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Uma Thurman
Age: 39
Height: 6'
Birth Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Born: Apr. 29th, 1970
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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:
- Her mother, 'Nena Thurman' (qv), is a Swedish model-turned-psychotherapist, who was discovered at 16 in Stockholm by photographer 'Norman Parkinson' (qv). A nude statue of Nena's mother, Brigit Holmquist, a famous beauty and later "edle" (noble), stands in the port town of Trelleborg. 'Salvador Dalí' (qv), introduced Nena to her first husband, 'Timothy Leary' (qv).
- Uma and 'Ethan Hawke' (qv)'s daughter's name is Maya; which is also the name of the character that Uma played in _Duke of Groove (1996) (TV)_ (qv).
- Followed in the footsteps of both her mother and grandmother into the world of modeling.
- Her father, 'Robert Thurman (I)' (qv), is a professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University School of Religion. He was the first westerner to become a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Uma was named for a Hindu goddess.
- (June 2000) French cosmetics firm Lancome have employed her as a spokesmodel for their company.
- Sister of 'Dechen Thurman' (qv) and 'Ganden Thurman' (qv) and the daughter of 'Nena Thurman' (qv) and 'Robert Thurman (I)' (qv)
- Has shades of Lancome lipsticks named after her (available only in Asia).
- Uma and her hotelier boyfriend, 'André Balazs' (qv), have ended their three-year romance. They started dating in 2003 [March 20, 2007].
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