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