Susan Sarandon: biography, filmography, personal life

The creative path of this talented actress was not easy and iridescent: she constantly experimented, worked on herself and took almost any image that the directors offered her. It is noteworthy that Susan Sarandon became really popular, being already an "age" actress. However, this fact did not bother her at all, since only the acting experience that she acquired over the years allowed her to look as realistic and natural as possible on the screen. Anyway, but her role as Susan Sarandon played when she was over forty. Not surprisingly, the viewer first saw in the actress an attractive young lady of Balzac's age. And not everyone knows that this tall lady with fiery hair and a penetrating gaze was not at all the standard of female beauty in American style. Susan Sarandon was also relieved of this status and the fact that she often appeared on the screen as waitresses, vampire lesbians and women who are addicted to alcohol and alcohol. However, the actress also played "highly moral" ladies who were exemplary wives and mothers. What was her path to fame?

Biographical information

Susan Sarandon was born on October 4, 1946 in a large family in New York.

The father of the future movie star worked as a television producer. Mother spent a lot of time educating her offspring, and Susan Sarandon in her youth actively helped her in this. Probably, it was this circumstance that began to temper her character, which later became strong-willed and independent, that the red line was traced in the played roles.

Marriage

After receiving a certificate of maturity, the young lady entered the Catholic University of Washington. Soon she meets her future wife Chris Sarandon, who studied acting and dreamed of a career in film. In 1967, the girl accepts a hand and heart offer from him, and a few months later a young couple goes to New York to take part in the screenings of director John Evildsen, who intends to shoot the film "Joe." Chris does his best to take a role in this tape, and Susan Sarandon, whose photo in the sixties was not yet adorned with American movie posters, supports him in this endeavor.

Samples were successful

However, she also decides to participate in this casting.

As a result, the girl is claimed for one of the main roles. The film - the drama "Joe", which is based on the storyline of the confrontation between young informals and supporters of generally accepted values - caused a wide public response, and therefore was nominated for an Oscar in the category "Best Screenplay."

Career goes uphill

After such a debut triumph, Susan began to invite to the shoot other directors. She, of course, agreed to participate in the films, but to the famous and successful actress she was still far away. Not all of the work of the beginning student was interesting for the viewer.

In the mid-70s Susan Sarandon plays in the musical "Rocky Horror Show of Horrors", and this work once again inflated her popularity rating. After several years, her marriage to Chris bursts at the seams, and the actress gets divorced. Susan Sarandon, whose personal life after the parting with her husband was by no means iridescent, with a head goes into the work and begins to cooperate with the French director Louis Malem.

Soon comes his motion picture "Atlantic City", where the actress brilliantly reincarnated in the beauty of Sally. For this work, Susan Sarandon was awarded the Oscar nomination. Noteworthy is the fact that the partners of the actress on the set were famous Michel Piccoli and Bert Lancaster.

In the second half of the 80s, Susan was again spoken after the popular thriller "The Witches of Eastwick", in which she was confirmed for the role of Jane Spouford - a woman who teaches children music. Another bright and talented work of an actress is the image of a fan of a baseball team in the film "Darham Bulls", which was screened in 1988. This role again brought the popularity of Susan, and she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award. Parter on the above film was the well-known Tim Robbins. It is with this actor that Sarandon regains happiness in his personal life, as a real passion flashes between them.

The top of creativity

In the 90s, the career of the actress is at the zenith. During this period, Susan Sarandon, whose filmography has more than 90 roles in the cinema, is in high demand in her profession. For the sake of justice, it should be noted that the actress does not have a special actor's education.

And yet, in the last decade of the last century, she is a pretender to the most prestigious film awards. For the role in the dramatic film "The White Palace" (Luis Mandoki, 1990), she is nominated for the Golden Globe, and a year later, for work in the film Thelma and Louise (Ridley Scott), she is nominated for the Golden Globe and To the Oscar. Then she brilliantly copes with the acting tasks in the film "Lorenzo Oil" (George Miller, 1992) and again becomes a nominee for the "Oscar" and "Golden Globe". In 1995, the actress claims to be an "Oscar", starring in the film "Client" (Joel Schumacher), but the reward goes to another. Only a year later, Susan will receive a long-awaited statuette for his participation in the film "The Dead Comes" (Tim Robbins). This work of the former wife of the actress collected in the world box office 80 million dollars. After that, Susan Sarandon, whose photo in the 1990s adorned the covers of popular glossy magazines, was repeatedly nominated for the Golden Globe Award. The reason for this was the participation in the films "Stepmother" (Chris Kalambus, 1998) and "Igbi goes to the bottom" (Burr Stirs, 2002).

Sunset career

With the advent of the 2000s, the career of Susan Sarandon, whose filmography includes diverse roles in the cinema, has gradually declined.

Despite the fact that she, as before, offers a lot to withdraw, most of them are supporting roles. In addition to this, the directors took into account already middle-aged Susan. However, she did not have any complexes about this. "I really want to believe that sixty is like the new forty. And the external beauty, as I see it, largely depends on how old you feel yourself, "the actress once said.

The latest films have been films: "In the Valley of Elah" (Paul Haggis, 2007), "Lovely Bones" (Peter Jackson, 2009), "Sexual" (Brian Koppelman, 2009), "Wall Street: Money Does not Sleep" ( Oliver Stone, 2010).

Personal life

The actress had a peculiarly personal life. As already mentioned, while still a student, she married with actor Chris Sarandon. In 1979, their family disintegrated. In 1985, Susan gives birth to her daughter Eva, whose father is director Franco Amurri. After some time she falls in love with actor Tim Robbins, whom she is 12 years older. Living in a civil marriage, Susan gives birth to two sons. And the actress was not at all embarrassed by the fact that Tim was in no hurry to formalize their relations.

For her, a civil marriage is a certain contract, the terms of which are subject to mandatory observance, so couples can be happy and without a stamp in their passport.

Interesting Facts

Few know that the actress Susan Sarandon is an ardent opponent of conflict resolution by military methods, actively opposes any violence. In addition, she does not pay much attention to whether she will look good tomorrow: the main thing is to feel comfortable today.