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Uma Thurman

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7.2

  • 1970 - Present Day

Biography

Uma Karuna Thurman (born April 29, 1970) is an American actress and model. She has performed in leading roles in a variety of films, ranging from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action movies. Following early roles in films such as Dangerous Liaisons (1988), she rose to international prominence in 1994 following her role in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction for which she was nominated for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award. She starred in several more films throughout the 1990s such as The Truth About Cats & Dogs, Batman & Robin, Gattaca and Les Misérables. She won a Golden Globe Award for the miniseries Hysterical Blindness (2002). Her career was revitalized when she reunited with director Quentin Tarantino to play the central role in two Kill Bill films (2003/2004), which brought her an additional two Golden Globe Award nominations and a BAFTA Award nomination. Thurman was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Her father, Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman, a New York-born professor, is a Buddhist writer and academic. Her mother, Nena von Schlebrügge, is a model who was born in Mexico City, Mexico, of German, Swedish and Danish descent. Thurman and her siblings spent time in the Himalayan town of Almora, Uttarakhand, India, during childhood, and the Dalai Lama, to whom Robert Thurman has long been close, once visited their home. She grew up mostly in Amherst, Massachusetts, where she went to Amherst Regional Middle School, then moved to Woodstock, New York. While her father gave his children a Buddhist upbringing, she has the same name as one of the Hindu goddess Parvati's alternate names, "Uma", which means "light" in Sanskrit. Regarding religion, she now calls herself agnostic. She has three brothers, Ganden (b. 1968), Dechen (b. 1973), and Mipam (b. 1978), and a half-sister named Taya (b. 1960), from her father's previous marriage. She is described as having been an awkward and introverted girl who was teased for her tall frame, angular bone structure, enormous feet and unusual name (sometimes using the name “Uma Karen” instead of her birth name). When Thurman was 10 years old, a friend's mother suggested a nose job. As a child, she suffered bouts of body dysmorphic disorder, which she discussed in an interview with Talk magazine in 2001. Uma attended Amherst Public Schools. In the eighth grade, she discovered her love for acting. Talent scouts noticed her performance as Abigail in a production of The Crucible and offered her the chance to act professionally. Thurman attended Northfield Mount Hermon School, a preparatory school in Massachusetts, before dropping out to pursue a career in acting.

Birthday: 1970-04-29

Born At: Boston - Massachusetts - USA

Casted In:

Kill Bill: Vol. 1
24
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
393
Batman & Robin
415
Pulp Fiction
680
Gattaca
782
Dangerous Liaisons
859
Prime
2313
Les Misérables
4415
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
4474
Be Cool
4551
Final Analysis
4823
Vatel
7093
The Truth About Cats & Dogs
8866
Beautiful Girls
9283
The Avengers
9320
Paycheck
9620
Sweet and Lowdown
9684
The Producers
9899
Jennifer Eight
10424
Mad Dog and Glory
10433
The Life Before Her Eyes
13079
The Accidental Husband
13401
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
14506
Henry & June
17993
Johnny Be Good
20443
Motherhood
22805
Tape
23949
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
27190
The Golden Bowl
29946
Robin Hood
30840
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
32657
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
34444
Chelsea Walls
35694
Kiss Daddy Goodnight
37143
A Month by the Lake
41007
Hysterical Blindness
45069
Where the Heart Is
48864
Mission Zero
48865
Ceremony
55246
My Zinc Bed
58075
Playing for Keeps
77875
Bel Ami
86467
Movie 43
87818
Love, Marilyn
121831
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
160166
Duke of Groove
194763
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight
204651
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
205608
De Superman à Spider-Man: L'aventure des super-héros
228088
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
249397
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
258216
The Making of 'Kill Bill: Vol. 1'
286416
Burnt
295964
Anita
323144
The Con Is On
353576
Jump!
362541
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
397999
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
414419

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Kill Bill: Vol. 2
393
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