Susan Sarandon

The extremely versatile actress Susan Sarandon brings her own brand of sex appeal and intelligence to every role - from her first Oscar-nominated performance in "Atlantic City" directed by Louis Malle (1980) and her other nominations for "Thelma and Louise" by Ridley Scott (1991), "Lorenzo's Oil" by George Miller (1992) and "The Client" by Joel Schumacher (1994) to her Academy Award winning role in "Dead Man Walking" by Tim Robbins as Sister Helen Prejean in 1995.

Born in New York City, Susan Sarandon made her acting debut in 1970 in the feature film "Joe" by John Avildsen which she followed with a continuing role in the TV drama "A World Apart" (1971).

Her early film credits include "The Front Page" by Billy Wilder (1974), "The Great Waldo Pepper" by George Roy Hill (1975), cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" by Jim Sharman (1975) and Louis Malle's controversial at the time "Pretty Baby" (1978).

On Broadway, Susan Sarandon appeared in Gore Vidal's "An Evening with Richard Nixon" and received critical acclaim for her performances Off-Broadway in "A Coupla of White Chicks Sitting Around Talkin'" and "Extremities."

Other highlights of her extensive film career include "The Witches of Eastwick" by George Miller (1987), "Bull Durham" by Ron Shelton (1988), "A Dry White Season" by Euzhan Palcy (1989), "Bob Roberts" by Tim Robbins (1992), "Little Women" by Gilliam Armstrong (1994), "Twilight" by Robert Benton (1998), Stepmom" by Chris Colombus (1998), "Anywhere But Here" by Wayne Wang (2000), "The Banger Sisters" by Bob Dolman (2002) and more recently "Shall We Dance?" by Peter Chelsom (2004) and "Elizabethtown" by Cameron Crowe (2005).