As well known for her political activism as for her varied screen roles, actress Susan Sarandon defied... (Learn more)
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Susan Sarandon’s Milestones
| Began career as a model with the Ford Agency | |
| Born in Jackson Heights, Queens and raised in Metuchen, New Jersey | |
| 1970 - 1971 | First regular TV role, appeared in the ABC daytime soap, "A World Apart" |
| 1970 | Screen debut in "Joe"; had accompanied then-husband Chris Sarandon to his audition for the film; she was hired instead |
| 1972 | Acted on the daytime soap "Search for Tomorrow" |
| 1972 | Broadway debut as Tricia Nixon in Gore Vidal's "An Evening With Richard Nixon and . . ." |
| 1974 | Played the fictionalized heroine in the TV dramatization "F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles" (ABC) |
| 1975 | Co-starred as Janet in cult hit "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" |
| 1975 | Was leading lady to Robert Redford in "The Great Waldo Pepper" |
| 1978 | First film with director Louis Malle, "Pretty Baby," playing Brooke Shields' prostitute mother |
| 1980 | Off-Broadway debut in "A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking" |
| 1980 | Reteamed with Malle for "Atlantic City"; earned first Best Actress Oscar nomination playing a young casino employee who falls for older Burt Lancaster |
| 1982 | Acted with John Cassavetes and wife Gena Rowlands in Paul Mazursky's "Tempest," loosely based on Shakespeare's play |
| 1982 | Starred opposite Christopher Walken in the acclaimed PBS drama "Who Am I This Time?" |
| 1983 | Love scene with Catherine Deneuve in Tony Scott's "The Hunger" created a minor furor |
| 1985 | Co-starred as Edda Ciano, the dictator's daughter in the HBO miniseries "Mussolini: The Decline and Fall of Il Duce" |
| 1985 | Starred as a housewife investigating a murder in the comedy-drama "Compromising Positions"; was pregnant with first child during filming which was noticably visible in some scenes |
| 1987 | First film with director George Miller, "The Witches of Eastwick" |
| 1988 | Met companion Tim Robbins while co-starring in hit comedy "Bull Durham" |
| 1990 | Portrayed older waitress who becomes involved with younger yuppie James Spader in "White Palace" |
| 1991 | Co-starred with Geena Davis in the female buddy film, "Thelma & Louise," directed by Ridley Scott; earned second Best Actress Oscar nomination |
| 1991 | Made cameo appearance as herself in Robert Altman's "The Player," starring Robbins |
| 1992 | Played small role in Robbins' feature directing debut, "Bob Roberts" |
| 1992 | Reteamed with Miller for "Lorenzo's Oil," earning her third Best Actress Academy Award nomination |
| 1994 | Picked up a fourth Best Actress Oscar nomination for her turn as a non-nonense Southern attorney in "The Client" |
| 1994 | Portrayed the matriarch of the March family in Gillian Armstrong's "Little Women" |
| 1995 | Starred in Robbins' "Dead Man Walking" opposite Sean Penn; finally won Oscar as Best Actress; Robbins' nomination as Best Director made them the first couple since Cassavetes and Rowlands to be jointly nominated for their work together |
| 1996 | Provided the voice of the Spider for "James and the Giant Peach" |
| 1998 | Cast as a movie star married to Gene Hackman who calls upon old friend detective Paul Newman for assistance in Robert Benton's "Twilight" |
| 1998 | Co-starred with Ed Harris and Julia Roberts in the comedy-drama "Stepmom"; also served as executive producer |
| 1999 | Made cameo appearance in Robbins' feature "The Cradle Will Rock" |
| 1999 | Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 1999 | Starred as a single mother of a teenager in Wayne Wang's "Anywhere But Here" |
| 2000 | Had cameo role as painter Alice Neel in "Joe Gould's Secret," directed by Stanley Tucci |
| 2000 | Provided the voice for Coco La Bouche in the animated film "Rugrats in Paris - The Movie" |
| 2001 | Made guest appearance in an episode of "Friends" (NBC), playing a soap opera actress; received Emmy nomination |
| 2001 | Voiced the dog Ivy in the feature "Cats & Dogs" |
| 2002 | Co-starred opposite Dustin Hoffman in "Moonlight Mile" |
| 2002 | Co-starred with Goldie Hawn in "The Banger Sisters" |
| 2002 | Played the title character's mother in "Igby Goes Down"; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2004 | Cast as Richard Gere's wife in "Shall We Dance?" a remake of the 1996 Japanese film |
| 2004 | Starred opposite Jude Law in "Alfie" a remake of the 1966 film which starred Michael Caine |
| 2005 | Co-starred as James Gandolfini's wife in "Romance & Cigarettes" directed by John Turturro; film released theatrically in 2007 |
| 2005 | Played Orlando Bloom's mother in Cameron Crowe's drama "Elizabethtown" |
| 2006 | Guest-starred in several episodes of Denis Leary's FX drama "Rescue Me" |
| 2007 | Co-starred opposite Tommy Lee Jones in Paul Haggis' "In the Valley of Elah" |
| 2007 | Played the evil queen in Disney's modern-day animation and live-action fairy tale, "Enchanted" |
| 2008 | Played Mom Racer in the Wachowski brothers' live action film adaptation of the 1960s Japanese series "Speed Racer" |
| 2008 | Portrayed tobacco millionairess Doris Duke in the HBO film, "Bernard and Doris"; earned Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG nominations for Best Actress in a TV-movie |
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