Susan sarandon

Born on October 4, 1946, in New York, Susan Abigail Tomaling (her maiden name) belonged to a conservative family, which educated her in the doctrines of Catholicism. She also studied at a religious college, which explains the magnificent portrait of a nun that she did inDeath penalty . During his student years, he began to have political concerns, and joined the marches for civil rights, and against the Vietnam War. He studied Drama at the Catholic University of Washington DC, where he fell in love with one of his classmates, Chris Sarandon , whom he married. Upon graduating from her, she accompanied her husband to the casting of Joe, American Citizen , with the result that they cast her, for one of the leading roles of her, the drug-addicted daughter of an executive.

Thus began an unstoppable career that led her in the 70s to embody unforgettable secondary characters, such as Peggy, Jack Lemmon ‘s fiancée inFront page , Janet, the innocent visitor to the home of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, inThe Rocky Horror Picture Show , or Mary Beth, Fiancee of Robert Redford , inThe carnival of the eagles . Greater presence of her has in hers two magnificent collaborations of hers with Louis Malle , who would become her partner, after she divorced her husband. InThe little one was a prostitute who raised her twelve-year-old daughter in a brothel. InLouis Malle’s Atlantic City played an oyster seller who dreams of being a croupier, and who is helped by her neighbor to escape from her mobster husband. This role earned her her first Oscar nomination. This was in the early ’80s, and Susan spent the rest of the decade playing decent parts, in minor movies, as a vampire inThe craving , and as a sorceress inThe Eastwick Witches . She highlights the sports journalist role of her inThe Durham Buffaloes , a film in which she met Tim Robbins , the man with whom she shares her life, as activist as she is. Sentimentally stabilized, she achieved stardom withThelma and Louise . Ridley Scott ‘s fantastic road moviebecame a milestone in which Susan Sarandon awed, as a waitress yearning for freedom. That year, both she and Geena Davis , her co-star, were nominated for an Oscar, which worked against her at the time of voting, because neither won the statuette. But the third time is the charm, and afterThe oil of life , andThe Client , Susan Sarandon finally took home the Academy Award for Death Penalty . She criticizes the Academy for some other mistake, but in this case she awarded a career at the best moment. Of all the great roles of the actress, that of the Catholic nun Helen Prejean is the most complex. Rarely has an actress managed to reflect so many nuances of a real character: courage, extreme kindness, faith, perseverance, intelligence, but also a certain ingenuity. Directed by Tim Robbins, the film criticized capital punishment openly and without trappings.

Perhaps because of the effort, then he has chosen simpler jobs. The film with the greatest impact wasAnywhere else , but her character was similar to Thelma and Louise . Of course, infected with the spirit of Helen Prejean, she has been a great activist against the war in Iraq.