Susan Sarandon American Actress Known for Dead Man Walking

Susan Sarandon (4 October 1946, New York City) is an American actress. She is recognised as Victoria Kord in Blue Beetle (2023).

Early life

Schooling on record includes The Catholic University of America (Bachelor of Arts, drama fiction), finishing in 1968 and Edison High School, finishing in 1964.

Career

Her first listed screen credit dates to 1970, with A World Apart. Work from the 1970s includes The Front Page (1974) and The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975, as Janet Weiss). Thelma & Louise (1991, as Louise Sawyer) and The Client (1994) are among her 1990s credits. In the 2000s, she appeared in Enchanted (2007) and The Lovely Bones (2009). The 2010s brought Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) and Cloud Atlas (2012).

The list below counts 117 films and 3 TV series from 1970 to 2026. Drama is the most frequent genre among her listed titles (25), followed by comedy (15) and romantic comedy (10). Her latest credit on record is The Echo Chamber (2026). Of her two titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Cats & Dogs (2001) has the highest, at $201 million.

Jack Black appears in four of her listed titles, including Bob Roberts (1992) and Cradle Will Rock (1999). Other co-stars who recur in her credits are Kirsten Dunst (three titles) and Jeremy Piven (three titles). Tim Robbins directed three of her titles on record. George Miller is credited as director on two of them, including The Witches of Eastwick (1987) and Lorenzo's Oil (1992).

Recognition

Among her honours is the Academy Award for Best Actress, won in 1996 for Dead Man Walking. Other wins include the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the New Jersey Hall of Fame (2010). Among her nominations is the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1982 for Atlantic City. In all, Susan Sarandon has won 10 awards and received 5 nominations.

Public roles

She began serving as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1999.

Personal life

Former marriages on record are to Chris Sarandon (1967 to 1979). She is the mother of Miles Robbins and Eva Amurri, and has 3 children in total.