Born Susan Abigail Tomalin in New York on 4 October 1946, Susan had her equally busty actress daughter Eva Amurri Martino from a relationship with Frnaco Amurri. She has two other children with actor Tim Robbins. The pair met while filming the baseball movie Bull Durham and became probably Hollywood's most famous activist couple for over two decades before their eventual split in 2009. Susan reduced her workload during their relationship to taking on 'challenging' roles only. The result was four Oscar nominations in the 1990s, including a win for best actress thanks to the role of Sister Helen Prejean in the 1995 film Dead Man Walking. Her first Academy Award nomination came as far back as 1980 in Louis Malle's movie Atlantic City.