Susan sarandon

Susan Abigail Sarandon, née Tomalin (New York, October 4, 1946), is an American actress and producer of theater, film and television. Her large and extensive filmography has made her one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood.

He made his big screen debut in 1970 with the dramatic film Joe, and then made his way to the small screen with the soap opera A World Apart, broadcast between 1970 and 1971. He first appeared on Broadway in 1972 with the play An Evening with Richard Nixon and in 1975, he achieved international recognition with the cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which marked the starting point of her successful acting career.

He has accumulated 5 Oscar nominations for his outstanding participation in the films: Atlantic City from 1980, Thelma & Louise from 1991, Lorenzo's Oil from 1992, The Client from 1994 and, what would be his victory, Death Penalty from 1995. She also has a BAFTA and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress to her credit, as well as numerous Golden Globe and Emmy nominations.

Some of his most important theatrical interventions are: A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking from 1979, Extremidades from 1982 and The King is Dying from 2009. Some of his most important appearances on television are: his multiple appearances on Friends in 2001 and Malcolm in the Middle in 2002; in addition to the films Bernard and Doris from 2007 and You Don't Know Jack from 2010. In the same way, the following films stand out in his filmography: Pretty Baby from 1978, The Craving from 1983, The Witches of Eastwick from 1987, Passion Without Barriers from 1990, Little Women from 1994, Stepmom from 1998, Igby Goes Down from 2002, Enchanted from 2007, The Lovely Bones from 2009 and Tammy from 2014.

Biography

Early Years

Susan Sarandon was born on October 4, 1946 in New York City, United States. She is the daughter of Philip Leslie Tomalin, a television and commercials producer, and Leonora Marie Criscione, born in Sicily. She is of Italian, Italian, English, Irish, Welsh and German. She is the eldest of nine siblings. His parents divorced in 1982, after forty years of marriage. After earning a high school diploma from Edison High School in New Jersey with the class of 1964, he entered the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C., where he studied drama at the university, receiving his undergraduate degree in 1968. During his studies at the university he was a cheerleader.

Private life

She married Chris Sarandon in 1967, divorcing in 1979. She later had a sentimental relationship with fellow actor Tim Robbins, between 1988 and 2009, separating in the summer of that year. They had two sons, Jack Henry Robbins (b. 1989) and Miles Robbins (b. 1992). The actress is involved in numerous organizations, she is an ambassador for UNICEF and for ten years she has been part of Heifer International, an organization that donates farm animals to families who need them to work.She is also known for her activism on issues politicians. On March 30, 1999, she was arrested during a protest in New York, and she also supported the 2000 presidential campaigns of Ralph Nader and Barack Obama.

On October 15, 2010, Susan Sarandon was named a Goodwill Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). In 2011, she supported the cause of the "outraged" 3. 4; in the movement nicknamed Occupy Wall Street, created as a consequence of the economic crisis of 2008-2011.

In 2018, she was arrested along with 574 other protesters for entering a Senate building, as part of a protest against the immigration policy of the President of the United States, Donald Trump.

Susan Sarandon in 2007

Career

First roles-1995

Susan Sarandon's first film appearance was with the thriller Joe (1970). Years later she scored her first big box office success in the United States with The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). She also starred in Louis Malle's Atlantic City (1980), where she worked alongside Burt Lancaster and Michel Piccoli. For this film she was nominated for the first time for the Oscar for best actress.

In 1983, he filmed with Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie The Hunger, a vampire film poorly received by critics, but in the late 1980s he gained great notoriety when he starred alongside Cher, Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer The Witches of Eastwick (1987), and with Kevin Costner Bull Durham (1988).

In the early 1990s, she worked with Luis Mandoki on the romantic film White Palace (1990), for which she received her second Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Drama, and for the orders from Ridley Scott the hit road movie Thelma & Louise (1991), where she shared the bill with Geena Davis and a newcomer Brad Pitt.For her portrayal of Louise she received further Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for Best Actress.

Shortly after, she took part in Lorenzo's Oil (1993) for which she was once again nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Michaela, a mother desperate to find happiness. cure for her son's illness. Chris Hicks noted that "Sarandon's performance is incredible." In 1994, she won the BAFTA for Best Actress for her role in the adaptation of John Grisham's novel The Client, in addition to garnering another Oscar nomination and her first Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Best Actress. Emanuel Levy commented that "Susan Sarandon received a well-deserved Oscar nomination for her performance." Also that same year, he worked with Winona Ryder, Gabriel Byrne and Kirsten Dunst in the remake of Little Women.

1995-2005

In 1995, she won the Oscar for Best Actress and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress and was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama for her performance in Dead Man Walking (1995), directed by Tim Robbins and with Sean Penn as a co-star. Steve Rhodes noted: "Susan Sarandon performs a tour de force performance". In 1995, she also received the Donostia Award at the Festival San Sebastián Film Festival. He shared the bill with Julia Roberts and Ed Harris in the family drama Stepmom (1998) for which he received his sixth Golden Globe nomination; Critic Philip Wuntch noted: "When Susan Sarandon wants you to cry, you cry." She served as executive producer on the latter film. Natalie Portman was her co-star in Anywhere But Here (1999).

She guest-starred in an episode of the television series Friends (2001), being a first-time Emmy nominee for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. intervention in Igby Goes Down (2002), directed by Burr Steers and where he was part of a cast that included names like Jeff Goldblum, Amanda Peet and Ryan Phillippe. She was, again, nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. Also that year she appeared in the comedy The Banger Sisters, with Goldie Hawn, and in Moonlight Mile (2002), with Dustin Hoffman and Jake Gyllenhaal, under the direction of Brad Silberling, being also an executive producer of the film. Two years later, she seconded Jennifer Lopez and Richard Gere in Shall We Dance? (2004) and Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst in the drama Elizabethtown (2005). In addition, she co-starred with James Gandolfini in the musical comedy Romance & amp; Cigarettes, a film about which he expressed his opinion: "Every time I receive recognition at a film festival they ask me what I want them to show, they always propose the films you expect, but I ask them Romance &; Cigarettes and people don't know what I'm talking about".

Susan Sarandon in 2005: Toronto International Film Festival at the gala Elizabethtown.

2005-Present

For the telephilme same category. In 2007 it premiered several productions among which are the Valley of Elah , under the orders of Paul Haggis and together with Charlize Theron and Tommy Lee Jones. On his interpretation Matt Kelemen said: "Sarandon's reaction when they notify Mike's death should automatically report an Oscar to the best secondary actress." The comedy produced by Disney enchanted (2007) also participated, which is the highest grossing film of his career with 340 million dollars in international lockers. He intervened in Speed Racer (2008), and worked with Stanley Tucci, Mark Wahlberg and Rachel Weisz, all They under the baton of Peter Jackson, in The Lovely Bones (2009). In 2010, she played the mother of the character embodied by Shia Laboouf in the sequel to Wall Street , entitled Wall Street 2: Money never sleeps, also next to Michael Douglas and Carey Mulligan.

Filmography

Cinema

Television

Awards and distinctions

Sarandon has been recognized by the Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences for the following actions:

• 54. Oscar Awards (1981): Nominated for best actress, by Atlantic City
• 64.o Premios Óscar (1991): Nominada a mejor actress, by Thelma & Louise
• 65.o Premios Óscar (1992): Nominada a mejor actress, by Lorenzo's Oil
• 67.o Premios Óscar (1994): Nominada a mejor actress, by The client
• 68.o Oscar Awards (1995): Winner a better actress, by Dead Man Walking

Private life

On September 13, 2022, he came out as bisexual on The Jimmy Fallon Tonight Show.