Susan Sarandon

Sarandon was born in Jackson Heights, Queens in New York City.{{cite web |url=https://qns.com/2018/05/susan-sarandon-returns-home-to-queens-to-plant-trees/ |title=Susan Sarandon returns home to Queens to plant trees |work=qns.com |last=Rose |first=Naeisha |date=May 10, 2018 |access-date=August 9, 2021 }} She is the eldest of nine children of Lenora Marie (née Criscione 1923–2020){{Cite web |title=Lenora M. (Criscione) Tomalin - View Obituary & Service Information |url=https://www.drozdalfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Lenora-Tomalin/ |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=Lenora M. (Criscione) Tomalin Obituary |language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KGJT-THG|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211820/https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KGJT-THG|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 3, 2016|title=Person Details for L Tomalin, "United States Public Records, 1970-2009" — FamilySearch.org|website=FamilySearch|date=March 3, 2016|access-date=April 20, 2019}} and Phillip Leslie Tomalin, an advertising executive, television producer, and one-time nightclub singer. She has four brothers: Phillip Leslie Jr., Terry (an outdoorsman, journalist, and community leader), Timothy, and O'Brian (owner of Building 8 Brewery in Northampton, Mass.); and four sisters: Meredith (or "Merry"), Bonnie Priscilla, Amanda, and Melissa (or "Missy").{{Cite news|url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,1733454,00.html|title=A fine romancer|newspaper=The Guardian|date=March 18, 2006|access-date=May 24, 2010|location=London|first=Suzie|last=MacKenzie|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206201010/http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2006/mar/18/features.weekend|archive-date= December 6, 2008|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on June 14, 1968 · 17|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315683345/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=June 14, 1968 |language=en}} Her father was of English, Irish, and Welsh ancestry.{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/tm_objectid=17661792&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=susan-sarandon-traces-roots-to-wales-name_page.html|title=Susan Sarandon traces roots to Wales|date=September 1, 2006|website=Walesonline.co.uk|access-date=January 8, 2018}} His English ancestors came from Hackney in London and his Welsh ancestors from Bridgend. On her mother's side, she is of Italian descent, with ancestors from the regions of Tuscany and Sicily.{{cite web|url=http://www.nbc.com/who-do-you-think-you-are/bios/susanS.shtml |title=Who Do You Think You Are |publisher=NBC |access-date=July 13, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100428092420/http://www.nbc.com/who-do-you-think-you-are/bios/susanS.shtml |archive-date=April 28, 2010 }}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/6189848.stm|title=Sarandon learns about Welsh roots|work=BBC News|date=November 28, 2006}} Her father worked for WOR-TV in New York City.{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on August 28, 1977 · 41|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/316556859/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=August 28, 1977 |language=en}}

When she was four years old, the Tomalin family moved from New York City to the newly developed Stephenville community, located in the northern area of Raritan (now Edison) Township, New Jersey.{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on February 23, 1962 · 9|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315905661/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=February 23, 1962 |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on July 12, 1970 · 29|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/316361693/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=July 12, 1970 |language=en}} The family was raised Roman Catholic and she and her sisters attended the all-girls Saint Francis Grammar School in nearby Metuchen,{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on April 25, 1963 · 4|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315520521/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=April 25, 1963 |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on May 28, 1963 · 8|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315588186/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=May 28, 1963 |language=en}} while her brothers attended the all-boys Saint Matthews Grammar School in Edison Township.{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on December 30, 1958 · 2|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315386293/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=December 30, 1958 |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on September 17, 1961 · 25|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315546081/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=September 17, 1961 |language=en}} Her mother was a member and board director of the Stephenville Women's Club and the Terra Nova Garden Club.{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on June 24, 1959 · 6|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315379008/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=June 24, 1959 |language=en}} The family was also member to the Woodside Swim Club, a private swimming club and park in the Stephenville community, where Sarandon and her sisters won many swimming competitions.{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on July 28, 1963 · 21|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315577855/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=July 28, 1963 |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=The Courier-News from Bridgewater, New Jersey on September 5, 1967 · Page 8|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/222045914/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=September 5, 1967 |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on July 3, 1968 · 5|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315872784/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=July 3, 1968 |language=en}} Sarandon graduated from Saint Francis Grammar School in 1960.{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on June 13, 1960 · 7|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315257710/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=June 13, 1960 |language=en}}

Sarandon attended Edison High School, a public school located in Edison Township.{{Cite web |last=Monthly |first=New Jersey |date=2010-04-12 |title=Susan Sarandon is Riding the Currents |url=https://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/riding-the-currents/ |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=New Jersey Monthly}}{{Cite web |title=Susan Sarandon Biography - Yahoo! Movies |url=http://movies.yahoo.com/person/susan-sarandon/biography.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008003815/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/susan-sarandon/biography.html |archive-date=October 8, 2012 }} In 1962, while still in high school, she joined a band and dance group to entertain sick children at a nearby rehabilitation hospital.{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on April 12, 1962 · 2|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315743642/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=April 12, 1962 |language=en}} As a high school junior, she performed the lead in the play Lady Precious Stream.{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on July 26, 1970 · 58|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/316014507/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=July 26, 1970 |language=en}} As a senior, she played the title character in the comedy My Sister Eileen, earning mentions in the local newspapers.{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on November 16, 1963 · 5|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315906057/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=November 16, 1963 |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on November 20, 1963 · 2|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315908007/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=November 20, 1963 |language=en}} In 1964, Sarandon was inducted into the National Honor Society.{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on March 25, 1964 · 16|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315891766/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=March 25, 1964 |language=en}}

In May 1964, the Tomalin family moved to the newly developed Chandler Hill community, east of Stephenville in Edison.{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on June 7, 1964 · 38|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315689737/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=June 7, 1964 |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on June 1, 1970 · 19|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/316027871/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=June 1970 |language=en}} Sarandon graduated from Edison High School in 1964.{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on June 16, 1964 · 5|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315710353/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=June 16, 1964 |language=en}} She attended the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. from 1964 to 1968,{{Cite web |date=2021-03-30 |title=Susan Sarandon - Movies, Age & Children |url=https://www.biography.com/actors/susan-sarandon |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=Biography |language=en-US}} earning a Bachelor of Arts in drama, and studying under the drama coach Gilbert V. Hartke.{{Cite news|url=http://www.pensandpatron.com/lifestyle/susan-sarandon/|title=Susan Sarandon Opens Up On Her Personal Life|date=October 15, 2017|work=Pens & Patron|access-date=February 2, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=August 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821172136/http://www.pensandpatron.com/lifestyle/susan-sarandon/|url-status=dead}} During and shortly after college, she supported herself by emptying bedpans in a hospital,Kleiner, Dick (May 1, 1975). "Susan Sarandon's on way to top". Corsicana Daily Sun. cutting hair, cleaning houses and working as a switchboard operator.{{cite news |last=Oltuski |first=Romy |date=April 26, 2018 |title=What Susan Sarandon Has Learned from Being Duped Out of Money |url=https://www.instyle.com/news/susan-sarandon-money-talks |work=InStyle |access-date=April 26, 2018 |archive-date=April 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427064229/http://www.instyle.com/news/susan-sarandon-money-talks |url-status=dead }}

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{{see also|Susan Sarandon filmography}}

In 1968, Sarandon and her then-husband Chris appeared on stage at the Wayside Theatre in Middletown, Virginia.{{cite web | url=https://www.allaboutwayside.com/19681974-slavet | title=Slavet: Production Chronology | publisher=allaboutwayside.com | accessdate=May 26, 2023 | author=Laster, James H.}}{{cite news | title='The Private Ear and The Public Eye' - An Evening of Superb Theater At Wayside | work=The Northern Virginia Daily | author=Eller, Charlotte J. | date=June 14, 1968 | pages=8}}{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WKixhMWV2wcC&dq=%22Peter+Boyle%22+wayside&pg=PA144 | title=Frommer's Virginia | publisher=Macmillan | author=McDonald, George | year=1996 | pages=144 | isbn=9780028607047}} The following year, the couple went to a casting call for the motion-picture Joe (1970). Although he did not get a part, she was cast in a major role of a disaffected teen who disappears into the seedy underworld. Between 1970 and 1972, she appeared in the soap operas A World Apart and Search for Tomorrow, playing Patrice Kahlman and Sarah Fairbanks, respectively. Her career gained momentum in 1974, when she starred in F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles', a highly rated made-for-television film, and Billy Wilder's screen adaptation of The Front Page. In 1975, Sarandon appeared in the cult favorite The Rocky Horror Picture Show and had the female lead in The Great Waldo Pepper, opposite Robert Redford. She was twice directed by Louis Malle, in Pretty Baby (1978) and Atlantic City (1980). The latter earned Sarandon her first Academy Award nomination.

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Her most controversial film appearance was in Tony Scott's The Hunger (1983), a modern vampire story in which she had a sex scene with Catherine Deneuve.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/08/business/for-lesbian-magazine-a-question-of-image.html|title=For Lesbian Magazine, a Question of Image | work=The New York Times | first=David W.|last=Dunlap|date=January 8, 1996}} It was the first mainstream American film to feature such a scene between two star actresses. She appeared in the comedy-fantasy The Witches of Eastwick (1987) alongside Jack Nicholson, Cher, and Michelle Pfeiffer. However, Sarandon did not become a "household name" until she appeared with Kevin Costner and Tim Robbins in the film Bull Durham (1988), a commercial and critical success.{{cite book|last1=Angier|first1=Michael E. |last2=Pond|first2=Sarah|last3=Angier|first3=Dawn|title=101 Best Ways to Get Ahead|year=2004|publisher=Success Networks|isbn=0970417535|page=145}} Roger Ebert praised Sarandon's performance in his review for the Chicago Sun-Times: "I don't know who else they could have hired to play Annie Savoy, the Sarandon character who pledges her heart and her body to one player a season, but I doubt if the character would have worked without Sarandon's wonderful performance".{{cite news

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Sarandon was nominated for an Academy Award four more times in the 1990s, as Best Actress as Louise Sawyer in Thelma & Louise (1991), Michaela Odone in Lorenzo's Oil (1992), and Reggie Love in The Client (1994), finally winning for Dead Man Walking (1995) in which she played Sister Helen Prejean who regularly visits a convicted murderer on death row. Janet Maslin, in The New York Times, wrote of her performance in the last film: "Ms. Sarandon takes the kind of risk she took playing a stubbornly obsessed mother in Lorenzo's Oil. She's commandingly blunt, and she avoids cheapening her performance with the wrong kind of compassion. Her Sister Helen is repelled and alarmed by this man, but she's determined to help him anyway. That's what makes the film so unrelenting."{{cite news|last=Maslin|first=Janet|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/29/movies/film-review-a-condemned-killer-and-a-crusading-nun.html|title=FILM REVIEW;A Condemned Killer And a Crusading Nun|work=The New York Times|date=December 29, 1996|access-date=May 19, 2019}} Sarandon was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award in 1994.{{cite web|title=Past Recipients: Crystal Award |url=http://wif.org/past-recipients |publisher=Women In Film |access-date=May 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630083646/http://wif.org/past-recipients |archive-date=June 30, 2011 }} Additionally, she has received eight Golden Globe nominations, including for the films White Palace (1990), Stepmom (1998), Igby Goes Down (2002), and Bernard and Doris (2007).{{cite book|title=Susan Sarandon: A True Maverick|date=2014|publisher=Wheatmark|isbn=9781587363009|pages=29–30|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O8V3Fc8eAUIC&pg=PA29|access-date=April 8, 2017}}

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Her other movies include Bob Roberts (1992), Little Women (1994), James and the Giant Peach (1996), Anywhere but Here (1999), Cradle Will Rock (1999), Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000), Cats & Dogs (2001), The Banger Sisters (2002), Shall We Dance (2004), Alfie (2004), Romance & Cigarettes (2005), Elizabethtown (2005), Enchanted (2007), and Speed Racer (2008). Sarandon has appeared in two episodes of The Simpsons, once as herself ("Bart Has Two Mommies") and as a ballet teacher, "Homer vs. Patty and Selma". She appeared on Friends, Malcolm in the Middle, Mad TV, Saturday Night Live, Chappelle's Show, 30 Rock, Rescue Me, and Mike & Molly.{{cite news |last=Ng |first=Philiana |date=September 19, 2013 |title=Susan Sarandon to Guest Star on 'Mike & Molly' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/susan-sarandon-mike-molly-guest-632330 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=March 29, 2017}}

Sarandon has contributed the narration to two dozen documentary films, many of which dealt with social and political issues. In addition, she has served as the presenter on many installments of the PBS documentary series, Independent Lens. In 1999 and 2000, she hosted and presented Mythos, a series of lectures by the late American mythology professor Joseph Campbell.{{cite web|url=http://www.jcf.org/works.php?id=680|title=The Shaping of Our Mythic Tradition|publisher=Joseph Campbell Foundation|access-date=March 18, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080223120604/http://www.jcf.org/works.php?id=680|archive-date=February 23, 2008|url-status=dead}} Sarandon also participates as a member of the Jury for the NYICFF, a local New York City Film Festival dedicated to screening films made for children between the ages of 3 and 18.{{cite web|url=http://gkids.com/?section=jury|title=NYICFF Jury|publisher=NYICFF|access-date=January 8, 2018}}

Sarandon appeared with an all-star cast in The Lovely Bones (2009), directed by Peter Jackson, and worked with daughter Eva Amurri in Middle of Nowhere (2008), That's My Boy (2012) and The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (2015). In 2012, Sarandon's audiobook performance of Carson McCullers' The Member of the Wedding was released at Audible.com.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20576624,00.html|title=Stars Read Their Faves...To You|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=March 9, 2012 |access-date=March 9, 2012|first=Keith|last=Staskiewicz}} She appeared in the films Arbitrage (2012), Cloud Atlas (2012), Tammy (2014), and The Meddler (2015). In 2017, Sarandon portrayed Bette Davis in the first season of FX's anthology series Feud,{{cite magazine|url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/fx-orders-ryan-murphy-anthology-series-feud-jessica-lange-susan-sarandon-to-star-in-first-installment-crawford-v-davis-1201749854/|title=FX Orders Ryan Murphy Series Feud with Jessica Lange, Susan Sarandon|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=May 5, 2016|magazine=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=March 3, 2017}} where she earned her ninth Golden Globe nomination. She also appeared in A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)—the sequel to the 2016 film Bad Moms—as the mother of Carla Dunkler.

In 2018, she joined the "Social Impact Advisory Board" of the San Diego International Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Susan-Sarandon-Thomas-Morgan-Scott-Mantz-Cecelia-Peck-Join-Forces-with-San-Diego-International-Film-Festival-20180622|title=Susan Sarandon, Thomas Morgan, Scott Mantz & Cecelia Peck Join Forces with San Diego International Film Festival|website=Broadway World|language=en|access-date=October 28, 2019}} In 2019, she connected with Justin Willman on Magic for Humans as a special guest on the Christmas episode.{{Cite web |date=December 10, 2019 |title=Magician Justin Willman Reveals His "Favorite Thing I've Ever Done" Was Also The Hardest Day on 'Magic For Humans' Season 2 |url=https://decider.com/2019/12/10/justin-willman-interview-magic-for-humans-season-2-netflix/ |access-date=August 8, 2022 |website=Decider |language=en-US}} In Fall 2022, Sarandon starred in the FOX TV drama Monarch.{{cite news|url=https://ew.com/tv/fox-delays-susan-sarandon-monarch-covid/|title=Fox delays Susan Sarandon drama Monarch to fall, citing 'profound impact' of COVID-19|work=ew.com|last=Brathwaite|first= Lester Fabian|date=January 12, 2022|access-date=February 3, 2022}} In 2023, she starred in the DC Extended Universe superhero film Blue Beetle. In 2025, she starred alongside Vince Vaughn in Nonnas, an American comedy drama film directed by Stephen Chbosky.

Sarandon is known for her active support of progressive and left-wing political causes, ranging from donations to organizations such as EMILY's List{{cite web|url=http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Susan_Sarandon.php|title=Susan Sarandon's Federal Campaign Contribution Report|access-date=January 13, 2008|publisher=Newsmeat.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121045232/http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Susan_Sarandon.php|archive-date=January 21, 2008}} to participating in a 1983 delegation to Nicaragua sponsored by MADRE, an organization that promotes "social, environmental, and economic justice".{{cite web|url=http://madre.org/about/mission.html|title=Mission and History|access-date=January 10, 2008|publisher=Madre.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224131211/http://www.madre.org/about/mission.html|archive-date=December 24, 2007}} In 1999, she was appointed UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. In that capacity, she has actively supported the organization's global advocacy, as well as the work of the Canadian UNICEF Committee.{{cite web|title=Goodwill Ambassador|work=unicef.org|url=https://www.unicef.org/people/people_susan_sarandon.html|access-date=December 27, 2016}} In 2006, she was one of eight women selected to carry in the Olympic flag at the Opening Ceremony of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games, in Turin, Italy. The same year, Sarandon received the Action Against Hunger Humanitarian Award.{{cite web |url=http://www.actionagainsthunger.org/pressroom/releases/2006/12/28 |title=Stages a Glittering Million-Dollar Gala |date=December 27, 2006 |publisher=Action Against Hunger |access-date=July 13, 2010 |archive-date=July 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719133721/http://www.actionagainsthunger.org/pressroom/releases/2006/12/28 |url-status=dead }} Sarandon was appointed an FAO Goodwill Ambassador in 2010.{{cite news|first=Ann|last=Wise|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/susan-sarandon-celine-dion-named-goodwill-ambassadors/story?id=11897301|title=Susan Sarandon, Celine Dion Named Goodwill Ambassadors|work=ABC News|access-date=January 10, 2017|date=October 15, 2010}} She donated fruit trees to the New York City Housing Authority's Jamaica Houses in 2018 in the borough of Queens. Sarandon visited the housing complex in person to help plant the trees. In 2022, she joined as an ambassador to the HALO Trust, a mine clearance organization.{{cite web|url=https://www.halotrust.org/latest/halo-updates/news/susan-sarandon-becomes-halo-ambassador/|title=Susan Sarandon Becomes Halo's Ambassador|publisher=Halo Trust|access-date=November 30, 2022}} In May 2024, she urged Irish voters to re-elect Mick Wallace and Clare Daly as MEPs.{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=James |title=Susan Sarandon endorses Mick Wallace and Clare Daly |url=https://www.newstalk.com/news/susan-sarandon-endorses-mick-wallace-and-clare-daly-1729948 |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Newstalk |language=en}}

Sarandon and Robbins both took an early stance against the 2003 invasion of Iraq, with Sarandon stating that she was firmly against war as a pre-emptive strike.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/liveonline/03/special/world/sp_world_sarandon021303.htm|title=Iraq: Antiwar Voices|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=February 13, 2003|access-date=May 24, 2010}} Prior to a 2003 protest sponsored by the United for Peace and Justice coalition, she said that many Americans "do not want to risk their children or the children of Iraq".{{Cite web |date=2003-02-14 |title=Sarandon To Bush: Get Real On War - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sarandon-to-bush-get-real-on-war/ |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=CBS News |language=en-US}} Sarandon was one of the first to appear in a series of political ads sponsored by TrueMajority, an organization established by Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream founder Ben Cohen.{{Cite news|first=Charlie|last=Brennan|title=Cry for peace heard on web: Activists using Internet to spread word against war|url=http://www.causecommunications.com/whoweare/rockymtnnews.html|work=Rocky Mountain News|date=February 8, 2003|access-date=January 11, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704011522/http://www.causecommunications.com/whoweare/rockymtnnews.html|archive-date=July 4, 2007}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/anti-iraq-ad-features-leader-of-bushs-church|title=Anti-Iraq Ad Features Leader of Bush's Church|access-date=January 14, 2008|work=Fox News|date=January 31, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414124358/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,77195,00.html|archive-date=April 14, 2008|url-status=live}} Along with anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, Sarandon took part in a 2006 Mother's Day protest, which was sponsored by Code Pink.{{Cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/susan-sarandon-joins-cindy-sheehan-to-protest-iraq-war|title=Susan Sarandon Joins Cindy Sheehan to Protest Iraq War|access-date=January 14, 2008|work=Fox News|date=May 15, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414030235/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,195535,00.html|archive-date=April 14, 2008|url-status=live}} In January 2007, she appeared with Robbins and Jane Fonda at an anti-war rally in Washington, D.C. in support of a Congressional measure to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq.{{cite news|author=Hunt, Kasie|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/24/ap/entertainment/mainD8MRUSCO0.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221160358/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/24/ap/entertainment/mainD8MRUSCO0.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 21, 2007|title=Anti-War Actress Bored by Iraq Pitch|work=CBS News|date=January 24, 2007}}

During the 2000 election, Sarandon supported Ralph Nader's run for president, serving as a co-chair of the National Steering Committee of Nader 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.nvri.org/library/cases/Becker/beckercomplaint.shtml|title=Becker Complaint: Becker, et al. vs. Federal Election Commission|access-date=January 14, 2008|publisher=NVRI.org|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502170013/http://www.nvri.org/library/cases/Becker/beckercomplaint.shtml|archive-date=May 2, 2008}} During the 2004 election campaign, she withheld support for Nader's bid, being among several "Nader Raiders" who urged Nader to drop out and his voters offer their support for Democratic Party candidate John Kerry.{{cite press release|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/vote2004/2004-11-02-nader-usat_x.htm|title=Despite 'spoiler' tag, Nader unapologetic for campaign|date=November 2, 2004|access-date=August 20, 2012|work=USA Today}} After the 2004 election, Sarandon called for US elections to be monitored by international entities.{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/sarandon-wants-monitoring-u-s-elections-wbna12096127|title=Sarandon wants monitoring for U.S. elections|first=Jeannette|last=Walls|publisher=Today.com|date=April 19, 2006|access-date=January 31, 2010}}

File:Edwards Sarandon Robbins.jpg appear alongside John Edwards at a presidential campaign rally in 2008]]

In the 2008 U.S. presidential election, Sarandon and Tim Robbins campaigned{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-01-30-celebrity-politics_N.htm|title=Primary time for celebs: Star power floods political arena|first=Gary|last=Strauss|work=USA Today|date=January 30, 2008|access-date=February 1, 2010}} for John Edwards in the New Hampshire communities of Hampton,{{cite web|url=http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080108%2FNEWS%2F801080406%2F-1%2Frss01|title=Edwards vows to 'take back democracy'|first=Katherine|last=Lanzer|work=The Portsmouth Herald|date=January 8, 2008|access-date=February 1, 2010|archive-date=June 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606120333/http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080108%2FNEWS%2F801080406%2F-1%2Frss01|url-status=dead}} Bedford, and Dover.{{Cite news|url=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/07/the-early-word-whos-the-real-change-candidate|title=The Early Word: Who's the Real 'Change' Candidate?|first=Ariel|last=Alexovich |work=The New York Times|date=January 7, 2008|access-date=February 1, 2010}} When asked at We Vote '08 Kickoff Party "What would Jesus do this primary season", Sarandon said, "I think Jesus would be very supportive of John Edwards."{{cite news|url=https://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/41555|title=WWJD in '08? Ask Sarandon|first=Tim|last=Murphy|work=New York|date=December 3, 2007|access-date=January 31, 2010}} She later endorsed Barack Obama.{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/21/AR2008022102551.html |title=Divided over Barack Obama |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=January 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907110336/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/21/AR2008022102551.html |archive-date=September 7, 2018 |url-status=dead }}

In the 2012 U.S. presidential election Sarandon, along with film director Michael Moore, said that they were not thrilled with Obama's performance but hoped he would be re-elected.{{cite web|url=https://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/08/02/michael-moore-i-wouldnt-say-i-support-obama/|title=Michael Moore: 'I Wouldn't Say I Support' Obama|date=August 2, 2012|access-date=April 20, 2019}} She said she and the administration haven't been allies. "I wouldn't say the White House has taken me under its wing and made me one of its best buddies," Sarandon said.{{cite web|url=https://politicalhollywood.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/michael-moore-and-susan-sarandon-critique-obama/|title=Michael Moore and Susan Sarandon Critique Obama|date=August 2, 2012|access-date=April 20, 2019}}

In the 2016 United States presidential election, she made public her support for Senator Bernie Sanders.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/meet-bernie-sanders-top-celebrity-backers/story?id=33020601 |title=Meet Bernie Sanders' Top Celebrity Backers - ABC News |publisher=ABC News |date=August 11, 2015|access-date=August 17, 2016}} On March 28, 2016, in an interview on All In with Chris Hayes, Sarandon indicated that she and other Sanders supporters might not support Hillary Clinton if Clinton were to be the Democratic nominee for president. She stated: "You know, some people feel that Donald Trump will bring the revolution immediately. If he gets in, then things will really explode." Hayes inquired as to whether it would be dangerous to allow Trump to become president, to which she replied: "If you think that it's pragmatic to shore up the status quo right now, then you're not in touch with the status quo".{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/29/politics/susan-sarandon-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/|title=Susan Sarandon: Trump more likely to bring 'revolution' than Clinton|author=Kopan, Tal|date=March 29, 2016|work=CNN}} On October 30, 2016, she endorsed Green Party of the United States presidential candidate Jill Stein.{{cite web|url=http://www.jill2016.com/sarandon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031024526/http://www.jill2016.com/sarandon|url-status=usurped|archive-date=October 31, 2016|title=Sarandon Endorsement|publisher=Jill2016|access-date=October 31, 2016}}

In an interview with The Guardian published on November 26, 2017, Sarandon said about Hillary Clinton: "I did think she was very, very dangerous. We would still be fracking, we would be at war [if she were president]".{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/26/susan-sarandon-i-thought-hillary-was-very-dangerous-if-shed-won-wed-be-at-war|title=Susan Sarandon: 'I thought Hillary was very dangerous. If she'd won, we'd be at war'|last=Brockes|first=Emma|work=The Guardian|date=November 26, 2017|access-date=November 27, 2017}}

In 1995, Sarandon was one of many Hollywood actors, directors and writers interviewed for the documentary The Celluloid Closet, which explores how Hollywood films have depicted homosexuality.{{cite news |last=Rooney |first=David |date=September 11, 1995 |title=The Celluloid Closet |url=https://variety.com/1995/film/reviews/the-celluloid-closet-1200442947/ |work=Variety |access-date=March 29, 2017}}

Sarandon and Robbins appeared at the 2000 Shadow Convention in Los Angeles to speak about drug offenders being unduly punished.{{cite news|first=Victoria|last=Looseleaf|url=http://www.ladowntownnews.com/entertainment/out-of-the-shadows/article_dd2c2345-ed74-595f-9262-6a1df50934ed.html|title=Out of the Shadows|publisher=Los Angeles Downtown News|access-date=January 30, 2018|date=August 21, 2000}} In 2004, she served on the advisory committee for 2004 Racism Watch, an activist group.{{cite web|url=http://www.commondreams.org/news2004/0331-04.htm|publisher=Common Dreams|title=2004 Racism Watch Calls On Bush-Cheney Campaign to Change or Pull Offensive Ad|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927035344/http://www.commondreams.org/news2004/0331-04.htm|archive-date=September 27, 2012}}

Sarandon has become an advocate to end the death penalty and mass incarceration. She has joined the team of people fighting to save the life of Richard Glossip, a man on death row in Oklahoma.{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/article/susan-sarandon-fights-save-death-row-inmate-life|title=Susan Sarandon Fights to Save Death Row Inmate's Life : People.com|work=People}} In May 2015, Sarandon launched a campaign with fundraising platform Represent.com to sell T-shirts to help finance the documentary Deep Run, the story of a poor North Carolina teen undergoing a gender transition.{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/confidential/susan-sarandon-hollywood-money-not-politics-article-1.2242172 |title=Susan Sarandon: Hollywood's about money, not politics |newspaper=NY Daily News |date=June 1, 2015|access-date=August 17, 2016}}

On March 12, 2011, Sarandon spoke before a crowd in Madison, Wisconsin protesting Governor Scott Walker and his Budget Repair Bill.{{YouTube|zKqYEUk9s5U|"Madison Welcomes Susan Sarandon- 3-12-11"}} On September 27, 2011, Sarandon spoke to reporters and interested parties at the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York City.{{Cite web |last=Gray |first=Rosie |date=2011-09-27 |title=Susan Sarandon to Occupy Wall Street: 'You Have to Make Your Message Clear' |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/susan-sarandon-to-occupy-wall-street-you-have-to-make-your-message-clear/ |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=The Village Voice}} Her use of the word Nazi to describe Pope Benedict XVI on October 15, 2011 generated complaints from Roman Catholic authorities{{cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2011/10/susan_sarandon_draws_rebuke_fr.html|title=Susan Sarandon rebuked for 'obscene' reference to Pope|first=Jerry|last=McLeod|page=C1|newspaper=The Times-Picayune|place=New Orleans|date=October 19, 2011|access-date=October 19, 2011}} The article contains this statement by William Donohue, president of the Catholic League: "Sarandon's comment is obscene. Sadly, it's what we've come to expect from her. Joseph Ratzinger [who became Pope Benedict XVI] was conscripted at the age of 14 into the Hitler Youth, along with every other young German boy." and from the Anti-Defamation League, which called on Sarandon to apologize.{{cite web|title=ADL Says Susan Sarandon Should Apologize For Referring To Pope Benedict XVI As 'A Nazi'|url=http://www.adl.org/PresRele/HolNa_52/6139_52.htm|publisher=Anti-Defamation League|access-date=October 18, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020152042/http://www.adl.org/PresRele/HolNa_52/6139_52.htm|archive-date=October 20, 2011}} Sarandon brought activist Rosa Clemente to the 75th Golden Globe Awards{{cite web|author=CNWN Collection |url=https://www.allure.com/story/support-causes-activists-2018-golden-globes |title=Golden Globes 2018: How to Support the Activists' Causes |date=January 8, 2018 |publisher=Allure |access-date=January 11, 2018}} and participated in a rally against gun violence in June 2018.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/national-gun-violence-awareness-day-new-york-youth-over-guns-rally-today-2018-06-02/|title=Hundreds take part in rally against gun violence after school shootings|publisher=CBS News|date=June 2, 2018|access-date=June 30, 2018}}

On June 28, 2018, Sarandon was arrested during the Women Disobey protests, along with 575 other people, for protesting at the Hart Senate Office Building where a sit-in was being held against Donald Trump's migrant separation policy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44657362|title=Migrant separations: Susan Sarandon arrested at protest rally|publisher=BBC|date=June 29, 2018|access-date=June 29, 2018}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.hollywood.com/general/susan-sarandon-arrested-during-immigration-protest-60725197|title=Susan Sarandon arrested during immigration protest|newspaper=hollywood.com|date=June 29, 2018|access-date=June 29, 2018}}

On May 27, 2021, Sarandon tweeted in support of the Palestinian people, in her words, "fighting against the apartheid government of Netanyahu", and of the Israeli people "that they too, will enjoy peace". She expressed support for Palestinian-American model Bella Hadid "for having the bravery to stand in solidarity with her people". She also co-signed an open letter criticizing Israel for labeling six Palestinian human rights groups as terror organizations, and quoted Desmond Tutu on the conflict saying that "true peace can ultimately be built only on justice".{{Cite web |last=Zaisser |first=Carl |date=December 29, 2021 |title=Hollywood Star Susan Sarandon Reiterates Support for Palestinian People |url=https://www.palestinechronicle.com/hollywood-star-susan-sarandon-reiterates-support-for-palestinian-people/ |access-date=June 5, 2022 |website=Palestine Chronicle |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Sarandon |first=Susan |date=May 26, 2021 |title=Susan Sarandon on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/susansarandon/status/1397618440270229509 |access-date=June 5, 2022 |website=Twitter |language=en}} Sarandon was the executive producer for Soufra, a documentary that covered the development of a food truck in the Bourj el Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/susan-sarandon-shoufra-refugee-documentary-1202455726/|title=Susan Sarandon to Produce Refugee Camp Documentary 'Soufra'|first1=Dave|last1=McNary|date=June 6, 2017}}

In February 2022, some law enforcement organizations criticized Sarandon for sharing a tweet that described a photo of police officers honoring a killed officer as fascism.{{cite web |last=Garvey |first=Marianne |title=Susan Sarandon facing backlash for "mocking heroes" in anti-cop Twitter post |publisher=CNN |date=February 3, 2022 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/03/entertainment/susan-sarandon-anti-cop-twitter-post/index.html |access-date=February 3, 2022}} She later deleted the tweet and posted a message on Twitter to apologize.{{Cite web |last=Gajewski |first=Ryan |date=2022-02-05 |title=Susan Sarandon Apologizes for “Deeply Disrespectful” Tweet Comparing NYPD Funeral Mourners to Fascism |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/susan-sarandon-apologizes-nypd-funeral-fascism-1235087660/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=ToI |title=Susan Sarandon sorry for tweet that likened mourning for slain NY officer to fascism |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/susan-sarandon-says-sorry-for-tweet-likening-mourners-of-slain-ny-officer-to-fascism/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=www.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US}}

In November 2023, Sarandon spoke out against the Israeli government's actions during the Gaza war.{{Cite web |last=Algemeiner |first=The |date=November 16, 2023 |title=Actress Susan Sarandon Bashes Israel's Military Campaign Against Hamas, Shares False Info About Gaza War - Algemeiner.com Actress Susan Sarandon Repeatedly Bashes Israel's Military Operation in Gaza, Attends 'Free Palestine' Rally in NYC |url=https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/11/16/actress-susan-sarandon-bashes-israels-military-campaign-hamas/ |access-date=November 19, 2023 |website=www.algemeiner.com |language=en-US}} At a pro-Palestinian rally in Union Square on November 17, Sarandon said: "There are a lot of people afraid of being Jewish at this time, and are getting a taste of what it feels like to be a Muslim in this country, so often subjected to violence." Four days later, she was dropped as a client by United Talent Agency.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/uta-susan-sarandon-palestinian-1235669514/|title=Susan Sarandon Dropped By UTA After Pro-Palestine Rally Comments|first=Etan|last=Vlessing|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=November 21, 2023|accessdate=November 21, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/11/susan-sarandon-pro-palestinian-remarks-uta-dropped-1235632398/|title=UTA Drops Susan Sarandon As Client Following Recent Antisemitic Remarks She Made At A Rally In New York|date=November 21, 2023 |publisher=deadline}}{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/hollywood-divide-over-israel-melissa-barrera-1235804452/|title=A Fired 'Scream' Star, Clients Booted From Agencies and a Secret Tom Cruise Meeting: Inside Hollywood's Divide Over Israel|date=November 21, 2023 |publisher=Variety}} On December 1, Sarandon issued an apology for the phrasing of her comment, saying that "it implies that until recently Jews have been strangers to persecution, when the opposite is true".{{cite news|url = https://variety.com/2023/film/news/susan-sarandon-apologizes-pro-palestine-rally-terrible-mistake-1235818618/|title = Susan Sarandon Apologizes for Remarks at Pro-Palestine Rally: My 'Phrasing Was a Terrible Mistake'|work = Variety|date = December 2, 2023|accessdate = December 2, 2023|last = Spangler|first = Todd}} On March 12, 2025, Sarandon attended the detention hearing of Palestinian activist and US permanent resident Mahmoud Khalil, currently detained by ICE, and stated her support for the free speech rights of Khalil and all US residents.{{cite news|url = https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-protests-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-751fa0b4637f5600a8af061ba4ddf97b|title = Columbia grad student's detention will stretch on as lawyers spar over Trump's plan to deport him|work = AP news|date = March 12, 2025|accessdate = March 12, 2025|last1 = Offenhartz|first1 = Jake|last2 = Neumeister|first2 = Larry}}

While in college, she met fellow student Chris Sarandon; they married on September 16, 1967.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_s6q7/page/274|title=Made in heaven : the marriages and children of Hollywood stars|last=Houseman|first=Victoria|publisher=Bonus Books|year=1991|isbn=9780929387246|location=Chicago|pages=[https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_s6q7/page/274 274]|oclc=24170353|url-access=registration}} They announced a trial separation in 1975 and divorced in 1979, but she retained his surname. From 1977 until 1980, Sarandon had a live-in relationship with director Louis Malle,{{cite news|title=Susan Sarandon's star is soaring|newspaper=Dayton Daily News|author=Rex Reed|date=May 7, 1978|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/406076391}}Smith, Liz (April 3, 1980). "Love's Magic Spell". The Baltimore Sun. after which she was sporadically involved with musician David Bowie{{Cite news |last=Hickey |first=Shane |date=2014-07-26 |title=Susan Sarandon reveals past sexual relationship with David Bowie |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jul/26/susan-sarandon-past-sexual-relationship-david-bowie |access-date=2023-12-10 |issn=0261-3077}} and, briefly, actor Sean Penn.{{cite web|url=https://www.closerweekly.com/posts/80s-celebrity-couples-forgot-dated-117350/photos/susan-sarandon-sean-penn-203131|title=Drew Barrymore and Corey Feldman — Plus More '80s Celebrity Couples You Forgot All About|date=October 27, 2016}}

In the mid-1980s, Sarandon dated Italian filmmaker Franco Amurri, with whom she had a daughter, Eva Amurri (born March 15, 1985).{{cite news|last=Lee|first=Linda|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/08/style/a-night-out-with-eva-amurri-glittering-in-mom-s-sky.html|title=A NIGHT OUT WITH: Eva Amurri; Glittering in Mom's Sky|work=The New York Times|date=September 8, 2002|access-date=January 10, 2017}}{{cite news|last=Amurri Martino|first=Eva|url=http://people.com/babies/eva-amurri-martino-son-major-birth-story-photos/|title=Eva Amurri Martino's Blog: My Son Major James' Home Birth Story|work=People|date=November 1, 2016|access-date=January 10, 2017}} They met on the set of Tempest in 1981, but did not get together until she returned to Italy to shoot Mussolini and I three years later.{{Cite book|title=Susan Sarandon: A True Maverick|last=Tucker|first=Betty Jo|publisher=Wheatmark|year=2004|isbn=9781587363009|page=47}} In 2017, Sarandon revealed that she had had an affair with British actor Philip Sayer, who she further revealed had been gay.{{Cite web |last=Azzopardi |first=Chris |date=February 14, 2017 |title=EXCLUSIVE: Susan Sarandon on 'Up For Grabs' Sexuality, Ryan Murphy's 'Feud' & Her Response to Those Who 'Blame Me' For the Election |url=https://pridesource.com/article/80097-2/ |access-date=September 10, 2022 |website=Pride Source |language=en-US}}

Beginning in 1988, Sarandon lived with actor Tim Robbins, whom she met while they were filming Bull Durham. They have two sons: John "Jack" Henry (born May 15, 1989) and Miles (born May 4, 1992). Sarandon, like Robbins, is a lapsed Catholic,{{cite journal|author=Ball, Aimee Lee|title=Sarandon, Seriously|journal=Mother Jones|date=February 1989|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DOcDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30}}{{cite magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021222073855/http://www.geocities.com/timrobbinspage/interviews/014.html |url=http://www.geocities.com/timrobbinspage/interviews/014.html|title=Labor of Love: With Dead Man Walking, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins Go From Oscar Outlaws to Golden Couple by Rebecca Ascher-Walsh |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=March 22, 1996 |archive-date=December 22, 2002 }} and they share liberal political views. They broke up in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/msnbc-article.aspx?cp-documentid=23133446|title=Top news stories from Canada and around the world -MSN Headlines|website=News.ca.msn.com|access-date=January 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822031134/http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/msnbc-article.aspx?cp-documentid=23133446|archive-date=August 22, 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last=Triggs|first=Charlotte|url=https://people.com/celebrity/susan-sarandon-and-tim-robbins-split/|title=Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins Split|website=People|date=December 23, 2009|access-date=July 13, 2010}}

Following the end of her relationship with Robbins, Sarandon soon began a new one with Jonathan Bricklin, son of Malcolm Bricklin. They helped establish a chain of table tennis lounges named SPiN. Sarandon is the co-owner of its New York{{cite web|url=http://wearespin.com/about/|title=About SPiN|website=Wearespin.com|access-date=January 8, 2018}} and Toronto locations.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.torontolife.com/daily/daily-dish/opening-daily-dish/2011/10/13/introducing-spin-toronto|title=Introducing: Spin Toronto, the new King West ping pong club co-owned by Susan Sarandon (no, really)|magazine=Toronto Life|access-date=October 24, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117010007/http://www.torontolife.com/daily/daily-dish/opening-daily-dish/2011/10/13/introducing-spin-toronto/|archive-date=January 17, 2013}} Sarandon and Bricklin broke up in 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/article/jonathan-bricklin-talks-break-up-susan-sarandon|title=Jonathan Bricklin on Ex Susan Sarandon: 'I Love Her More Than Anyone'|last=Mackie|first=Drew|date=March 31, 2015|work=People|access-date=April 16, 2016}}

In 2006, Sarandon and ten relatives, including her son Miles, traveled to the United Kingdom to trace her family's Welsh genealogy. Their journey was documented by the BBC Wales programme, Coming Home: Susan Sarandon. Much of the same research and content was featured in the American version of Who Do You Think You Are? She also received the Ragusani Nel Mondo prize in 2006; her Sicilian roots are in Ragusa, Italy.{{cite web|url=http://www.middlesexcc.edu/news/control.cfm?newsID=94|title=How can we help you? - Home|website=Middlesexcc.edu|access-date=January 8, 2018}}

Sarandon is bisexual, seemingly coming out during a September 2022 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.{{Cite web|last=Giardina|first=Henry|title=Did Susan Sarandon Just Come Out as Bisexual?|url=https://www.intomore.com/wtf/apparently-susan-sarandon-came-bisexual/|access-date=September 9, 2022|website=INTO|date=September 8, 2022 |language=en-US}} She also previously told Pride Source in 2017 that her sexuality was "open" and "up for grabs", and on a 2021 episode of the Divorced Not Dead podcast said of her dating interests, "I don't care if it's a man or a woman. I mean, I'm open to all age, all color. And those for me, those things are just details."{{Cite news|title=Susan Sarandon Wants to Date Someone Vaccinated Against COVID: 'I Don't Care If It's a Man or a Woman'|url=https://people.com/movies/susan-sarandon-wants-to-date-someone-vaccinated-against-covid-i-dont-care-if-its-a-man-or-a-woman/|access-date=March 12, 2021|website=People|language=en}}

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Sarandon received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2009 Stockholm International Film Festival, was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2010,{{cite news|newspaper=The Star-Ledger|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/05/jack_nicholson_susan_sarandon.html|title=Jack Nicholson, Susan Sarandon are among 15 inducted into N.J. Hall of Fame|date=May 2, 2010}} and received the Outstanding Artistic Life Award for her Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema at the 2011 Shanghai International Film Festival.{{cite news|url=http://www.jingdaily.com/stars-turn-out-for-shanghai-international-film-festival/|work=Jing Daily|title=Stars turn out for Shanghai International Film Festival|date=June 13, 2011|access-date=February 11, 2015}} In 2013, she was invited to inaugurate the 44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa.{{cite news|newspaper=Indian Express|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/iffi-2013-curtain-raiser-susan-sarandon-waheeda-rehman-kamal-haasan-at-opening-ceremony/1197350|title=IFFI Curtain Raiser|date=November 20, 2013}} In 2015, Sarandon received the Goldene Kamera international lifetime achievement award.{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenekamera.de/bildergalerie-50-verleihung-2015/preistraeger-sarandon/|title=Susan Sarandon|language=de|work=Goldene Kamera|access-date=March 1, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150301194123/http://www.goldenekamera.de/bildergalerie-50-verleihung-2015/preistraeger-sarandon/|archive-date=March 1, 2015}}

Sarandon has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for the following films:

• 54th Academy Awards, Best Actress in a Leading Role, nomination, Atlantic City (1981)
• 64th Academy Awards, Best Actress in a Leading Role, nomination, Thelma & Louise (1991)
• 65th Academy Awards, Best Actress in a Leading Role, nomination, Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
• 67th Academy Awards, Best Actress in a Leading Role, nomination, The Client (1994)
• 68th Academy Awards, Best Actress in a Leading Role, win, Dead Man Walking (1995)

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