Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon was born in 1946. The native New Yorker landed a role in the cult classic film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" in 1975. Sarandon's career really took off with appearances in "The Witches of Eastwick" (1987) and "Bull Durham" (1988). In "The Witches of Eastwick", she played a woman seduced by the devil played by Jack Nicholson. In "Bull Durham", she played a female baseball team owner who develops a relationship with one of her players played by Tim Robbins. Thelma and Louise (1991) remains one of her most notable projects in which Sarandon starred with Geena Davis. The story is centered around two friends who set off on a road trip that ends up going terribly wrong. Sarandon received an Oscar nomination for her role in that film. And by 1995, her performance in "Dead Man Walking" won her an Academy Award. Sarandon doesn't reserve her talent for the big screen. More recently, she played Queen Marguerite opposite Geoffrey Rush in "Exit the King" written by Eugene Ionesco.

In her personal life Susan is a mother and activist. She was once married to actor Chris Sarandon for twelve years. Her relationship with actor Tim Robbins produced two sons and lasted for 23 years. The couple ended things in the summer of 2009. She also has a daughter with writer Franco Amurri. She is outspoken on many issues. Among them, the plight of Haitian HIV-positive refugees and the war in Iraq.