Susan Sarandon to Join Cast of Showtime's THE BIG C in Multi-Episode Arc

As first reported in The Hollywood Reporter, academy-award winning actress Susan Sarandon will join the cast of the Showtime drama series THE BIG C in a multi-arc role. Sarandon will appear in the third season of the show playing a cancer survivor named Joe who becomes a close friend of series star Laura Linney's character Cathy. 

The dramedy series was created by Darlene Hunt and follows the life of a woman who has been diagnosed with a fatal form of cancer and makes up her mind that she will live the rest of her remaining life to the fullest. 

Creator Hunt describes Sarandon's character as, "...another cancer survivor who has used her cancer experience in a unique way trying to inspire other people. She makes Cathy question whether she's doing enough with her own cancer experience."

Sarandon has appeared on TV in episodes of Rescue Me, ER, Friends and 30 Rock. The actress most recently appeared on Broadway in the critically acclaimed production of 'Exit The King', along with co-stars Geoffrey Rush, Lauren Ambrose, Andrea Martin, William Sadler and Brian Hutchison. The Eugene Ionesco's classic comedy was directed by Neil Armfield, and translated by Armfield and Rush. She received Drama Desk nominations for her roles in the Off-Broadway productions of Extremities and A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking and also starred in The Exonerated Off-Broadway and The Guys Off-Off Broadway. She appeared on Broadway in Gore Vidal's controversial ensemble piece, An Evening with Richard Nixon, in 1972.

Sarandon won an Academy Award® for her performance in Dead Man Walking. She received a 2008 Golden Globe® nomination and a 2008 Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for her performance as Doris Duke in the HBO film "Bernard and Doris." She received Academy Award® nominations for her roles in Atlantic City, Thelma and Louise, Lorenzo's Oil and The Client.