Susan Sarandon

ActorProducerProduction Oct 4 (age 79) New York City, New York, USA 1953–2025 (72 year career)

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Biography

Susan Abigail Sarandon (née Tomalin; born October 4, 1946) is an American actor. 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.

Known For

Film

Thelma & Louise

Louise

Film

Cloud Atlas

Madame Horrox / Older Ursula / Yusouf Suleiman / Abbess

Film

The Lovely Bones

Grandma Lynn

Film

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Janet Weiss

Film

Enchanted

Queen Narissa

Film

Dead Man Walking

Sister Helen Prejean

Film

Blue Beetle

Victoria Kord

Film

Little Women

Mrs. March

Filmography

Acting (280)

Movies (203)

Nonnas

2025

as Gia

6.8

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror

2025

as Self

8.6

Thelma & Louise: Born to Live

2025

as Self

8.5

What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas

2025

as Self - Interviewee

Baristas vs Billionaires

2025

as Narrator

The Six Triple Eight

as Eleanor Roosevelt

The Gutter

as Linda Curson

Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue

2024

as Shades (voice)

6.9

Rebel Nun

2024

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

as Self

The Fabulous Four

as Lou

Materia Viva

as Self

The Trust Fall: Julian Assange

as Self - Narrator

Blue Beetle

as Victoria Kord

Maybe I Do

as Monica

Healing US

as Narrator

Forty Winks

2022

as Connie Montoya

5.7

Byron Bowers: Spiritual N***a

2022

as Self (uncredited)

8.0

Jolt

2021

as Woman with No Name

6.5

Ride the Eagle

2021

as Honey

6.3

Rocky Horror 45: The Movie

as Self

VHYes

as Tracy Beth

Fearless

as Mom (voice)

LOVE

as The Art Teacher

The Jesus Rolls

as Jean

Blackbird

as Lily

The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

2019

as Grace Donovan

6.9

Roger Vivier's Jewels to Shoes

2019

as Drama Teacher

5.5

Survivor's Guide to Prison

as Narrator (voice)

Viper Club

as Helen

American Mirror - Intimations of Immortality

as Muse

A Bad Moms Christmas

as Isis Dunkler

Inside Look: Feud - Bette and Joan

2017

as Self

6.0

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs

2017

as Self

6.4

Zoolander 2

2016

as Susan Sarandon (uncredited)

4.9

My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea

2016

as Lunch Lady Lorraine (voice)

6.7

Ace the Case: Manhattan Mystery

2016

as Detective Dottie Wheel

The Meddler

as Marnie Minervini

3 Generations

as Dolly

Spark: A Space Tail

as Bananny (voice)

Mothers and Daughters

as Millie

Unity

as Narrator (voice)

Hell and Back

as Barb the Angel (voice)

5.3

Artistry/Technology

2015

as Self

Enzian: When the Lights Go Up

2015

as Self (archive footage)

Tammy

as Pearl

We Are Many

as Self

The Calling

as Hazel Micallef

Ping Pong Summer

as Randi Jammer

The Past Is a Grotesque Animal

as Self

Snitch

as Joanne Keeghan

The Big Wedding

as Beatrice 'Bebe' McBride

5.8

Irwin & Fran

2013

as Narrator

8.0

The Last of Robin Hood

2013

as Florence Aadland

5.5

Trailblazers in Habits

2013

as Narrator (voice)

Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation

2013

as Suze Rotolo (voice)

7.0

That's My Boy

2012

as Mary McGarricle (Present Day)

5.8

Cloud Atlas

2012

as Madame Horrox / Older Ursula / Yusouf Suleiman / Abbess

Arbitrage

as Ellen Miller

The Company You Keep

as Sharon Solarz

Robot & Frank

as Jennifer

Jeff, Who Lives at Home

2012

as Sharon Thompkins

6.2

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

2012

as Self

6.8

How to Make Money Selling Drugs

2012

as Self

7.1

Nothing Like Chocolate

2012

as Narrator (voice)

Fight for Your Right Revisited

2011

as Mother

6.6

A Question of Habit

2011

as Narrator

Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World

2011

as Narrator (voice)

6.0

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

as Sylvia Moore

Peacock

as Fanny Crill

You Don't Know Jack

as Janet Good

The Lovely Bones

as Grandma Lynn

Solitary Man

as Nancy Kalmen

The Greatest

as Grace Brewer

Leaves of Grass

as Daisy Kincaid

A War in Hollywood

as Self - Actress

Grizzly

as Narrator (voice)

PoliWood

as Self

Speed Racer

as Mom Racer

Emotional Arithmetic

as Melanie Lansing Winters

5.5

Middle of Nowhere

2008

as Rhonda Berry

5.8

Pip's Predicament: A Pop-Up Adventure

2008

as Queen Narissa (voice)

3.5

Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family

2008

as Mom Racer

Enchanted

as Queen Narissa

Mr. Woodcock

as Beverly Farley

In the Valley of Elah

2007

as Joan Deerfield

6.8

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

2007

as Self

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

2006

as Narrator (voice)

6.7

Christa McAuliffe: Reach for the Stars

as Narrator (voice)

Irresistible

as Sophie Hartley

Bernard and Doris

as Doris Duke

Home

Secrets of the Code

as Narrator (voice)

The Exonerated

as Sunny Jacobs

The Shape of Water

as Narrator

Elizabethtown

as Hollie Baylor

Romance & Cigarettes

as Kitty Kane

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

as Susan Sarandon

The Peace!

as Self

Shall We Dance?

as Beverly Clark

Noel

as Rose Collins

Alfie

as Liz

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

2004

as Self

2.0

The Nazi Officer's Wife

as Narrator (voice)

Ice Bound

as Dr. Jerri Nielsen

100 Greatest Sexy Moments

2003

as Self

3.5

Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey

2003

as Self

7.9

The Education of Gore Vidal

2003

as Self

6.0

Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen

2003

as Self / Jojo Floss

8.8

The Next Industrial Revolution

2002

as Narrator (voice)

Moonlight Mile

as Jojo Floss

Igby Goes Down

as Mimi

The Banger Sisters

as Lavinia

Facing Arthur

as Narrator (voice)

Bull Durham: Between the Lines

2002

as Self

10.0

The Shaman's Apprentice

2001

as Narrator (voice)

Cats & Dogs

2001

as Ivy (voice)

5.4

The Concert for New York City

as Self

Ghosts of Attica

as Narrator

Rudyland

as Narrator (voice)

Last Party 2000

as Self

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

2000

as Coco LaBouche (voice)

6.7

Broken Child

2000

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.0

This Is What Democracy Looks Like

2000

as Narrator (voice)

7.3

Light Keeps Me Company

as Self

Dirty Pictures

as Self

Joe Gould's Secret

as Alice Neel

The Secret Life of Geisha

1999

as Narrator (voice)

Our Friend, Martin

1999

as Mrs. Clark (voice)

Earthly Possessions

as Charlotte Emory

Anywhere but Here

as Adele August

Cradle Will Rock

as Margherita Sarfatti

6.4

Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales

1999

as Narrator (voice)

7.3

Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show

as Self

Stepmom

as Jackie Harrison

Twilight

as Catherine Ames

Illuminata

as Celimene

VH1: Divas Live

as Self - Host

James and the Giant Peach

1996

as Miss Spider (voice)

6.6

The Celluloid Closet

1996

as Self

7.1

Father Roy: Inside the School of Assassins

1996

as Narrator (voice)

Dead Man Walking

1995

as Sister Helen Prejean

7.3

One Woman, One Vote

1995

as Narrator (voice)

The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show

as Self

The Client

as Reggie Love

School of Assassins

as Narrator (voice)

Little Women

as Mrs. March

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

as Bitsy

Safe Passage

as Mag

Wilderness: The Last Stand

1993

as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Player

as Susan Sarandon

Bob Roberts

as Tawna Titan

Lorenzo's Oil

as Michaela Odone

Light Sleeper

as Ann

Thelma & Louise

as Louise

Rabbit Ears - The Firebird

1991

as Narrator (voice)

White Palace

as Nora Baker

The January Man

as Christine Starkey

A Dry White Season

as Melanie Bruwer

Bull Durham

as Annie Savoy

Sweet Hearts Dance

as Sandra "Sandy" Boon

4.8

The Witches of Eastwick

1987

as Jane Spofford

6.5

Women of Valor

1986

as Col. Margaret Ann Jessup

6.7

Compromising Positions

as Judith Singer

The Buddy System

as Emily

Beauty and the Beast

as Beauty

The Hunger

as Sarah Roberts

Tempest

as Aretha Tomalin

Who Am I This Time?

as Helene Shaw

Loving Couples

as Stephanie

Atlantic City

as Sally

Something Short of Paradise

as Madeline Ross

Pretty Baby

as Hattie

The Great Smokey Roadblock

as Ginny

King of the Gypsies

as Rose

The Other Side of Midnight

1977

as Catherine Alexander Douglas

5.9

Checkered Flag or Crash

as C.C. Wainwright

Dragonfly

as Chloe

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

1975

as Janet Weiss

7.4

The Great Waldo Pepper

as Mary Beth

Lovin' Molly

as Sarah

The Front Page

as Peggy Grant

June Moon

as Eileen

The Satan Murders

1974

as Kate

F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles

1974

as Ailie Calhoun

4.6

The Haunting of Rosalind

1973

as Dita

6.3

The Rimers of Eldritch

1972

as Patsy Johnson

Lady Liberty

as Sally

The Apprentice

as Elizabeth Hawkins

Joe

as Melissa Compton

Behind the Labels

as Narrator (voice)

Bad Moms' Moms

as Isis

Butterfly in the Typewriter

as Thelma Toole

Tunnels

Unmerciful Good Fortune

Legacy

as Warden Stroud

Saving Jamaica Bay

as Narrator

Exit Right

as Jan Randall

Pitchfork

Red Bird Lane

The Echo Chamber

The Accompanist

as Sylvia

Still of Night

Television (77)

Krapopolis

2023

as Demeter (voice)

7.3

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

2023

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

Monarch

2022

as Dottie Cantrell Roman

6.9

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

The 90s Greatest

as self

FEUD

as Bette Davis

Marcians

as Self - Interviewee

Neo Yokio

2017

as Aunt Agatha (voice)

Search Party

as Lylah

Chelsea

as Self

The Late Late Show with James Corden

2015

as Self

5.2

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

as Self

Moonbeam City

as Warden (voice)

The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe

2015

as Gladys Mortenson

6.7

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

Doll & Em

as Susan

Rick and Morty

as Dr. Helen Wong (voice)

Ray Donovan

as Samantha Winslow

Ray Donovan

as Samantha Winslow

The Frame

as Sarah Roberts

Hamish and Andy's Gap Year

as Self

Mike & Molly

as J.C. Small

Who Do You Think You Are?

2010

as Self

6.6

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

as Self - Guest

5.1

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

as Self

The Jay Leno Show

as Self

Live from Studio Five

2009

as Self

3.7

The Graham Norton Show

2007

as Self

7.2

The Dame Edna Treatment

30 Rock

as Lynn Onkman

American Dad!

as Mrs. Jasperterian (voice)

The Tyra Banks Show

The Reichen Show

as Self - Guest

Hi-Jinks

Project Runway

as Self - Guest Judge

Rescue Me

as Alicia Green

The Tony Danza Show

as Self - Guest

Kulturplatz

as Self

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003

as Self

6.0

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

Chappelle's Show

Frank Herbert's Children of Dune

2003

as Princess Wensicia Corrino

7.0

Malcolm in the Middle

as Meg

Independent Lens

Where Are They Now?

as Self

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

as Self - Guest

The View

as Self - Guest

The Daily Show

as Self

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

1996

as Self - Guest

3.9

Clive Anderson All Talk

1996

as Self

MADtv

as Self

Friends

as Jessica Lockhart

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

as Self

7.5

Late Show with David Letterman

1993

as Self - Guest

6.4

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

as Self - Guest

7.2

The Simpsons

1989

as Ballet Teacher (voice)

8.0

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

POV

as Self - Narrator (voice)

6.9

Mussolini and I

1985

as Edda Mussolini Ciano

A.D.

as Livilla

Goldene Kamera

as Self

Oxbridge Blues

as Natalie Carlsen

Reading Rainbow

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Faerie Tale Theatre

as Beauty

Fridays

as Self

Saturday Night Live

as Self (uncredited)

NOVA

as Narrator (voice)

Calucci's Department

Great Performances

as Patsy Johnson

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

1971

as Joyce

6.3

A World Apart

1970

as Patrice Kahlman

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

The Oscars

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self

Mythos

Crew (16)

Movies (15)

The Fabulous Four

Executive Producer

VHYes

Executive Producer

Survivor's Guide to Prison

2018

Producer

6.3

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Executive Producer

Soufra

Executive Producer

The Meddler

Executive Producer

Radical Grace

Executive Producer

Deep Run

Executive Producer

Silenced

Executive Producer

Waiting for Mamu

Executive Producer

Moonlight Mile

Executive Producer

Stepmom

Executive Producer

The Great Smokey Roadblock

1978

Co-Producer

5.6

Exit Right

Executive Producer

Life Support

Executive Producer

Television (1)

FEUD

2017

Producer

7.6