Susan Sarandon
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 4, 1946 in New York City, New York, USA
- Active Years
- 1944–2026 (83 Years)
- Total Credits
- 307 credits in database
Acting Born Oct 4, 1946 New York City, New York, USA 307 credits
Biography
Susan Abigail Sarandon, born Susan Abigail Tomalin on October 4, 1946, is an American actor from New York City, New York. She has known credits in 290 projects across movies and television shows. Over the course of her career, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She has also received 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.
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Career overview
Susan Abigail Sarandon, born Susan Abigail Tomalin on October 4, 1946, in New York City, New York, United States, is an American actor. Known professionally for her work in film and television, she has accumulated 290 known credits in acting throughout her career.
Sarandon is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In addition to these wins, she has received nominations for a Daytime Emmy Award, six Primetime Emmy Awards, and nine Golden Globe Awards. Her contributions to the entertainment industry were further recognized in 2002 when she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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LOVELife Support · Executive ProducerTalking Pictures: A Movie Memories PodcastThe AccompanistThe Echo Chamber
NonnasWhat is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud AtlasStrange Journey: The Story of Rocky HorrorThelma & Louise: Born to LiveBaristas vs Billionaires
The Six Triple EightMateria VivaThe Fabulous FourThe Fabulous Four · Executive ProducerThe Gutter
KrapopolisBlue BeetlePretty Baby: Brooke ShieldsMaybe I DoHealing US
MonarchForty WinksByron Bowers: Spiritual N***a
JoltRide the EagleRocky Horror 45: The Movie
FearlessVHYesVHYes · Executive Producer
The Kelly Clarkson ShowBlackbirdThe Jesus RollsThe Death & Life of John F. Donovan
The 90s GreatestBombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story · Executive ProducerSurvivor's Guide to PrisonSurvivor's Guide to Prison · ProducerAmerican Mirror - Intimations of Immortality
MarciansFEUDFEUD · ProducerA Bad Moms ChristmasNeo Yokio
ChelseaSearch PartyZoolander 2Mothers and DaughtersThe Meddler
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertThe Late Late Show with James CordenStarTalk with Neil deGrasse TysonHell and BackMoonbeam City
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonTammyDoll & EmWe Are Many
Rick and MortyRay DonovanThe FrameSnitchThe Big Wedding
Cloud AtlasThat's My BoyArbitrageThe Company You KeepJeff, Who Lives at Home
Hamish and Andy's Gap YearFight for Your Right RevisitedA Question of HabitIslamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World
Mike & MollyWho Do You Think You Are?Wall Street: Money Never SleepsYou Don't Know JackPeacock
Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenLate Night with Jimmy FallonThe Jay Leno ShowThe Lovely BonesA War in Hollywood
Speed RacerMiddle of NowhereEmotional ArithmeticSpeed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer FamilyMr. Woodcock: Phys Ed Trauma Tales
The Graham Norton ShowEnchantedIn the Valley of ElahMr. WoodcockThe Dame Edna Treatment
30 RockIrresistibleHomeBernard and DorisThe Exonerated
American Dad!The Tyra Banks ShowThe Reichen ShowRomance & CigarettesElizabethtown
Project RunwayRescue MeThe Tony Danza ShowKulturplatzShall We Dance?
Real Time with Bill MaherThe Ellen DeGeneres ShowChappelle's ShowIce BoundFrank Herbert's Children of Dune
The Banger SistersMoonlight MileMoonlight Mile · Executive ProducerIgby Goes DownFacing Arthur
Cats & DogsThe Concert for New York CityLast Party 2000Ghosts of AtticaRudyland
Malcolm in the MiddleFrank Herbert's DuneRugrats in Paris: The MovieLight Keeps Me CompanyJoe Gould's Secret
Independent LensWhere Are They Now?The Late Late Show with Craig KilbornAnywhere but HereCradle Will Rock
StepmomStepmom · Executive ProducerTwilightVH1: Divas LiveIlluminata
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Full Filmography
307 titles- LOVE (2026) as The Art Teacher
- Life Support (2026) Executive Producer
- Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast (2026) as Self
- The Accompanist (2026) as Sylvia
- The Echo Chamber (2026)
- Nonnas (2025) as Gia
- What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas (2025) as Self - Interviewee
- Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror (2025) as Self
- Thelma & Louise: Born to Live (2025) as Self
- Baristas vs Billionaires (2025) as Narrator
- The Six Triple Eight (2024) as Eleanor Roosevelt
- Materia Viva (2024) as Self
- The Fabulous Four (2024) as Lou
- The Fabulous Four (2024) Executive Producer
- The Gutter (2024) as Linda Curson
- Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024) as Self
- Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue (2024) as Shades (voice)
- Rebel Nun (2024)
- The Trust Fall: Julian Assange (2024) as Self - Narrator
- Krapopolis (2023) as Demeter (voice)
- Blue Beetle (2023) as Victoria Kord
- Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- Maybe I Do (2023) as Monica
- Healing US (2023) as Narrator
- Monarch (2022) as Dottie Cantrell Roman
- Forty Winks (2022) as Connie Montoya
- Byron Bowers: Spiritual N***a (2022) as Self (uncredited)
- Jolt (2021) as Woman with No Name
- Ride the Eagle (2021) as Honey
- Rocky Horror 45: The Movie (2021) as Self
- Fearless (2020) as Mom (voice)
- VHYes (2020) as Tracy Beth
- VHYes (2020) Executive Producer
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
- Blackbird (2019) as Lily
- The Jesus Rolls (2019) as Jean
- The Death & Life of John F. Donovan (2019) as Grace Donovan
- The 90s Greatest (2018) as self
- Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2018) Executive Producer
- Survivor's Guide to Prison (2018) as Narrator (voice)
- Survivor's Guide to Prison (2018) Producer
- American Mirror - Intimations of Immortality (2018) as Muse
- Viper Club (2018) as Helen
- Marcians (2017) as Self - Interviewee
- FEUD (2017) as Bette Davis
- FEUD (2017) Producer
- A Bad Moms Christmas (2017) as Isis Dunkler
- Neo Yokio (2017) as Aunt Agatha (voice)
- Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs (2017) as Self
- Soufra (2017) Executive Producer
- Chelsea (2016) as Self
- Search Party (2016) as Lylah
- Zoolander 2 (2016) as Susan Sarandon (uncredited)
- Mothers and Daughters (2016) as Millie
- The Meddler (2016) as Marnie Minervini
- The Meddler (2016) Executive Producer
- Spark: A Space Tail (2016) as Bananny (voice)
- 3 Generations (2016) as Dolly
- Ace the Case: Manhattan Mystery (2016) as Detective Dottie Wheel
- My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea (2016) as Lunch Lady Lorraine (voice)
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self - Guest
- The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015) as Self
- StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson (2015) as Self
- Hell and Back (2015) as Barb the Angel (voice)
- Moonbeam City (2015) as Warden (voice)
- Artistry/Technology (2015) as Self
- The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (2015) as Gladys Mortenson
- Unity (2015) as Narrator (voice)
- Deep Run (2015) Executive Producer
- Enzian: When the Lights Go Up (2015) as Self (archive footage)
- Radical Grace (2015) Executive Producer
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self - Guest
- Tammy (2014) as Pearl
- Doll & Em (2014) as Susan
- We Are Many (2014) as Self
- The Calling (2014) as Hazel Micallef
- Ping Pong Summer (2014) as Randi Jammer
- The Past Is a Grotesque Animal (2014) as Self
- Silenced (2014) Executive Producer
- Rick and Morty (2013) as Dr. Helen Wong (voice)
- Ray Donovan (2013) as Samantha Winslow
- The Frame (2013) as Sarah Roberts
- Snitch (2013) as Joanne Keeghan
- The Big Wedding (2013) as Beatrice 'Bebe' McBride
- Irwin & Fran (2013) as Narrator
- The Last of Robin Hood (2013) as Florence Aadland
- Waiting for Mamu (2013) Executive Producer
- Trailblazers in Habits (2013) as Narrator (voice)
- Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation (2013) as Suze Rotolo (voice)
- Cloud Atlas (2012) as Madame Horrox / Older Ursula / Yusouf Suleiman / Abbess
- That's My Boy (2012) as Mary McGarricle (Present Day)
- Arbitrage (2012) as Ellen Miller
- The Company You Keep (2012) as Sharon Solarz
- Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2012) as Sharon Thompkins
- Robot & Frank (2012) as Jennifer
- Nothing Like Chocolate (2012) as Narrator (voice)
- How to Make Money Selling Drugs (2012) as Self
- 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief (2012) as Self
- Hamish and Andy's Gap Year (2011) as Self
- Fight for Your Right Revisited (2011) as Mother
- A Question of Habit (2011) as Narrator
- Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World (2011) as Narrator (voice)
- Mike & Molly (2010) as J.C. Small
- Who Do You Think You Are? (2010) as Self
- Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) as Sylvia Moore
- You Don't Know Jack (2010) as Janet Good
- Peacock (2010) as Fanny Crill
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2009) as Self
- The Jay Leno Show (2009) as Self
- The Lovely Bones (2009) as Grandma Lynn
- A War in Hollywood (2009) as Self - Actress
- The Greatest (2009) as Grace Brewer
- Leaves of Grass (2009) as Daisy Kincaid
- Solitary Man (2009) as Nancy Kalmen
- Live from Studio Five (2009) as Self
- PoliWood (2009) as Self
- Grizzly (2009) as Narrator (voice)
- Speed Racer (2008) as Mom
- Middle of Nowhere (2008) as Rhonda Berry
- Emotional Arithmetic (2008) as Melanie Lansing Winters
- Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family (2008) as Mom Racer
- Mr. Woodcock: Phys Ed Trauma Tales (2008) as Self
- Pick Up the Pace: Making “Mr. Woodcock” (2008) as Self
- Pip's Predicament: A Pop-Up Adventure (2008) as Queen Narissa (voice)
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
- Enchanted (2007) as Queen Narissa
- In the Valley of Elah (2007) as Joan Deerfield
- Mr. Woodcock (2007) as Beverly Farley
- The Dame Edna Treatment (2007)
- Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation (2007) as Self
- 30 Rock (2006) as Lynn Onkman
- Irresistible (2006) as Sophie Hartley
- Home (2006)
- Bernard and Doris (2006) as Doris Duke
- The Exonerated (2006) as Sunny Jacobs
- Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006) as Narrator (voice)
- Secrets of the Code (2006) as Narrator (voice)
- Christa McAuliffe: Reach for the Stars (2006) as Narrator (voice)
- The Shape of Water (2006) as Narrator
- American Dad! (2005) as Mrs. Jasperterian (voice)
- The Tyra Banks Show (2005)
- The Reichen Show (2005) as Self - Guest
- Romance & Cigarettes (2005) as Kitty Kane
- Elizabethtown (2005) as Hollie Baylor
- The Peace! (2005) as Self
- Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2005) as Susan Sarandon
- Hi-Jinks (2005)
- Project Runway (2004) as Self - Guest Judge
- Rescue Me (2004) as Alicia Green
- The Tony Danza Show (2004) as Self - Guest
- Kulturplatz (2004) as Self
- Shall We Dance? (2004) as Beverly Clark
- Alfie (2004) as Liz
- Noel (2004) as Rose Collins
- Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild (2004) as Self
- Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
- Chappelle's Show (2003)
- Ice Bound (2003) as Dr. Jerri Nielsen
- Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (2003) as Princess Wensicia Corrino
- 100 Greatest Sexy Moments (2003) as Self
- Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey (2003) as Self
- The Education of Gore Vidal (2003) as Self
- Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen (2003) as Self / Jojo Floss
- The Nazi Officer's Wife (2003) as Narrator (voice)
- The Banger Sisters (2002) as Lavinia
- Moonlight Mile (2002) as Jojo Floss
- Moonlight Mile (2002) Executive Producer
- Igby Goes Down (2002) as Mimi
- Facing Arthur (2002) as Narrator (voice)
- Bull Durham: Between the Lines (2002) as Self
- The Next Industrial Revolution (2002) as Narrator (voice)
- Cats & Dogs (2001) as Ivy (voice)
- The Concert for New York City (2001) as Self
- Last Party 2000 (2001) as Self
- Ghosts of Attica (2001) as Narrator
- Rudyland (2001) as Narrator (voice)
- The Shaman's Apprentice (2001) as Narrator (voice)
- Malcolm in the Middle (2000) as Meg
- Frank Herbert's Dune (2000)
- Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000) as Coco LaBouche (voice)
- Light Keeps Me Company (2000) as Self
- Joe Gould's Secret (2000) as Alice Neel
- Dirty Pictures (2000) as Self
- This Is What Democracy Looks Like (2000) as Narrator (voice)
- Broken Child (2000) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Independent Lens (1999)
- Where Are They Now? (1999) as Self
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999) as Self - Guest
- Anywhere but Here (1999) as Adele August
- Cradle Will Rock (1999) as Margherita Sarfatti
- Our Friend, Martin (1999) as Mrs. Clark (voice)
- Earthly Possessions (1999) as Charlotte Emory
- Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales (1999) as Narrator (voice)
- The Secret Life of Geisha (1999) as Narrator (voice)
- Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1999) as Self
- Stepmom (1998) as Jackie Harrison
- Stepmom (1998) Executive Producer
- Twilight (1998) as Catherine Ames
- VH1: Divas Live (1998) as Self - Host
- Illuminata (1998) as Celimene
- The View (1997) as Self - Guest
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996) as Self - Guest
- James and the Giant Peach (1996) as Miss Spider (voice)
- Clive Anderson All Talk (1996) as Self
- The Celluloid Closet (1996) as Self
- Father Roy: Inside the School of Assassins (1996) as Narrator (voice)
- Dead Man Walking (1995) as Sister Helen Prejean
- MADtv (1995) as Self
- MADtv (1995) as Self - Special Guest
- The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show (1995) as Self
- Friends (1994) as Jessica Lockhart
- The Client (1994) as Reggie Love
- Little Women (1994) as Mrs. March
- Inside the Actors Studio (1994) as Self
- Safe Passage (1994) as Mag
- Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994) as Bitsy
- School of Assassins (1994) as Narrator (voice)
- Late Show with David Letterman (1993) as Self
- Late Show with David Letterman (1993) as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
- Wilderness: The Last Stand (1993) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Player (1992) as Susan Sarandon
- Lorenzo's Oil (1992) as Michaela Odone
- Light Sleeper (1992) as Ann
- Bob Roberts (1992) as Tawna Titan
- Thelma & Louise (1991) as Louise
- Rabbit Ears - The Firebird (1991) as Narrator (voice)
- White Palace (1990) as Nora Baker
- The Simpsons (1989) as Susan Sarandon (voice)
- The Simpsons (1989) as Ballet Teacher (voice)
- A Dry White Season (1989) as Melanie Bruwer
- The January Man (1989) as Christine Starkey
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) as Self - Guest
- American Experience (1988) as Narrator (voice)
- Point of View (1988) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Bull Durham (1988) as Annie Savoy
- Sweet Hearts Dance (1988) as Sandra "Sandy" Boon
- The Witches of Eastwick (1987) as Jane Spofford
- Women of Valor (1986) as Col. Margaret Ann Jessup
- A.D. (1985) as Livilla
- Mussolini and I (1985) as Edda Mussolini Ciano
- Compromising Positions (1985) as Judith Singer
- Goldene Kamera (1984) as Self
- Oxbridge Blues (1984) as Natalie Carlsen
- Beauty and the Beast (1984) as Beauty
- The Buddy System (1984) as Emily
- Reading Rainbow (1983) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Hunger (1983) as Sarah Roberts
- American Playhouse (1982) as Helene Shaw
- Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) as Beauty
- Who Am I This Time? (1982) as Helene Shaw
- Tempest (1982) as Aretha Tomalin
- Fridays (1980) as Self
- Atlantic City (1980) as Sally
- Loving Couples (1980) as Stephanie
- Something Short of Paradise (1979) as Madeline Ross
- Pretty Baby (1978) as Hattie
- King of the Gypsies (1978) as Rose
- The Great Smokey Roadblock (1978) as Ginny
- The Great Smokey Roadblock (1978) Co-Producer
- The Other Side of Midnight (1977) as Catherine Alexander Douglas
- Checkered Flag or Crash (1977) as C.C. Wainwright
- Dragonfly (1976) as Chloe
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self (uncredited)
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) as Janet Weiss
- The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) as Mary Beth
- NOVA (1974) as Narrator (voice)
- Lovin' Molly (1974) as Sarah
- June Moon (1974) as Eileen
- The Front Page (1974) as Peggy Grant
- F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles (1974) as Ailie Calhoun
- The Satan Murders (1974) as Kate
- Calucci's Department (1973)
- The Haunting of Rosalind (1973) as Dita
- The Rimers of Eldritch (1972) as Patsy Johnson
- Great Performances (1971) as Patsy Johnson
- Great Performances (1971) as Eileen
- Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1971) as Joyce
- Lady Liberty (1971) as Sally
- The Apprentice (1971) as Elizabeth Hawkins
- A World Apart (1970) as Patrice Kahlman
- Joe (1970) as Melissa Compton
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Presenter
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Presenter
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee / Presenter
- Red Bird Lane
- Exit Right as Jan Randall
- Exit Right Executive Producer
- Tunnels
- Butterfly in the Typewriter as Thelma Toole
- Legacy as Warden Stroud
- Unmerciful Good Fortune as Dr. Irene Charles
- Saving Jamaica Bay as Narrator
- Mythos
- Bad Moms' Moms as Isis
- Pitchfork
- Behind the Labels as Narrator (voice)
- Still of Night
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Susan Sarandon best known for?
Susan Sarandon is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Life Support (2026), Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast (2026), The Accompanist (2026), Nonnas (2025).
When and where was Susan Sarandon born?
Susan Sarandon was born on October 4, 1946 in New York City, New York, USA.
How many credits does Susan Sarandon have?
Susan Sarandon has accumulated over 307 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1944 to 2026.
What is Susan Sarandon's background in cinema and television?
Susan Abigail Sarandon, born Susan Abigail Tomalin on October 4, 1946, is an American actor from New York City, New York. She has known credits in 290 projects across movies and television shows. Over the course of her career, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award,...
Susan Sarandon by the numbers
307credits
217films
90TV series
1944–2026active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Rick and Morty (2013) as Dr. Helen Wong (voice) — aged about 66
- Malcolm in the Middle (2000) as Meg — aged about 53
- Friends (1994) as Jessica Lockhart — aged about 47
- Reading Rainbow (1983) as Self - Narrator (voice) — aged about 36
- Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024) as Self — aged about 77
- Chappelle's Show (2003) — aged about 56
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