (1967–79) and subsequently in relationships with Louis Malle (1977–80), Franco Amurri (1984–88), Tim Robbins (1988–2009), and Jonathan Bricklin (2010–15). She has one daughter with Amurri and two sons with Robbins. She came out as bisexual during a 2022 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
Filmography with TV Tropes pages:
- Joe (1970) as Melissa Compton
- The Front Page (1974) as Peggy Grant
- The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) as Mary Beth
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) as Janet Weiss
- Pretty Baby (1978) as Hattie
- King of the Gypsies (1978) as Rose Giorgio Stepanowicz
- Atlantic City (1980) as Sally Matthews
- The Hunger (1983) as Sarah Roberts
- The Witches of Eastwick (1987) as Jane Spofford
- Bull Durham (1988) as Annie Savoy
- The January Man (1989) as Christine Starkey
- Thelma & Louise (1991) as Louise Sawyer
- Light Sleeper (1992) as Ann
- The Player (1992) as Herself
- Bob Roberts (1992) as Tawna Titan
- Lorenzo's Oil (1992) as Michaela Odone
- The Client (1994) as Regina "Reggie" Love
- Little Women (1994) as Abigail "Marmee" March
- Dead Man Walking (1995) as Sister Helen Prejean
- James and the Giant Peach (1996) as Spider (voice)
- Stepmom (1998) as Jackie Harrison
- Our Friend Martin (1999) as Mrs. Joyce Clark (voice)
- Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales (1999) as Narrator (voice)
- Rugrats in Paris (2000) as Coco LaBouche (voice)
- Cats & Dogs (2001) as Ivy (voice)
- Igby Goes Down (2002) as Mimi Slocumb
- Alfie (2004) as Liz
- Shall We Dance (2004) as Beverly Clark
- Elizabethtown (2005) as Hollie Baylor
- Romance & Cigarettes (2005) as Kitty Kane Murder
- In the Valley of Elah (2007) as Joan Deerfield
- Mr. Woodcock (2007) as Beverly Farley
- Enchanted (2007) as Queen Narissa of Andalasia
- Speed Racer (2008) as Mom Racer
- The Lovely Bones (2009) as Grandma Lynn
- Peacock (2010) as Fanny Crill
- Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) as Sylvia Moore
- Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011) as Sharon Thompkins
- Robot and Frank (2012) as Jennifer
- Arbitrage (2012) as Ellen Miller
- That's My Boy (2012) as Mary MacGarricle
- Cloud Atlas (2012) as Madame Horrox, Older Ursula, Yosouf Suleiman, Abbess
- The Company You Keep (2012) as Sharon Solarz
- Snitch (2013) as Joanne Keeghan
- The Big Wedding (2013) as Beatrice Martha "Bebe" McBride
- Tammy (2014) as Pearl Balzen
- April and the Extraordinary World (2015) as Chimène (voice; English dub)
- 3 Generations (2015) as Dolly
- Zoolander 2 (2016) as herself
- Spark (2016) as Bananny (voice)
- A Bad Moms Christmas (2017) as Isis Dunkler
- Blue Beetle (2023) as Victoria Kord
- Search for Tomorrow (1 episode, 1972) as Sarah Fairbanks
- American Playhouse (1 episode, 1982) as Helene Shaw
- Faerie Tale Theatre (1 episode, 1984) as Beauty
- The Simpsons (1995–2006) as Ballet Teacher/Herself (voice)
- Friends (1 episode, 2001) as Cecilia Monroe
- Malcolm in the Middle (1 episode, 2002) as Meg
- Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (3 episodes, 2003) as Princess Wensicia Corrino
- Rescue Me (6 episodes, 2006–07) as Alicia Green
- ER (1 episode, 2009) as Nora
- Saturday Night Live (2 episodes, 2009–11) as Mother (uncredited)
- 30 Rock (2 episodes, 2011–12) as Lynn Onkman
- The Big C (6 episodes, 2012) as Joy Kleinman
- Mike & Molly (2 episodes, 2013–14) as J.C. Small
- American Dad! (1 episode, 2016) as Mrs. Jasperterian (voice)
- Skylanders Academy (6 episodes, 2016–17) as Golden Queen (voice; darrining C.C.H. Pounder from the games)
- Feud (8 episodes, 2017) as Bette Davis
- Neo Yokio (7 episodes, 2017–18) as Aunt Agatha (voice)
- Ray Donovan (19 episodes, 2017–19) as Samantha Wilson
- Rick and Morty (4 episodes, 2017–23) as Dr. Wong (voice)
- Robot Chicken (1 episode, 2019) as Louise, Chloe, Gen Z Advertising Executive, Handmaid (voice)
- Search Party (2 episodes, 2021) as Lylah
- Monarch (4 episodes, 2022) as Dottie Cantrell Roman
- Krapopolis (1 epsiode, 2023) as Demeter (voice)
- Dishonored (2012) as Granny Rags (voice)
Tropes in her work:
- Alliterative Name: Susan Sarandon, though it isn't her birth name.
- Bourgeois Bohemian: She and her former partner Tim Robbins are possibly the foremost examples within Hollywood.
- Evil Redhead: Every time she's a villain.
- Fiery Redhead: Her most common role.
- Silver Fox: Most of her recent roles.
- Ms. Fanservice: Many of her early roles and even a few later ones.
- Large Ham: She has a tendency to be this.
- Older Than They Look: She's in her seventies, but could pass for being in her fifties.
