Susan Abigail Sarandon (née Tomalin; born October 4, 1946) is an American actress and activist. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for a Daytime Emmy Award, six Primetime Emmy Awards, and nine Golden Globe Awards. In 2002, she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to the film industry.
Academy Awards
Best Actress
Known For
Blue Beetle
(2023)
Victoria Kord
Pretty Baby
(1978)
Hattie
The Hunger
(1983)
Sarah Roberts
The Lovely Bones
(2009)
Grandma Lynn
Enchanted
(2007)
Queen Narissa
That's My Boy
(2012)
Mary McGarricle (Present Day)
Jolt
(2021)
Woman with No Name
Cloud Atlas
(2012)
Madame Horrox / Older Ursula / Yusouf Suleiman / Abbess
Thelma & Louise
(1991)
Louise Sawyer
Snitch
(2013)
Joanne Keeghan
The Client
(1994)
Reggie Love
Stepmom
(1998)
Jackie Harrison
Speed Racer
(2008)
Mom Racer
Arbitrage
(2012)
Ellen Miller
Lorenzo's Oil
(1992)
Michaela Odone
The Witches of Eastwick
(1987)
Jane Spofford
Full Filmography
Acting
Joe
(1970)
Melissa Compton
The Apprentice
(1971)
Elizabeth Hawkins
Lady Liberty
(1971)
Sally
The Rimers of Eldritch
(1972)
Patsy Johnson
The Haunting of Rosalind
(1973)
Dita
The Front Page
(1974)
Peggy Grant
Lovin' Molly
(1974)
Sarah
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles
(1974)
Ailie Calhoun
The Satan Murders
(1974)
Kate
June Moon
(1974)
Eileen
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
(1975)
Janet Weiss
The Great Waldo Pepper
(1975)
Mary Beth
Dragonfly
(1976)
Chloe
The Other Side of Midnight
(1977)
Catherine Alexander Douglas
Checkered Flag or Crash
(1977)
C.C. Wainwright
King of the Gypsies
(1978)
Rose
Pretty Baby
(1978)
Hattie
The Great Smokey Roadblock
(1978)
Ginny
Something Short of Paradise
(1979)
Madeline Ross
Atlantic City
(1980)
Sally
Loving Couples
(1980)
Stephanie
Tempest
(1982)
Aretha Tomalin
Who Am I This Time?
(1982)
Helene Shaw
The Hunger
(1983)
Sarah Roberts
The Buddy System
(1984)
Emily
Beauty and the Beast
(1984)
Beauty
Mussolini and I
(1985)
Edda Mussolini Ciano
Compromising Positions
(1985)
Judith Singer
Women of Valor
(1986)
Col. Margaret Ann Jessup
The Witches of Eastwick
(1987)
Jane Spofford
Bull Durham
(1988)
Annie Savoy
Sweet Hearts Dance
(1988)
Sandra "Sandy" Boon
The January Man
(1989)
Christine Starkey
A Dry White Season
(1989)
Melanie Bruwer
White Palace
(1990)
Nora Baker
Thelma & Louise
(1991)
Louise Sawyer
Lorenzo's Oil
(1992)
Michaela Odone
The Player
(1992)
Susan Sarandon
Bob Roberts
(1992)
Anchor, Tawna Titan
Light Sleeper
(1992)
Ann
Wilderness: The Last Stand
(1993)
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Client
(1994)
Reggie Love
Little Women
(1994)
Mrs. March
Safe Passage
(1994)
Mag
School of the Americas Assassins
(1994)
Narrator (voice)
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
(1994)
Bitsy
Dead Man Walking
(1995)
Sister Helen Prejean
One Woman, One Vote
(1995)
Narrator (voice)
The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
(1995)
Self
James and the Giant Peach
(1996)
Miss Spider (voice)
The Celluloid Closet
(1996)
Self
Father Roy: Inside the School of Assassins
(1996)
Narrator (voice)
Twilight
(1998)
Catherine Ames
Stepmom
(1998)
Jackie Harrison
Illuminata
(1998)
Celimene
Anywhere but Here
(1999)
Adele August
Earthly Possessions
(1999)
Charlotte Emory
Cradle Will Rock
(1999)
Margherita Sarfatti
Our Friend, Martin
(1999)
Mrs. Clark (voice)
The Secret Life of Geisha
(1999)
Narrator (voice)
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
(1999)
Narrator (voice)
Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
(1999)
Self
This Is What Democracy Looks Like
(2000)
Narrator (voice)
Joe Gould's Secret
(2000)
Alice Neel
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
(2000)
Coco LaBouche (voice)
Light Keeps Me Company
(2000)
Self
Rudyland
(2001)
Narrator (voice)
The Shaman's Apprentice
(2001)
Narrator (voice)
Cats & Dogs
(2001)
Ivy (voice)
The Concert for New York City
(2001)
Self
Ghosts of Attica
(2001)
Narrator
Moonlight Mile
(2002)
Jojo Floss
The Banger Sisters
(2002)
Lavinia
Igby Goes Down
(2002)
Mimi
The Next Industrial Revolution
(2002)
Narrator (voice)
Bull Durham: Between the Lines
(2002)
Self
Facing Arthur
(2002)
Narrator (voice)
The Nazi Officer's Wife
(2003)
Narrator (voice)
Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey
(2003)
Self
Ice Bound
(2003)
Dr. Jerri Nielsen
The Education of Gore Vidal
(2003)
Self
Shall We Dance?
(2004)
Beverly Clark
Alfie
(2004)
Liz
Noel
(2004)
Rose Collins
Elizabethtown
(2005)
Hollie Baylor
Romance & Cigarettes
(2005)
Kitty Kane
The Peace!
(2005)
Self
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
(2005)
Susan Sarandon
Bernard and Doris
(2006)
Doris Duke
Irresistible
(2006)
Sophie Hartley
The Exonerated
(2006)
Sunny Jacobs
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
(2006)
Narrator (voice)
Secrets of the Code
(2006)
Narrator (voice)
Home
(2006)
Christa McAuliffe: Reach for the Stars
(2006)
Narrator (voice)
Enchanted
(2007)
Queen Narissa
In the Valley of Elah
(2007)
Joan Deerfield
Mr. Woodcock
(2007)
Beverly Farley
Speed Racer
(2008)
Mom Racer
Emotional arithmetic
(2008)
Melanie Lansing Winters
Middle of Nowhere
(2008)
Rhonda Berry
Pip's Predicament: A Pop-Up Adventure
(2008)
Queen Narissa (voice)
The Lovely Bones
(2009)
Grandma Lynn
The Greatest
(2009)
Grace Brewer
Leaves of Grass
(2009)
Daisy Kincaid
Solitary Man
(2009)
Nancy Kalmen
A War in Hollywood
(2009)
Self - Actress
PoliWood
(2009)
Self
Peacock
(2010)
Fanny Crill
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
(2010)
Sylvia Moore
You Don't Know Jack
(2010)
Janet Good
Fight for Your Right Revisited
(2011)
Mother
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
(2011)
Sharon Thompkins
Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World
(2011)
Narrator (voice)
The Miraculous Year
(2011)
Patty Atwood
Arbitrage
(2012)
Ellen Miller
Cloud Atlas
(2012)
Madame Horrox / Older Ursula / Yusouf Suleiman / Abbess
Robot & Frank
(2012)
Jennifer
That's My Boy
(2012)
Mary McGarricle (Present Day)
The Company You Keep
(2012)
Sharon Solarz
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
(2012)
Self
Nothing Like Chocolate
(2012)
Narrator (voice)
The Big Wedding
(2013)
Beatrice 'Bebe' McBride
Snitch
(2013)
Joanne Keeghan
The Last of Robin Hood
(2013)
Florence Aadland
Trailblazers in Habits
(2013)
Narrator (voice)
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
(2013)
Suze Rotolo (voice)
Irwin & Fran
(2013)
Narrator
Ping Pong Summer
(2014)
Randi Jammer
Tammy
(2014)
Pearl
The Calling
(2014)
Hazel Micallef
The Past Is a Grotesque Animal
(2014)
Self
We Are Many
(2014)
Self
Hell & Back
(2015)
Barb the Angel (voice)
Unity
(2015)
Narrator (voice)
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
(2015)
Self (archive footage)
The Meddler
(2016)
Marnie Minervini
3 Generations
(2016)
Dolly
Spark: A Space Tail
(2016)
Bananny (voice)
Mothers and Daughters
(2016)
Millie
Zoolander 2
(2016)
Susan Sarandon (uncredited)
Ace the Case: Manhattan Mystery
(2016)
Detective Dottie Wheel
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
(2016)
Lunch Lady Lorraine (voice)
A Bad Moms Christmas
(2017)
Isis Dunkler
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
(2017)
Self
Survivor's Guide to Prison
(2018)
Narrator (voice)
Viper Club
(2018)
Helen
Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas
(2018)
Aunt Agitha
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
(2019)
Grace Donovan
The Jesus Rolls
(2019)
Jean
Blackbird
(2019)
Lily
Roger Vivier's Jewels to Shoes
(2019)
Drama Teacher
VHYes
(2020)
Tracy Beth
LOVE
(2020)
The Art Teacher
Fearless
(2020)
Mom (voice)
Ride the Eagle
(2021)
Honey
Jolt
(2021)
Woman with No Name
Rocky Horror 45: The Movie
(2021)
Self
Cher: In Her Own Words
(2021)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Forty Winks
(2022)
Connie Montoya
Byron Bowers: Spiritual N***a
(2022)
Self (uncredited)
Blue Beetle
(2023)
Victoria Kord
Maybe I Do
(2023)
Monica
Healing US
(2023)
Narrator
Gracie and Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
(2024)
(voice)
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
(2024)
Self
The Gutter
(2024)
Linda Curson
Rebel Nun
(2024)
Production
The Great Smokey Roadblock
(1978)
Co-Producer
Stepmom
(1998)
Executive Producer
Moonlight Mile
(2002)
Executive Producer
Waiting for Mamu
(2013)
Executive Producer
Silenced
(2014)
Executive Producer
Deep Run
(2015)
Executive Producer
Radical Grace
(2015)
Executive Producer
The Meddler
(2016)
Executive Producer
Soufra
(2017)
Executive Producer
Survivor's Guide to Prison
(2018)
Producer
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
(2018)
Executive Producer
VHYes
(2020)
Executive Producer