The Susah Sinyal movie is a lm that takes the theme of the life of a single parent woman in carrying out her role. single parent is a picture of a single parent who is very tough because they have to play both roles as father and mother. The purpose of conducting research is to show how the stereotypical representation of single parent women in lm Susah Sinyal. This type of research used in this udy is a qualitative udy using the Roland Barthes semiotic analysis method. This research focuses on the role of a single parent woman named Ellen who is represented in the lm. The results of this udy indicate that the stereotypical representation of single parent is shown in 3 (three) categories. First, the stereotype representation of single parent women that describes emotional women and women who are weak in carrying out both roles. Second, the representation of women’s resi ance based on liberal feminism which shows the stereotype that single parent women are hard- working women. Third, the representation of patriarchal ideology found a ereotype that problem children are the failure of single parent women in educating and caring for children.