Susan Sarandon

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Biography

Susan Abigail Sarandon (née Tomalin; born October 4, 1946) is an American actor. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to 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.

Known For

Rick and Morty

Dr. Helen Wong (voice)

The Simpsons

Susan Sarandon (voice)

The Simpsons

Ballet Teacher (voice)

Friends

Jessica Lockhart

Cloud Atlas

Madame Horrox / Older Ursula / Yusouf Suleiman / Abbess

Enchanted

Queen Narissa

The Lovely Bones

Grandma Lynn

Malcolm in the Middle

Meg

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas MOVIE	Self - Interviewee
2025	Baristas vs Billionaires MOVIE	Narrator
2025	Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror MOVIE	Self
2025	Nonnas MOVIE	Gia
2025	Thelma & Louise: Born to Live MOVIE	Self
2024	The Six Triple Eight MOVIE	Eleanor Roosevelt
2024	The Gutter MOVIE	Linda Curson
2024	Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story MOVIE	Self
2024	The Fabulous Four MOVIE	Lou
2024	Rebel Nun MOVIE	Self
2024	Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue MOVIE	Shades (voice)
2024	Materia Viva MOVIE	Self
2024	The Trust Fall: Julian Assange MOVIE	Self - Narrator
2023	Krapopolis TV	Demeter (voice)
2023	Blue Beetle MOVIE	Victoria Kord
2023	Healing US MOVIE	Narrator
2023	Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields TV	Self (archive footage)
2023	Maybe I Do MOVIE	Monica
2022	Byron Bowers: Spiritual N***a MOVIE	Self (uncredited)
2022	Monarch TV	Dottie Cantrell Roman
2022	Forty Winks MOVIE	Connie Montoya
2021	Ride the Eagle MOVIE	Honey
2021	Jolt MOVIE	Woman with No Name
2021	Rocky Horror 45: The Movie MOVIE	Self
2020	Fearless MOVIE	Mom (voice)
2020	LOVE MOVIE	The Art Teacher
2020	VHYes MOVIE	Tracy Beth
2019	The Jesus Rolls MOVIE	Jean
2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show TV	Self
2019	Blackbird MOVIE	Lily
2019	The Death & Life of John F. Donovan MOVIE	Grace Donovan
2018	Viper Club MOVIE	Helen
2018	American Mirror - Intimations of Immortality MOVIE	Muse
2018	The 90s Greatest TV	self
2018	Survivor's Guide to Prison MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2017	Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs MOVIE	Self
2017	Marcians TV	Self - Interviewee
2017	Neo Yokio TV	Aunt Agatha (voice)
2017	A Bad Moms Christmas MOVIE	Isis Dunkler
2017	FEUD TV	Bette Davis
2016	Search Party TV	Lylah
2016	3 Generations MOVIE	Dolly
2016	My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea MOVIE	Lunch Lady Lorraine (voice)
2016	Ace the Case: Manhattan Mystery MOVIE	Detective Dottie Wheel
2016	Chelsea TV	Self
2016	Mothers and Daughters MOVIE	Millie
2016	Spark: A Space Tail MOVIE	Bananny (voice)
2016	The Meddler MOVIE	Marnie Minervini
2016	Zoolander 2 MOVIE	Susan Sarandon (uncredited)
2015	Enzian: When the Lights Go Up MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2015	Hell and Back MOVIE	Barb the Angel (voice)
2015	Moonbeam City TV	Warden (voice)
2015	Unity MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2015	Artistry/Technology MOVIE	Self
2015	The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe TV	Gladys Mortenson
2015	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson TV	Self
2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden TV	Self
2014	The Calling MOVIE	Hazel Micallef
2014	Tammy MOVIE	Pearl
2014	The Past Is a Grotesque Animal MOVIE	Self
2014	We Are Many MOVIE	Self
2014	Ping Pong Summer MOVIE	Randi Jammer
2014	Doll & Em TV	Susan
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV	Self
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV	Self - Guest
2013	Rick and Morty TV	Dr. Helen Wong (voice)
2013	The Last of Robin Hood MOVIE	Florence Aadland
2013	Ray Donovan TV	Samantha Winslow
2013	Irwin & Fran MOVIE	Narrator
2013	The Big Wedding MOVIE	Beatrice 'Bebe' McBride
2013	The Frame TV	Sarah Roberts
2013	Trailblazers in Habits MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2013	Snitch MOVIE	Joanne Keeghan
2013	Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation MOVIE	Suze Rotolo (voice)
2012	The Company You Keep MOVIE	Sharon Solarz
2012	12-12-12 \| The Concert for Sandy Relief MOVIE	Self
2012	Cloud Atlas MOVIE	Madame Horrox / Older Ursula / Yusouf Suleiman / Abbess
2012	Arbitrage MOVIE	Ellen Miller
2012	How to Make Money Selling Drugs MOVIE	Self
2012	Robot & Frank MOVIE	Jennifer
2012	That's My Boy MOVIE	Mary McGarricle (Present Day)
2012	Jeff, Who Lives at Home MOVIE	Sharon Thompkins
2012	Nothing Like Chocolate MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2011	Hamish and Andy's Gap Year TV	Self
2011	Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2011	Fight for Your Right Revisited MOVIE	Mother
2011	A Question of Habit MOVIE	Narrator
2010	Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps MOVIE	Sylvia Moore
2010	Mike & Molly TV	J.C. Small
2010	You Don't Know Jack MOVIE	Janet Good
2010	Peacock MOVIE	Fanny Crill
2010	Who Do You Think You Are? TV	Self
2009	The Lovely Bones MOVIE	Grandma Lynn
2009	A War in Hollywood MOVIE	Self - Actress
2009	The Jay Leno Show TV	Self
2009	Live from Studio Five TV	Self
2009	Leaves of Grass MOVIE	Daisy Kincaid
2009	Solitary Man MOVIE	Nancy Kalmen
2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen TV	Self - Guest
2009	PoliWood MOVIE	Self
2009	Late Night with Jimmy Fallon TV	Self
2009	The Greatest MOVIE	Grace Brewer
2009	Grizzly MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2008	Middle of Nowhere MOVIE	Rhonda Berry
2008	Speed Racer MOVIE	Mom Racer
2008	Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family MOVIE	Mom Racer
2008	Emotional Arithmetic MOVIE	Melanie Lansing Winters
2008	Pip's Predicament: A Pop-Up Adventure MOVIE	Queen Narissa (voice)
2007	Enchanted MOVIE	Queen Narissa
2007	In the Valley of Elah MOVIE	Joan Deerfield
2007	Mr. Woodcock MOVIE	Beverly Farley
2007	Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation MOVIE	Self
2007	The Dame Edna Treatment TV	Self
2007	The Graham Norton Show TV	Self
2006	Home MOVIE	Self
2006	30 Rock TV	Lynn Onkman
2006	Bernard and Doris MOVIE	Doris Duke
2006	Stardust: The Bette Davis Story MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2006	Irresistible MOVIE	Sophie Hartley
2006	The Exonerated MOVIE	Sunny Jacobs
2006	The Shape of Water MOVIE	Narrator
2006	Secrets of the Code MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2006	Christa McAuliffe: Reach for the Stars MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2005	The Reichen Show TV	Self - Guest
2005	Elizabethtown MOVIE	Hollie Baylor
2005	The Peace! MOVIE	Self
2005	Romance & Cigarettes MOVIE	Kitty Kane
2005	The Tyra Banks Show TV	Self
2005	Hi-Jinks TV	Self
2005	Jiminy Glick in Lalawood MOVIE	Susan Sarandon
2005	American Dad! TV	Mrs. Jasperterian (voice)
2004	Project Runway TV	Self - Guest Judge
2004	Noel MOVIE	Rose Collins
2004	Alfie MOVIE	Liz
2004	Shall We Dance? MOVIE	Beverly Clark
2004	The Tony Danza Show TV	Self - Guest
2004	Kulturplatz TV	Self
2004	Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild MOVIE	Self
2004	Rescue Me TV	Alicia Green
2003	100 Greatest Sexy Moments MOVIE	Self
2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show TV	Self
2003	The Education of Gore Vidal MOVIE	Self
2003	Ice Bound MOVIE	Dr. Jerri Nielsen
2003	The Nazi Officer's Wife MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2003	Frank Herbert's Children of Dune TV	Princess Wensicia Corrino
2003	Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen MOVIE	Self / Jojo Floss
2003	Real Time with Bill Maher TV	Self
2003	Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey MOVIE	Self
2003	Chappelle's Show TV	Self
2002	The Banger Sisters MOVIE	Lavinia
2002	Igby Goes Down MOVIE	Mimi
2002	Moonlight Mile MOVIE	Jojo Floss
2002	Facing Arthur MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2002	Bull Durham: Between the Lines MOVIE	Self
2002	The Next Industrial Revolution MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2001	Last Party 2000 MOVIE	Self
2001	The Concert for New York City MOVIE	Self
2001	Ghosts of Attica MOVIE	Narrator
2001	Rudyland MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2001	Cats & Dogs MOVIE	Ivy (voice)
2001	The Shaman's Apprentice MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2000	Frank Herbert's Dune TV	Self
2000	Rugrats in Paris: The Movie MOVIE	Coco LaBouche (voice)
2000	This Is What Democracy Looks Like MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2000	Broken Child MOVIE	Self - Narrator (voice)
2000	Light Keeps Me Company MOVIE	Self
2000	Dirty Pictures MOVIE	Self
2000	Joe Gould's Secret MOVIE	Alice Neel
2000	Malcolm in the Middle TV	Meg
1999	Earthly Possessions MOVIE	Charlotte Emory
1999	Cradle Will Rock MOVIE	Margherita Sarfatti
1999	Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1999	Anywhere but Here MOVIE	Adele August
1999	Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show MOVIE	Self
1999	Independent Lens TV	Self
1999	Where Are They Now? TV	Self
1999	The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn TV	Self - Guest
1999	Our Friend, Martin MOVIE	Mrs. Clark (voice)
1999	The Secret Life of Geisha MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1998	Stepmom MOVIE	Jackie Harrison
1998	Illuminata MOVIE	Celimene
1998	VH1: Divas Live MOVIE	Self - Host
1998	Twilight MOVIE	Catherine Ames
1997	The View TV	Self - Guest
1996	Clive Anderson All Talk TV	Self
1996	The Daily Show TV	Self
1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show TV	Self - Guest
1996	James and the Giant Peach MOVIE	Miss Spider (voice)
1996	The Celluloid Closet MOVIE	Self
1996	Father Roy: Inside the School of Assassins MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1995	Dead Man Walking MOVIE	Sister Helen Prejean
1995	MADtv TV	Self
1995	MADtv TV	Self - Special Guest
1995	The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show MOVIE	Self
1995	One Woman, One Vote MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1994	Little Women MOVIE	Mrs. March
1994	Safe Passage MOVIE	Mag
1994	Friends TV	Jessica Lockhart
1994	Inside the Actors Studio TV	Self
1994	The Client MOVIE	Reggie Love
1994	Sesame Street \| All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! MOVIE	Bitsy
1994	School of Assassins MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV	Self - Guest
1993	Late Show with David Letterman TV	Self
1993	Late Show with David Letterman TV	Self - Guest
1993	Wilderness: The Last Stand MOVIE	Self - Narrator (voice)
1992	Lorenzo's Oil MOVIE	Michaela Odone
1992	Bob Roberts MOVIE	Tawna Titan
1992	Light Sleeper MOVIE	Ann
1992	The Player MOVIE	Susan Sarandon
1991	Rabbit Ears - The Firebird MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1991	Thelma & Louise MOVIE	Louise
1990	White Palace MOVIE	Nora Baker
1989	The Simpsons TV	Susan Sarandon (voice)
1989	The Simpsons TV	Ballet Teacher (voice)
1989	A Dry White Season MOVIE	Melanie Bruwer
1989	The January Man MOVIE	Christine Starkey
1988	American Experience TV	Narrator (voice)
1988	Sweet Hearts Dance MOVIE	Sandra "Sandy" Boon
1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark TV	Self
1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark TV	Self - Guest
1988	POV TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
1988	Bull Durham MOVIE	Annie Savoy
1987	The Witches of Eastwick MOVIE	Jane Spofford
1986	Women of Valor MOVIE	Col. Margaret Ann Jessup
1985	Mussolini and I TV	Edda Mussolini Ciano
1985	Compromising Positions MOVIE	Judith Singer
1985	A.D. TV	Livilla
1984	Oxbridge Blues TV	Natalie Carlsen
1984	Beauty and the Beast MOVIE	Beauty
1984	The Buddy System MOVIE	Emily
1984	Goldene Kamera TV	Self
1983	Reading Rainbow TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
1983	The Hunger MOVIE	Sarah Roberts
1982	Faerie Tale Theatre TV	Beauty
1982	Tempest MOVIE	Aretha Tomalin
1982	Who Am I This Time? MOVIE	Helene Shaw
1980	Loving Couples MOVIE	Stephanie
1980	Atlantic City MOVIE	Sally
1980	Fridays TV	Self
1979	Something Short of Paradise MOVIE	Madeline Ross
1978	King of the Gypsies MOVIE	Rose
1978	The Great Smokey Roadblock MOVIE	Ginny
1978	Pretty Baby MOVIE	Hattie
1977	The Other Side of Midnight MOVIE	Catherine Alexander Douglas
1977	Checkered Flag or Crash MOVIE	C.C. Wainwright
1976	Dragonfly MOVIE	Chloe
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self (uncredited)
1975	The Rocky Horror Picture Show MOVIE	Janet Weiss
1975	The Great Waldo Pepper MOVIE	Mary Beth
1974	The Front Page MOVIE	Peggy Grant
1974	Lovin' Molly MOVIE	Sarah
1974	NOVA TV	Narrator (voice)
1974	June Moon MOVIE	Eileen
1974	The Satan Murders MOVIE	Kate
1974	F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles MOVIE	Ailie Calhoun
1973	Calucci's Department TV	Self
1973	The Haunting of Rosalind MOVIE	Dita
1972	The Rimers of Eldritch MOVIE	Patsy Johnson
1971	Lady Liberty MOVIE	Sally
1971	Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law TV	Joyce
1971	The Apprentice MOVIE	Elizabeth Hawkins
1971	Great Performances TV	Patsy Johnson
1971	Great Performances TV	Eileen
1970	Joe MOVIE	Melissa Compton
1970	A World Apart TV	Patrice Kahlman
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV	Self
1956	Tony Awards TV	Self - Presenter
1953	The Oscars TV	Self
1944	Golden Globe Awards TV	Self
1944	Golden Globe Awards TV	Self - Presenter
1944	Golden Globe Awards TV	Self - Nominee / Presenter
	Exit Right MOVIE	Jan Randall
	Butterfly in the Typewriter MOVIE	Thelma Toole
	Tunnels MOVIE	Self
	Bad Moms' Moms MOVIE	Isis
	Pitchfork MOVIE	Self
	Red Bird Lane MOVIE	Self
	Still of Night MOVIE	Self
	Behind the Labels MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
	Saving Jamaica Bay MOVIE	Narrator
	Legacy MOVIE	Warden Stroud
	The Accompanist MOVIE	Sylvia
	The Echo Chamber MOVIE	Self
	Unmerciful Good Fortune MOVIE	Dr. Irene Charles
	Mythos TV	Self

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