Actress Uma Thurman
Uma Karuna Thurman, daughter of Robert Thurman and Nena Thurman, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 29, 1970. Uma grew up in Amherst, Massachusetts, where her father worked at Amherst College. She left boarding school at just 15, already determined to become an actress. He moved to New York to follow her dream.
Actress Uma Thurman
Breakthrough role for an actress, blonde high came when she played Cecile de Volanges in Dangerous Liaisons (1988). More attention came with the NC-17 rated Henry & June (1990), but it was Thurman's role in the Quentin Tarantino classic Pulp Fiction (1994) who earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Wearing a short black wig to play femme fatale Mia Wallace opposite John Travolta's hitman Vincent Vega, Thurman earn a place in film history.
Actress Uma Thurman
After roles in The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996) and Ted Demme film Beautiful Girls (1996), Thurman met her future husband Ethan Hawke on the set of Gattaca (1997).
Thurman returned to smaller films after playing the villainess Poison Ivy in Joel Schumacher's efforts reviled Batman & Robin (1997) and Emma Peel in a remake of The Avengers (1998). He worked with Woody Allen and Sean Penn in Sweet and Lowdown (1999), and starred in this drama Tape Richard Linklater (2001) opposite Hawke. Thurman also won a Golden Globe award for their turn in the movie Blindness made-for-television hysterical (2002) (TV), directed by Mira Nair.
Thurman returned to smaller films after playing the villainess Poison Ivy in Joel Schumacher's efforts reviled Batman & Robin (1997) and Emma Peel in a remake of The Avengers (1998). He worked with Woody Allen and Sean Penn in Sweet and Lowdown (1999), and starred in this drama Tape Richard Linklater (2001) opposite Hawke. Thurman also won a Golden Globe award for their turn in the movie Blindness made-for-television hysterical (2002) (TV), directed by Mira Nair.
Actress Uma Thurman
A return to the main spotlight came when Thurman redeemed with Quentin Tarantino for Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), a revenge film the two have been dreaming in the set of Pulp Fiction (1994). He also appeared in cautioner John Woo Paycheck (2003) in the same year. New attention was not welcome because Thurman dealing with the break-up of her marriage with Hawke at the time. Thurman handled the situation with grace, however, and took her surging popularity in stride. She gathered critical acclaim for work in Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) and hailed as Tarantino's muse. Thurman back with Pulp Fiction (1994) dance partner John Travolta for Get Shorty (1995) sequel Be Cool (2005) and landed roles in The Producers (2005) after Nicole Kidman withdrew from the project.
Actress Uma Thurman
Actress Uma Thurman
Actress Uma Thurman
Actress Uma Thurman
Actress Uma Thurman
Actress Uma Thurman
Actress Uma Thurman
Actress Uma Thurman