Trivia

Her grandmother had her uncle when she was 14 years old, her mom at 16, then disappeared without a trace. Her mother grew up in the care of nuns in an institute, abandoned at two.

She keeps her Academy Award in the bathroom.

Lived with Tim Robbins from 1988 to 2009.

Landed her first Hollywood role when her then-husband, Chris Sarandon, took her along on one of his auditions.

She has twice used Freedom of Information laws to access her FBI file, and claims it reveals her phone conversations are routinely monitored by the US government.

Refuses to give interviews to the NY Post ever since they printed a story about an orgy taking place at her home in December 2001.

For the past 10 years she has been involved with Heifer International, an organization that donates farm animals to needy families who need the animals for work.

Physicians told her she had endometriosis and that she would need to be operated on if she wanted to have children, so she was astonished when she learned she was pregnant for the first time at 37. She told Chelsea Handler in 2014 that she hadn't used birth control for years and that the young man she conceived with (Franco Amurri) "won the lottery." Franco was still living in his parents' house at the time.

Caught pneumonia after they shot the pool scene in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975).

Dated David Bowie and Sean Penn in the early 1980s.

Sang in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975); recorded a duet with Eddie Vedder which played over the ending credits of Broadway, 39ème rue (1999).

Cut hair, waitressed, emptied bed pans in a hospital, worked on the switchboard and cleaned apartments for a living before she became an actress.

One of eight women, also among them Sophia Loren and author Isabel Allende, carrying the Olympic flag at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games' opening ceremony in Turin. (February 10, 2006)

Arrested for disorderly conduct during a protest in New York over the unarmed shooting of African immigrant Amadou Diallo by four policemen. (March 30, 1999)

Of her more than 100 movies, she often cites Duo à trois (1988), La fièvre d'aimer (1990), Le client (1994), La dernière marche (1995) and Ma meilleure ennemie (1998) as her favorites.

She was asked to pose for Playboy about 25 times and always said no.

Says her sexual orientation is "up for grabs". (February 2017)

She was set to play Alexandra in Les Sorcières d'Eastwick (1987) until Cher was recast in the role at the last minute. It was only after arriving on location in Massachusetts that Sarandon was told she would be playing Jane instead (and needed to learn how to play the cello), an experience she described as humiliating. Nonetheless, it solidified her reputation as one of the industry's most reliable and dependable actresses.

On June 28, 2018, Sarandon was arrested during an Anti-Trump Protest in Washington, D.C. along with 575 other women.

Former Ford model.

An aspiring ballerina in early life, she turned down a scholarship to the Boston Conservatory of Dance.

In 2005, she and the rest of the chief creative team behind the 11-part radio documentary, "Leonard Bernstein: An American Life", a chronicle of the legendary American musical giant's life and career, were recipients of the (George Foster) Peabody Award bestowed by the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia at the 64th presentation of the honor. The Peabody is the premiere international prize given for electronic (i.e. television and radio) media.

Attended Catholic University of America 1964-1968, majoring in military strategy. Met and married Chris Sarandon there (by priest who was head of Department).

Caused a stir in 1984 when she defied Ronald Reagan's opposition to the Sandinista government by taking an eight-day trip to Nicaragua, delivering milk and baby food to needy mothers under the auspices of a New York-based women's group called Madre.

Is a UNICEF goodwill ambassador.

Has two sons with Tim Robbins: Jack Henry Robbins (b. May 15, 1989) and Miles Robbins (b. May 4, 1992).

Parents separated in 1982, after forty years of marriage.

Eldest of nine siblings. She has four brothers: Phillip Jr., Terry, Tim, O'Brian; and four sisters: Meredith, Bonnie, Amanda and Missy.

The only actress to be directed by both Ridley Scott and his brother Tony Scott.

Is one of two actresses who won an Oscar for playing a nun. The first was Jennifer Jones in Le chant de Bernadette (1943).

As co-presenters of the 1993 Academy Awards, Susan and her former partner, Tim Robbins, seized a chance to bring public attention to the plight of a few hundred Haitians with AIDS who had been interned in Guantanamo Bay.

Has a daughter from relationship with Franco Amurri: Eva Amurri (b. March 15, 1985).

In 2011, she bought a penthouse "bachelorette" pad atop townhouse on West 9th Street, Manhattan, just blocks from the West 15th Street duplex she had shared for many years with Tim Robbins.

Callie Khouri wrote the role of Louise Sawyer in Thelma & Louise (1991) with Sarandon as her first and only choice.

Endorsed Jill Stein as her vote of conscience in the 2016 presidential election of the United States; because of this, Hillary Clinton's supporters harassed Susan so much that she had to change her phone number.

Had been attached to several Bette Davis biopics that never came to fruition, since the '80s, before finally portraying the screen icon in Feud (2017).

Her father was of English, Irish, Welsh, and German descent, and her mother's ancestry was Italian (including Sicilian).

Almost signed on to star in Serial Mother (1994) but the deal fell through due to scheduling conflicts and salary dispute.

Was the 109th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for La dernière marche (1995) at The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996) on March 25, 1996.

Very good friends with fellow actress Julia Roberts.

Lived with Louis Malle from mid-1977 until early 1980. He directed her in La petite (1978) and Atlantic City (1980), but by the time the latter film was released, the pair had already broken up and Malle was married to Candice Bergen.

Is a grandmother, via daughter Eva Amurri and son-in-law Kyle Martino, of granddaughter Marlowe (b. August 9, 2014) and grandsons Major (b. October 19, 2016) and Mateo (b. March 13, 2020).

Received the 2009 Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award.

Graduated from Edison High School in Edison, New Jersey where she was a cheerleader.

Revealed in December 2009 that she and partner Tim Robbins had broken up during the summer of that year. Susan called her relatives to tell them about the split only a day before the news broke.

Aunt to more than 40 nephews and nieces.

Mother passed away at age 97. (August 11, 2020)

Arrested on charges of civil disobedience in New York City for protesting the tearing down of the Morosco Theater on Broadway. (1982)

Is listed along with Geena Davis on the 24th place in AFI's Hero Top 50.

Humanitarian who puts justice above her career and profit.