Susan Sarandon Biography

Susan Sarandon is one of Hollywood's most respected and talented actresses. A student at the Catholic University of America, she expressed no interest in performing until marrying actor Chris Sarandon.

While accompanying her husband on an audition, Sarandon landed a pivotal role in the 1970 feature, ‘Joe’. She was soon to become a regular on the daytime soap opera, ‘A World Apart’.

However, it wasn't until her substantial part in Louis Malle's ‘Pretty Baby’ that audiences began to take notice of the glamorous redhead.

Malle was so impressed by her performance, that she landed a role in his film ‘Atlantic City’, which was to earn her an Oscar nomination.

The 1986 hit ‘The Witches of Eastwick’ brought more attention, and in 1988 she delivered a breakthrough performance in Ron Shelton's hit baseball comedy ‘Bull Durham’, which finally made her a star, at the age of 40.

More importantly, the film teamed her with co-star Tim Robbins, with whom she soon began a long-term relationship.

Perhaps her most infamous role remains that of ‘Louise’ in the cult classic, ‘Thelma & Louise’, which earned Sarandon and her co-star, Geena Davis, Academy Award nominations.

Her role in ‘The Client’ earned her a fourth Best Actress nomination, before she finally won her first Academy Award for ‘Dead Man Walking’.

Recent work has included ‘Moonlight Mile’, with Dustin Hoffman and ’The Banger Sisters’, with Goldie Hawn.