Not only is Susan Sarandon a famous American actress, she certainly doesn’t look like her colleagues in Hollywood. She is primarily a human rights activist, with a long history of bold humanitarian stances, especially when they are against her country’s policies, as is often the case.
Add an advertisement
The Oscar-winning actress does not hesitate to show her support for the Palestinian cause and her solidarity with the Palestinian people, every time they are subjected to Israeli aggression.
It has always considered Israel to be an occupying state, and that what it is committing in Palestine is ethnic cleansing.
Who is Susan Sarandon?
She was born in New York City on October 4, 1946, and was the eldest of 9 children. Her mother, Lenora Marie, is of Italian descent, and her father, Philip Leslie Tomalin, is an advertising executive, television producer, and former singer, of British and Irish descent.
Susan Sarandon attended Roman Catholic schools in Edison, New Jersey, where she grew up and graduated from high school in 1964. She then attended the Catholic University of America in Washington between 1964 and 1968, and obtained a bachelor’s degree in theatrical arts.
She was trained by the professional theater art teacher, Father Gilbert, and during that period she married actor Chris Sarandon, and their marriage lasted more than 10 years, until 1979.
Susan Sarandon is famous for playing an older woman who is seductive at the same time; Although her first appearance was in the 1970 film Joe, she left a long-lasting impact in the role of wide-eyed Janet in the 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Through a movie before appearing in the same year in a social series titled A World Apart, which lasted 325 episodes.
After only two years, she appeared for the first time on the famous Broadway stage in the play An Evening With Richard Nixon, and she continued to work there until 1982, before returning to it again in 2009 to participate in the opening of the film Exit The King.
Sarandon made 167 films for international cinema, and was nominated for an Oscar as Best Actress 5 times in the 1980s and 1990s, her golden age. She finally won the award in 1995 for her role in the movie Dead Man Walking.
The American actress has three children: Eva (38 years old), and her father, Italian director Franco Amore, in addition to two sons, Jack (34 years old) and Miles (31 years old), from actor, writer and director Tim Robbins, from whom she separated in the summer of 2009, after a lasting marriage. 23 years. She is also a grandmother to her daughter Eva’s three children.
Its support for Palestine is a nuisance
What really distinguishes Sarandon is that she is famous for her political activity in addition to her artistic activity and various roles, and she has always challenged stereotypes in her professional and personal life. She began her life as a model for the international Ford agency, but that is not mentioned at all today.
“It is time for Palestine to be liberated.” Academy Award-winning actress Susan Sarandon joins hundreds in a march in New York in support of Gaza and demanding a ceasefire.
the details: pic.twitter.com/qVaflOvz9O
– Aljazeera.net • Al Jazeera Net (@AJArabicnet) November 10, 2023
Susan Sarandon says her political position and walks away, not caring about everything that might entail, and not caring about what it means to be non-supportive of Israel – and its project – in a country where the Zionist lobby is concentrated in the highest decision-making positions, especially in the Hollywood film industry, which exposes it to great losses. .
The American actress does not care about professional losses, to the point that she challenges Hollywood with all its might in exchange for expressing her free opinion, and this has cost her greatly, especially in recent days.
The famous American talent agency UTA has canceled its contract with Sarandon, which has managed its business since 2014, due to its continued support for the Palestinian cause during the genocidal war that Israel has been waging against Gaza since October 7, 2023.
“The talent agency no longer represents Sarandon,” a UTA spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday.
This decision to cancel the contract comes after the American actress participated in a demonstration in support of Palestine that was held in Union Square in New York City on November 18, during which Sarandon directed her words to American Jews who fear the escalation of anti-Semitism.
She told the crowd: “Many people are afraid of being Jews at this time. They are tasting what it feels like to be a Muslim in this country, which often means being exposed to violence.”
Sarandon during her participation in the New York demonstration in support of Palestine/Photo from Twitter
The 77-year-old actress had previously faced calls for exclusion from Hollywood, after she participated in the demonstration in Washington, DC, on Sunday, November 5, 2023, in the #March4Palestine protest, during which she wore the Palestinian keffiyeh.
She was not satisfied with that, but carried a banner in support of Palestine, and shared a picture of herself from the demonstration alongside members of the Palestinian Women’s Gathering via the everyone”.
Since October 7, 2023, in addition to her activity on the ground, Susan Sarandon – who defines herself on the Official website to publish what Israel is committing against the people of Gaza.
She reposted a tweet that said: “A ceasefire is not enough. Do not turn your back on ethnic cleansing. Do you need dead children to speak?! Raise your voices for the liberation of Palestine and demand an end to the brutal occupation funded by the United States and the lifting of the siege on Gaza.”
She does not hesitate for a moment to declare her full solidarity with the Palestinians, recalling their permanent right to liberate their land. She also does not hesitate to refute the false “facts” about the permanent conflict between Palestine and the occupation, even if that forces her to respond to her colleagues and the American media in order to discredit their narrative.
“I stand with Palestine. “No one is free until everyone is free.”
The wonderful American actress Susan Sarandon pic.twitter.com/EtR9S30KPC– Ibrahim Nasrllah (@IbrahimNasrllah) November 6, 2023
During the events in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in 2021, Sarandon committed to defending Palestine and the right of its people to their land, and perhaps her most famous tweet spread at the time when she wrote: “These are not clashes, this is a highly armed military force killing civilians to steal their homes. This is occupation and colonialism.”
She was not satisfied with that, but followed it with a group of tweets, one of which stated: “I stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people who are facing ethnic cleansing and intimidation at the hands of the Israeli government and Jewish settler organizations. The world is watching.”
Actress Susan Sarandon about the Israeli soldiers attacking a funeral #Sherine_Abu_Aqla:
“Shame on you!! An occupying force attacks the funeral of an oppressed minority in order to crush them! The whole world is watching.” pic.twitter.com/j2TABKe4LM
— Celebs Arabic (@CelebsArabic) May 13, 2022
At the end of the year 2021, she returned and condemned the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land through a tweet that she published in conjunction with “Indigenous Peoples Day” in the United States of America. It was an image comparing the area of land seized by settlers in Palestine between the years 1918 and 2021, and another in the United States that was seized. of its indigenous population between 1492 and 2021; In a clear analogy between the indigenous people and the Palestinians.
Against her country’s policies
Away from Palestine, Susan Sarandon has other political positions against her country’s policies, perhaps the most famous of which is her rejection of the Bush government’s invasion of Iraq in 2003. As is the case today, she raised her voice loudly and participated in the major demonstrations against the war in Iraq.
In 2006, she was one of the most prominent celebrities who joined activist Cindy Sheehan in her fast against the invasion of Iraq, which earned her the Humanitarian Action Against Hunger Award in the same year.
In 1993, while hosting the Academy Awards alongside Tim Robbins, the couple spoke about the plight of Haitian refugees infected with HIV. In 1999, she became a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and was active in supporting various political and human rights issues.
In 2016, Sarandon was an outspoken supporter of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, before casting her ballot for Jill Stein of the Green Party.
In 2017, she was widely attacked for not supporting Hillary Clinton, even though she had supported her candidacy for the Senate in 2001, but Sarandon believes that Clinton’s support for the war in Iraq was the decisive factor in her changed position.
In a long interview with The Guardian, in which she talked about Hollywood and politics, Susan Sarandon was asked if she really said that Hillary was more dangerous than Trump, and she replied: “Not exactly, but I don’t mind that quote. I think she was very dangerous, but we are at war if She won the presidency.”
She also criticized Obama, adding: “It seems ridiculous to say that health care, child protection, and taxation of the non-rich would not be better now under President Clinton, before we reach the threat of deportation that hangs over millions of immigrants. She would have done it the way Obama did, that is, “Invisibly.” -Arabi Post
