Susan Sarandon

 American actress and activist Susan Abigail Sarandon (/s@’raend@n/ named Tomalin,) was born October 4, 1946. She has won numerous awards, including an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award as well as an SAG Award. She was also nominated for six Primetime Emmy Awards, nine Golden Globe Awards and a Daytime Emmy Award. In 2002, she was recognized with an award on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to the field of film. Sarandon started her acting career on the drama Joe (1970) in the year 1970, and then appeared in the soap opera A World Apart (1970-1971). She starred in the 1974 TV films F. Scott Fitzgerald and "The Last of the Belles" as Zelda Fitzgerald's surrogate. The next year, she starred in the musical comedy horror film The Rocky Horror Picture Show as Janet Weiss. After being nominated for her roles in Thelma and Louise (1991) Thelma and Louie (1991), Lorenzo's Oil (1992), Dead Man Walking (1994), Sarandon was awarded the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading role for Atlantic City (1980), Thelma & Louise (1991) and Lorenzo's oil (922) and The Client (1994). Sarandon was also nominated for the BAFTA Award as Best Actress in the Leading Role for The Client and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress for Dead Man Walking. Other films she has directed include Pretty Baby (1978), The Hunger (83), The Witches of Eastwick (87), Bull Durham (1988), White Palace (90), Little Women (1996), James and the Giant Peach (1996), Stepmom (1998), Enchanted (2007 2008, 2007), Speed Racer (2008) and The Lovely Bones (2009, 2009), Cloud Atlas (2012), Tammy (2014) and The Meddler (2015).



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