Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon (born Susan Abigail Tomalin on October 4, 1946 in New York, New York) is an Academy Award winning actress. She went to a cattle call[?] for the film Joe[?] in 1970 with her then-husband Chris Sarandon, and, although Chris did not get a part, Susan received the major role of the disaffected teen who disappears into the seedy underworld. She did not follow up on the success of that movie, however, and it was five more years before The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a cult classic. That same year, she played the female lead in The Great Waldo Pepper[?], opposite Robert Redford. Even then, it was not right away that she became a star. She was nominated for an Oscar in 1980 for Atlantic City, but even then she did not become a household name. That took 1988's Bull Durham[?]. It was while filming that movie that she met actor Tim Robbins[?], with whom she established an unmarried relationship that continues.

Sarandon received four Academy Award nominations in the 1990s, finally winning in 1996 for Dead Man Walking. Sarandon and Robbins are noted for their involvement in liberal political causes.

Her recent movies include Anywhere But Here.

Academy Awards and Nominations

• 1996 Won Dead Man Walking
• 1995 Nominated The Client[?]
• 1993 Nominated Lorenzo's Oil[?]
• 1992 Nominated Thelma and Louise
• 1982 Nominated City