Born October 4, 1946, in Jackson Heights, N.Y., Susan Sarandon was the eldest of nine children in a family of Welsh-Italian decent. Sarandon attended Catholic University, where she met her future husband, actor Chris Sarandon.After relocating to New York City and working in largely forgettable movies, Sarandon broke through playing Janet in the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Sarandon's talents were honed when she became involved with director Louis Malle, who cast her in the controversial Pretty Baby and then in Atlantic City, for which Sarandon received the first of her five Best Actress Oscar nominations.
A series of high-profile roles followed in The Witches of Eastwick, Bull Durham, Thelma & Louise and Lorenzo's Oil. In 1995, Sarandon finally earned her Best Actress Oscar playing Sister Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking, written and directed by her partner, Tim Robbins.
AddThe ClientAfter witnessing the suicide of a lawyer whose client is in the mob, 11-year-old Mark Sway (Brad Renfro) seeks the aid and protection of lawyer Reggie Love (Susan Sarandon), while federal prosecutor Roy Foltrigg (Tommy Lee Jones) hopes to use the boy to bring down a mob family. Sarandon earned a... Read More
AddThelma & Louise: Special EditionWaitress Louise Sawyer (Susan Sarandon) and naive housewife Thelma Dickinson (Geena Davis) take off for a simple weekend free of men … and become outlaws blazing a cathartic trail across America. This Special Edition video includes audio commentary with director Ridley Scott, writer Callie... Read More
AddBernard and DorisSusan Sarandon and Ralph Fiennes star in this Golden Globe- and Emmy-nominated tale inspired by the life of billionaire heiress Doris Duke, which speculates on the relationship between Duke and her gay butler, Bernard Lafferty, whom she left in charge of her fortune. Newly sober, Lafferty (Fiennes)... Read More
AddWhite PalaceThis movie equivalent of a romance novel sees uptight yuppie Max (James Spader) become involved with older, blue-collar waitress Nora (Susan Sarandon). They meet by chance, fall into bed on a whim, then try to make their improbable relationship work in the outside world. Many recognizable faces --... Read More
AddJoeBill (Dennis Patrick), a wealthy businessman, confronts his junkie daughter's (Susan Sarandon) drug-dealing boyfriend and ends up killing him. Panic-stricken, he goes to a bar and reveals his secret to a drunken factory worker named Joe (Peter Boyle) -- who, like Bill, hates hippies, blacks and... Read More
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