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Main Movie Roles 2010 - Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief 2008 - The Accidental Husband 2007 - The Life Before Her Eyes 2006 - My Super Ex-Girlfriend 2005 - The Producers 2005 - Prime 2005 - Be Cool 2004 - Kill Bill Vol. 2 2003 - Paycheck 2003 - Kill Bill Vol. 1 2001 - Tape 2000 - Vatel 2000 - The Golden Bowl 1999 - Sweet and Lowdown 1998 - The Avengers 1998 - Les Miserables 1997 - Gattaca 1997 - Batman & Robin 1996 - The Truth About Cats & Dogs 1996 - Beautiful Girls 1995 - A Month by the Lake 1994 - Pulp Fiction 1993 - Even Cowgirls Get the Blues 1993 - Mad Dog and Glory 1992 - Final Analysis 1990 - Henry & June 1988 - Johnny Be Good 1988 - Dangerous Liaisons 1987 - Kiss Daddy Goodnight

BIOGRAPHY:

Uma Karuna Thurman, daughter of Robert Thurman (I) 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. She moved to New York to follow her dream.

A breakthrough role for the tall, blonde actress 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) that earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Donning a short black wig to play femme fatale Mia Wallace opposite John Travolta's hit man Vincent Vega, Thurman earned a place in film history.

After roles in The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996) and the 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 the reviled Joel Schumacher effort Batman & Robin (1997) and Emma Peel in a remake of The Avengers (1998). She worked with Woody Allen and Sean Penn (I) on Sweet and Lowdown (1999), and starred in Richard Linklater's drama Tape (2001) opposite Hawke. Thurman also won a Golden Globe award for her turn in the made-for-television film Hysterical Blindness (2002) (TV), directed by Mira Nair.

A return to the mainstream spotlight came when Thurman redeemed with Quentin Tarantino for Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), a revenge flick the two had dreamed up on the set of Pulp Fiction (1994). She also turned up in the John Woo (I) cautioner Paycheck (2003) that same year. The renewed attention was not altogether welcome because Thurman was dealing with the break-up of her marriage with Hawke at about this time. Thurman handled the situation with grace, however, and took her surging popularity in stride. She garnered critical acclaim for her work in Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) and was hailed as Tarantino's muse. Thurman reunited with Pulp Fiction (1994) dance partner John Travolta for the Get Shorty (1995) sequel Be Cool (2005) and landed a role in The Producers (2005) after Nicole Kidman backed out of the project.


TRIVIA:

• In Polynesian, her name means "kiss".
• Has three brothers with equally unusual, exotic names: Ganden, Dechen (who is an actor and director) and Mipam.
• Named #21 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.
• Was made a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters (Commandeur Dans Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres) by France in February 2006. Presenting the prize on behalf of the French Ministry of Culture, Cannes Film Festival President 'Gilles Jacob' (qv) told Thurman she was "admired throughout the world" and that her career would "make her the favorite actress of an entire generation." The Order of Arts and Letters is given out twice annually to a few hundred people worldwide.
• Her mother, 'Nena Thurman' (qv), was once married to LSD proponent 'Timothy Leary' (qv). The marriage lasted less than a year (1964-1965). Their marriage, which took place in Nepal, was the subject of a 15-minute documentary entitled "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You". Nena married Uma's father, 'Robert Thurman (I)' (qv), two years later in 1967.
• (October 1997) Ranked #99 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.
• She and her first husband, 'Gary Oldman' (qv), have both appeared in separate Batman films. Uma appeared in _Batman & Robin (1997)_ (qv) as Poison Ivy. Gary Oldman has appeared in _Batman Begins (2005)_ (qv) & _The Dark Knight (2008)_ (qv) as James Gordon.
• Has shades of Lancome lipsticks named after her (available only in Asia).