Laura Linney's Cathy will get a hand in her bid to find joy when cancer survivor Susan Sarandon's Joy Kleinman arrives to help her find a path to happiness on The Big C.

In the newly launched third season of the Showtime comedy, Cathy -- now that she's been given more time thanks to the wonders of a clinical trial -- is trying desperately to find what makes her happy when she enrolls in a seminar led by Sarandon's "joyologist," Joy.

"She's a combination of these women that are like, 'I'm always perfect and I can get through anything,' and who think they can give you control of your own universe," showrunner Jenny Bicks told The Hollywood Reporter. "Basically you can control whether you get sick or stay well."

"By going to this seminar, Cathy discovers that she hasn't really been in touch with what her joy is about and it sets her off on a journey for the season that will be very eye opening for everybody in terms of what joy means to her and how to be really happy," she says.

Check out a pair of photos, exclusive to THR, of Sarandon's first appearance on The Big C as well as a promo for her appearance, below.

滬江娛樂快訊：Showtime電視網(wǎng)癌癥題材黑色喜劇《如果還有明天》（The Big C）新季將迎來一位重量級明星加盟，她就是曾憑借《死囚漫步》獲封奧斯卡影后的蘇珊·薩蘭登（Susan Sarandon）。美國《好萊塢報道》今天搶先發(fā)布了兩張她出演的劇照。

據(jù)悉，蘇珊·薩蘭登將在《如果還有明天》中扮演一個癌癥痊愈的女人Joy，通過自己與癌癥抗?fàn)幍慕?jīng)驗(yàn)激勵和鼓舞同命相連的人，她將與劇中女主角——正與癌癥斗爭的Cathy（勞拉·琳妮 飾演）——結(jié)為好朋友。這個角色將出現(xiàn)在多集中，將從4月22日開始首次登場。

除了在銀幕上的出色表現(xiàn)，蘇珊·薩蘭登也在熒屏上發(fā)光發(fā)熱，她曾客串過《火線救援》（Rescue Me）、《急診室的故事》（ER）、 《老友記》（Friends） 和《我為喜劇狂》（30 Rock）等，曾四次獲得電視艾美獎提名。這次不再以客串身份加盟電視劇，表現(xiàn)值得大家期待。?