Susan Abigail Sarandon is an American actor and activist. Sarandon began her acting career in the drama film Joe (1970), and in 1974, she co-starred as a Zelda Fitzgerald surrogate in the television film F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles', and the following year, she starred as Janet Weiss in the musical comedy horror and biconic film The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Sarandon was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in the bi film Thelma & Louise (1991) among others and has received various awards including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and has been nominated 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 for her contributions to the film industry.
Sarandon is also known for her social and political activism and was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1999 and received the Action Against Hunger Humanitarian Award in 2006.
Sarandon identifies as bi, coming out during a September 2022 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. On a 2021 episode of the Divorced Not Dead podcast she said of her dating interests "I don't care if it's a man or a woman. I mean, I'm open to all ages, all colors. And those for me, those things are just details."