Susan Sarandon

American actress and activist

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Susan Sarandon is an American actress known for her film and television roles spanning several decades, as well as her work as an activist on various social and political causes. She is notable as a public figure who has combined her entertainment career with public advocacy around issues she cares about.

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Born: 1946-10-04
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Type: Group
Active from: 2004

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Listeners: 185,138
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Susan Abigail Sarandon (/səˈrændən/ sə-RAN-dən; née Tomalin; born October 4, 1946) is an American actor. With a career spanning over five decades, she has received accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for seven Emmy Awards and ten Golden Globe Awards.

Sarandon made her film debut in Joe (1970) and appeared on the soap operas A World Apart (1970–1971) and Search for Tomorrow (1972). She gained prominence for her role in the musical horror film The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). After Oscar nominations for Atlantic City (1980), Thelma & Louise (1991), Lorenzo's Oil (1992), and The Client (1994), Sarandon won the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking (1995). Her other notable films include Pretty Baby (1978), The Hunger (1983), The Witches of Eastwick (1987), Bull Durham (1988), Little Women (1994), Stepmom (1998), Enchanted (2007), The Lovely Bones (2009), Cloud Atlas (2012), Tammy (2014), and The Meddler (2015).