Biography
As well known for her political activism as for her varied screen roles, actress Susan Sarandon defied being stereotyped in both her career and her personal life. The former Ford model, often playing seductive older women, demonstrated throughout her career considerable range and fearlessness, excelling equally as devoted mother and sultry screen siren. Though her film debut was in 1970, Sarandon made her first measurable impression as the …
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Career Milestones
| Began career as a model with the Ford Agency | ||
| Born in Jackson Heights, Queens, NY and raised in Metuchen, NJ | ||
1970 | First regular TV role, appeared on the ABC daytime soap "A World Apart" | |
1970 | Screen debut in "Joe"; had accompanied then-husband Chris Sarandon to his audition for the film but she was hired instead | |
1972 | Acted on the daytime soap "Search for Tomorrow" (CBS, NBC) | |
1972 | Broadway debut as Tricia Nixon in Gore Vidal's "An Evening With Richard Nixon and . . ." | |
1974 | Played the fictionalized heroine in the TV dramatization "F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles" (ABC) | |
1975 | Co-starred as newlywed Janet in cult hit "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" | |
1975 | Was leading lady to Robert Redford in "The Great Waldo Pepper" | |
1978 | First film with director Louis Malle, "Pretty Baby" playing Brooke Shields' prostitute mother | |
1980 | Off-Broadway debut in "A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking" | |
1980 | Reteamed with Malle for "Atlantic City"; earned first Best Actress Oscar nomination playing a young casino employee who falls for older Burt Lancaster | |
1982 | Acted with John Cassavetes and wife Gena Rowlands in Paul Mazursky's "Tempest," loosely based on Shakespeare's play | |
1982 | Starred opposite Christopher Walken in the acclaimed PBS drama "Who Am I This Time?" | |
1983 | Love scene with Catherine Deneuve in Tony Scott's "The Hunger" created a minor furor | |
1985 | Co-starred as Edda Ciano, the dictator's daughter in the HBO miniseries "Mussolini: The Decline and Fall of Il Duce" | |
1985 | Starred as a housewife investigating a murder in the comedy-drama "Compromising Positions"; was pregnant with first child during filming which was noticably visible in some scenes | |
1987 | First film with director George Miller, "The Witches of Eastwick" | |
1988 | Met companion Tim Robbins while co-starring in hit comedy "Bull Durham" | |
1990 | Portrayed older waitress who becomes involved with younger yuppie James Spader in "White Palace" | |
1991 | Co-starred with Geena Davis in the female buddy film "Thelma & Louise," directed by Ridley Scott; earned second Best Actress Oscar nomination | |
1991 | Made cameo appearance as herself in Robert Altman's "The Player," starring Robbins | |
1992 | Played small role in Robbins' feature directing debut "Bob Roberts" | |
1992 | Reteamed with Miller for "Lorenzo's Oil," earning her third Best Actress Academy Award nomination | |
1994 | Picked up a fourth Best Actress Oscar nomination for her turn as a non-nonense Southern attorney in "The Client" | |
1994 | Portrayed the matriarch of the March family in Gillian Armstrong's "Little Women" | |
1995 | Starred in Robbins' "Dead Man Walking" opposite Sean Penn; finally won Oscar as Best Actress; Robbins' nomination as Best Director made them the first couple since Cassavetes and Rowlands to be jointly nominated for their work together | |
1996 | Provided the voice of the Spider for "James and the Giant Peach" | |
1998 | Cast as a movie star married to Gene Hackman who calls upon old friend detective Paul Newman for assistance in Robert Benton's "Twilight" | |
1998 | Co-starred with Ed Harris and Julia Roberts in the comedy-drama "Stepmom"; also served as executive producer | |
1999 | Made cameo appearance in Robbins' feature "The Cradle Will Rock" | |
1999 | Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame | |
1999 | Starred as a single mother of a teenager in Wayne Wang's "Anywhere But Here" | |
2000 | Had cameo role as painter Alice Neel in "Joe Gould's Secret," directed by Stanley Tucci | |
2000 | Provided the voice for Coco La Bouche in the animated film "Rugrats in Paris - The Movie" | |
2001 | Made guest appearance on an episode of "Friends" (NBC) playing a soap opera actress; received Emmy nomination | |
2001 | Voiced the dog Ivy in the feature "Cats & Dogs" | |
2002 | Co-starred opposite Dustin Hoffman in "Moonlight Mile" | |
2002 | Co-starred with Goldie Hawn in "The Banger Sisters" | |
2002 | Played the title character's mother in "Igby Goes Down"; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress | |
2004 | Cast as Richard Gere's wife in "Shall We Dance?" a remake of the 1996 Japanese film | |
2004 | Starred opposite Jude Law in "Alfie," a remake of the 1966 film starring Michael Caine | |
2005 | Co-starred as James Gandolfini's wife in "Romance & Cigarettes," directed by John Turturro | |
2005 | Played Orlando Bloom's mother in Cameron Crowe's drama "Elizabethtown" | |
2006 | Guest starred on several episodes of Denis Leary's FX drama "Rescue Me" | |
2007 | Co-starred opposite Tommy Lee Jones in Paul Haggis' "In the Valley of Elah" | |
2007 | Played the evil queen in Disney's modern-day animation and live-action fairy tale "Enchanted" | |
2008 | Played Mom Racer in the Wachowski brothers' live action film adaptation of the 1960s Japanese series "Speed Racer" | |
2008 | Portrayed tobacco millionairess Doris Duke in the HBO film "Bernard and Doris"; earned Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG nominations for Best Actress in a TV-movie | |
2009 | Played the grandmother of a young girl who is murdered in the film adaptation of Alice Sebold's bestseller "The Lovely Bones" | |
2009 | Returned to Broadway after more than 30 years as the elder ex-wife of a dying monarch, portrayed by Aussie actor Geoffrey Rush, in Eugene Ionesco's drama "Exit The King" | |
2010 | Appeared in Oliver Stone directed sequel "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" | |
2010 | Co-starred as Hemlock Society activist Janet Good in the Barry Levinson directed HBO film "You Don't Know Jack," about Dr. Jack Kevorkian, played by Al Pacino; earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie | |
2010 | Nominated for the 2010 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie ("You Don't Know Jack") | |
2010 | Played the mother of twin sons (Edward Norton) in Tim Blake Nelson's "Leaves of Grass" | |
2011 | Nominated for the 2011 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries ("You Don't Know Jack") | |
2012 | Co-starred in "Jeff, Who Lives at Home" opposite Jason Segel and Ed Helms | |
2012 | Played multiple roles in "Cloud Atlas," based on David Mitchell's 2004 novel; film co-directed by Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, and Tom Tykwer | |
2012 | Re-teamed with Richard Gere as husband and wife in financial thriller "Arbitrage" | |
Awards
1981 | Academy Award for Actress In a Leading Role in Atlantic City |
1988 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical in Bull Durham |
1990 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama in White Palace |
1991 | Academy Award for Actress In a Leading Role in Thelma & Louise |
1991 | BAFTA Award for Actress In a Leading Role in Thelma & Louise |
1991 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama in Thelma & Louise |
1992 | Academy Award for Actress In a Leading Role in Lorenzo's Oil |
1992 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama in Lorenzo's Oil |
1992 | MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo in Thelma & Louise |
1994 | Academy Award for Actress In a Leading Role in The Client |
1994 | BAFTA Award for Actress In a Leading Role in The Client |
1995 | Academy Award for Actress In a Leading Role in Dead Man Walking |
1995 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama in Dead Man Walking |
1995 | San Sebastian International Film Festival for Donostia Award |
1995 | San Sebastian International Film Festival for Donostia Award |
1995 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in The Client |
1996 | MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance in Dead Man Walking |
1996 | Palm Springs International Film Festival for Career Achievement Award in Choreography |
1996 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in Dead Man Walking |
1998 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama in Stepmom |
2001 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress In a Comedy Series in Friends |
2002 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture in Igby Goes Down |
2002 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress In a Comedy Series in Malcolm in the Middle |
2008 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in Bernard and Doris |
2008 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie in Bernard and Doris |
2009 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries in Bernard and Doris |
2010 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress In a Miniseries or Movie in You Don't Know Jack |