 Known for her social and political activism, she was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1999 and received the Action Against Hunger Humanitarian Award in 2006.Sarandon began her career in the film "Joe" (1970), before appearing in the soap opera "A World Apart" (1970–71).In 1974, she co-starred as a Zelda Fitzgerald surrogate in the TV movie "F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles'" and in 1975, she starred in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show".