Uma Thurman

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Uma Thurman is an award winning American actress best known for her work in ‘Pulp Fiction’ and the ‘Kill Bill’ films

Apr 29, 1970

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: April 29, 1970
  • Nationality: American
  • Famous: Hispanic Actresses, School Dropouts, Fashion, Models, Actresses, ESTJ
  • City/State: Boston, Massachusetts
  • Spouses: Ethan Hawke, Gary Oldman
  • Siblings: Dechen Thurman, Ganden Thurman, Mipam Thurman
  • Known as: Uma Karuna Thurman

Uma Thurman born at

Boston

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Birth Place

She married to actor Gary Oldman in 1990 and divorced him two years later.

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Personal Life

She married Ethan Hawke in 1998. The couple had two children and divorced in 2005.

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Personal Life

Currently, she is in a relationship with French financier Arpad Busson with whom she has a daughter.

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Personal Life

She was born to Robert Thurman, a Buddhist writer and academic and Nena von Schlebrugge, a model. She is of mixed descent which explains her exotic looks.

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Childhood & Early Life

She attended Amherst Regional Middle School. As a child she was an introvert as children made fun of her lanky frame and enormous feet.

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Childhood & Early Life

She attended a Northfield Mount Hermon School, a preparatory school in Massachusetts. However, she dropped out when she was 15 to pursue an acting career.

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Childhood & Early Life

She began modeling when she was just 15; she has appeared on the covers of ‘Glamour’ and ‘Vogue’.

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Career

She began getting small roles in movies by the late 1980s. She appeared in the teen thriller ‘Kiss Daddy Goodnight’ in 1987 and made a daring nude appearance in ‘The Adventures of Baron Munchausen’ in 1988.

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Career

She played the character of Cecile de Volanges in the 1988 historical drama ‘Dangerous Liaisons’. The movie was critically acclaimed and nominated for several Academy Awards.

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Career

In 1990, she played a sexually provocative role in the biographical drama ‘Henry & June’ which also starred Fred Ward and Maria de Medeiros. The movie was released with an NC-17 rating because of its sexual content and Thurman became an overnight sex symbol.

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Career

She was cast as the main star, Sissy, in the 1994 movie ‘Even Cowgirls Get the Blues’ which was based on a novel of the same name by Tom Robbins. The movie was however a critical as well as commercial failure.

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Career

She is best known for her role in the action-thriller film ‘Kill Bill’ which was released in two separate volumes. She was highly appreciated for taking on the completely deglamourized role of a former member of an assassination team.

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Major Works

Her role of an excitable woman who seeks romance in her life in the television movie ‘Hysterical Blindness’ is another one of her fine performances.

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Major Works