Uma Thurman

Infobox actor


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caption = Thurman at a Cannes press conference, 2001
birthname = Uma Karuna Thurman
birthdate = birth date and age|mf=yes|1970|04|29
birthplace = Boston, Massachusetts
yearsactive = 1987 - present
spouse = Gary Oldman (1990-1992)
Ethan Hawke (1998-2004)
goldenglobeawards =
2003 "Hysterical Blindness"
awards = Saturn Award for Best Actress (film)
2003 ""

Uma Karuna Thurman (IPA: IPA|/ˈumə ˈθɝmən/; [See [http://inogolo.com/pronunciation/d1497/Uma_Thurman inogolo:pronunciation of Uma Thurman] .] born April 29, 1970cite web|url=http://www.vanityfair.com|title=The life and career of Uma Thurman|accessdate=2007-12-06|author=Alex Schoumatoff|year=1996|month=January|publisher=Vanity Fair|archiveurl=http://www.angelfire.com/nd/umathurman/artvanity.html|archivedate=2007-02-01] ) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. She performs predominantly in leading roles in a variety of films, ranging from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action thrillers. She is best known for her work under the direction of Quentin Tarantino. Her most popular films include "Dangerous Liaisons" (1988), "Pulp Fiction" (1994), "Gattaca" (1997) and the two "Kill Bill" movies (2003–04).

She is the face of Virgin Media in the United Kingdom and, along with Scarlett Johansson, models handbags and other items for designer Louis Vuitton. At 6ft (1.83 m) tall, she is one of the tallest actresses in American movies.

Family and early life

Thurman's mother, Nena Birgitte Caroline von Schlebrügge was a fashion model born in Mexico City, Mexico in 1941, to German Friedrich Karl Johannes von Schlebrügge, and Birgit Holmquist, from Trelleborg, Sweden. In 1930, Birgit Holmquist, Thurman's grandmother, modeled for a nude statue that stands overlooking the harbor of Smygehuk. [ [http://sydsvenskan.se/nojen/article173376.ece Uma Thurmans mormor staty i Trelleborg] , "Sydsvenskan", July 30, 2006. sv icon] Thurman's father, Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman, was born in New York City to Elizabeth Dean Farrar, a stage actress, and Beverly Reid Thurman, Jr., an Associated Press editor and U.N. translator. [ [http://www.wargs.com/other/thurman.html Ancestry of Uma Thurman ] ] Thurman's mother was introduced to LSD guru Timothy Leary by Salvador Dalí; and married Leary in 1964; then wed Thurman's father in 1967.

Thurman's father, Robert, a scholar and professor at Columbia University of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist studies, was the first westerner to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist monk. [cite web|url=http://partners.nytimes.com/books/98/07/12/specials/thurman-profile.html|title=Robert Thurman Doesn't Look Buddhist|accessdate=2007-11-21|author=Rodger Kamanetz|date=1996-05-05|publisher=New York Times] He gave his children a Buddhist upbringing: Uma is named after an Dbuma Chenpo (in Tibetan, "db" is silent; Mahamadhyamaka in Sanskrit, meaning "Great Middle Way") and pronounced IPA|/umə/ in General American, not IPA|/jumə/. She has three brothers, Ganden (b. 1971), Dechen (b. 1973) and Mipam (b. 1978), and a half-sister named Taya (b. 1960) from her father's previous marriage. She and her siblings spent time in Almora, India as children, and the Dalai Lama sometimes visited their home.Tiscali [http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/uma_thurman_biog.html Tiscali Film and TV] "Uma Thurman biography". Retrieved January 5, 2006.]

Thurman grew up mostly in Amherst, Massachusetts and Woodstock, New York. She is described as having been an awkward and introverted girl who was teased for her tall frame, angular bone structure, unusual name (sometimes using the name “Uma Karen” instead of her birth name) and size 11 feet [cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/thurmans%20foot%20rage_1003950|title=Thurman's Foot Rage|accessdate=2007-09-01|date=2006-07-30|publisher=contactmusic.com] (Thurman's large feet would later be filmed by Quentin Tarantino in the films he made with her). When she 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. [Sherry Kahn. [http://canoe.talksurgery.com/consumer/new/new00000056_1.html Talk] . Golden Girl Uma admits to having Body Dysmorphic Disorder. May 15, 2001. Retrieved February 16, 2006.]

Thurman attended Northfield Mount Hermon, a college preparatory boarding school in Northfield, Massachusetts, where she was earned average grades, but excelled in acting. Talent scouts noticed her performance as Abigail in a production of "The Crucible", and offered her the chance to act professionally. Thurman moved to New York City to pursue acting and to attend the Professional Children's School, but she dropped out before graduating.

Career

Early works, 1987–1989

Thurman began her career as a fashion model at age 15. [cite web|url=http://www.harpersbazaar.com/|title=Uma on Men, Movies and Motherhood|accessdate=2007-12-06|year=1998|month=March|publisher=Harper's Bazaar|archiveurl=http://www.angelfire.com/nd/umathurman/artharp.html|archivedate=1998-04-01] She signed with the agency Click Models.cite web|url=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/882:1170/1/Uma_Thurman.htm|title=Uma Thurman Biography|accessdate=2007-11-21|publisher=thebiographychannel.co.uk] Her modeling credits included Glamour Magazine. In 1989, she appeared on the cover of "Rolling Stone" magazine's annual "Hot issue". [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/photos/gallery/5392231/1989_rolling_stone_covers/photo/9/medium Rolling Stone cover archive] . Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 6, 2006.]

Thurman made her movie debut in 1988, appearing in four films that year. Her first two were the high school comedy "Johnny Be Good" and the teen thriller "Kiss Daddy Goodnight.". Thurman appeared in "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen", playing the goddess Venus alongside Oliver Reed’s Vulcan. During her entrance Thurman briefly appears nude in a homage to Botticelli’s painting "The Birth of Venus". With a budget of $46 million and box office receipts of only $8 million, the film was a commercial failure. [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096764/business IMDb business data for "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen"] . Retrieved April 6, 2006.]

Her breakthrough came in her role as Cecile de Volanges in "Dangerous Liaisons". Actresses Glenn Close and Michelle Pfeiffer earned Oscar nominations for their performances, and Thurman drew attention for her topless scene in the film. At the time, she was insecure about her appearance, [ [http://www.allmovieportal.com/c/umathurman.html] allmovieportal: About Uma Thurman] and fled to London for almost a year, during which she wore only loose, baggy clothing.

Soon after the release of "Dangerous Liaisons", the media were eager to profile Thurman. She was praised by her co-star John Malkovich, who said of her, “There is nothing twitchy teenager-ish about her, I haven’t met anyone like her at that age. Her intelligence and poise stand out. But there’s something else. She’s more than a little haunted.” [“Dangerous Liaisons’ violated beauty, Uma Thurman, 18, is a little risky herself”. People Weekly 31.n5 (Feb 6, 1989)]

Major works, 1990–1993

In 1990, Thurman co-starred with Fred Ward in the sexually provocative drama "Henry & June", the first film to receive an NC-17 rating. Because of the rating, it never played in a wide release but critics embraced her; "The New York Times" wrote, “Thurman, as the Brooklyn-accented June, takes a larger-than-life character and makes her even bigger, though the performance is often as curious as it is commanding”. [Janet Maslin. “A Writer’s Awakening to the Erotic”. The New York Times. October 5, 1990.]

Thurman’s first starring role in a major production was Gus Van Sant's 1993 adaptation of Tom Robbins' "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues". It was a critical and financial disappointment; Thurman was nominated for a Worst Actress Razzie. The "Washington Post" described her acting as shallow, writing that, “Thurman’s strangely passive characterization doesn’t go much deeper than drawling and flexing her prosthetic thumbs”. [Joe Brown. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/evencowgirlsgetthebluesrbrown_a0ae18.htm Even Cowgirls Get the Blues] . The Washington Post. May 20, 1994. Retrieved February 13, 2006.] Thurman also starred opposite Robert De Niro in the drama "Mad Dog and Glory", another box office disappointment. Later that year, she auditioned for Stanley Kubrick while he was casting a movie to be called "Wartime Lies", which was never produced. She described working with him as a “really bad experience”.Erik Hedegaard [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/5939241?rnd=1136580280652&has-player=unknown Rolling Stone magazine] "A Magnificent Obsession". April 2004. Retrieved April 6, 2006.]

1994–1998

After "Mad Dog and Glory", Thurman auditioned for Quentin Tarantino’s "Pulp Fiction", which would become one of the most successful cult hits of all time, grossing over $107 million on a budget of only $8 million USD. [ [http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pulpfiction.htm "Pulp Fiction" box office information] . Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 6, 2006.] The "Washington Post" wrote that Thurman was “serenely unrecognizable in a black wig, [and] is marvelous as a zoned-out gangster’s girlfriend”. [Desson Howe. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/pulpfictionrhowe_a01b66.htm Pulp Fiction review] Washington Post. October 14, 1994. Retrieved February 7, 2006.] Noted SA J. Sidebottom was behind Uma's hairstyle and was at first very much opposed to the use of a wig to conjure the iconic look he sought. After a brief departure from the film's crew, Sidebottom was ultimately convinced by Tarantino that the faux-nature of the wig was consistent with the motif of the film. Thurman was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar the following year. "Entertainment Weekly" claimed that, “of the five women nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category this year, only [Thurman] can claim that her performance gave the audience fits”. [Spingarn, Jed. “Uma Thurman: her piercing role in ‘Pulp’ is not for the fainthearted”. Entertainment Weekly nSPEISS (March 1995 nSPEISS)] Thurman also became one of Tarantino’s favorite actresses to cast, stating in a 2003 issue of "Time": “ [Thurman] ’s up there with Garbo and Dietrich in goddess territory”. [Josh Tyrangiel [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030929-488846,00.html Time Magazine] "The Tao of Uma". Retrieved January 5, 2006.]

She starred opposite Janeane Garofalo in the moderately successful 1996 romantic comedy "The Truth About Cats & Dogs" as a ditzy blonde supermodel. In 1998, she starred opposite her future husband Ethan Hawke in the dystopian science fiction film "Gattaca". Although "Gattaca" was not a success at the box office, it drew many positive reviews and became successful on the home video market, [ [http://crazy4cinema.com/Review/FilmsG/f_gattaca.html "Gattaca"] . Crazy for Cinema. Retrieved April 6, 2006.] some critics were not as impressed with Thurman, such as the "Los Angeles Times" which stated she was “as emotionally uninvolved as ever”. [Jack Mathews. [http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie971111-26,0,7913577.story Cautionary Tale in Genetically Pure “Gattaca”] . The Los Angeles Times. October 24, 1997. Retrieved April 8, 2006.]

The two biggest film flops of Thurman’s career came in 1997 and 1998. She played Poison Ivy in "Batman & Robin", the fourth film of the popular franchise. "Batman & Robin" became one of the largest critical flops in history. Thurman’s performance in the campy film received mixed reviews, and critics compared her with actress Mae West. "The New York Times" wrote, “like Mae West, she mixes true femininity with the winking womanliness of a drag queen”. [Janet Maslin. [http://www.nytimes.com/library/film/batman-film-review.html New York Times review, "Batman and Robin"] . June 20, 1997. Retrieved February 7, 2006.] A similar comparison was made by the "Houston Chronicle": “Thurman, to arrive at a ’40s femme fatale, sometimes seems to be doing Mae West by way of Jessica Rabbit”. [Jeff Millar. [http://www.chron.com/cgi-bin/auth/story/content/chronicle/features/97/06/20/batman-1.0-1.html If you like them busy, this “Batman” is for you] . Houston Chronicle. June 19, 1997. Retrieved April 6, 2006.] The next year brought "The Avengers", another major financial and critical flop. CNN described Thurman as, “so distanced you feel like you’re watching her through the wrong end of a telescope”. [Paul Tatara. [http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9808/21/review.avengers/index.html CNN] . “Review: ‘The Avengers’ is retro-boring” August 21, 1998. Retrieved February 20, 2006.] She received Razzie Award nominations for both films. She closed out 1998 with "Les Misérables", a film version of Victor Hugo’s novel of the same name, directed by Bille August, in which she played Fantine.

Hiatus, 1998–2002

After the birth of her first baby in 1998, Thurman took a rest from major roles to concentrate on motherhood. Her next roles were in low-budget and television films, including "Tape", "Vatel", and "Hysterical Blindness". In 2000 she narrated a theatrical work by composer John Moran entitled "Book of the Dead (2nd Avenue)" at The Public Theater. She won a Golden Globe award for "Hysterical Blindness", a film for which she also served as executive producer. In the film she played a New Jersey woman in the 1980s searching for romance. The "San Francisco Chronicle" review wrote, “Thurman so commits herself to the role, eyes blazing and body akimbo, that you start to believe that such a creature could exist — an exquisite-looking woman so spastic and needy that she repulses regular Joes. Thurman has bent the role to her will”. [ [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/08/23/DD7591.DTL A repulsive beauty in ’80s Jersey Thurman’s histrionics fit “Hysterical Blindness” well] . San Francisco Chronicle. August 23, 2002. Retrieved February 13, 2006.]

2003–present

After a five-year hiatus, Thurman returned in 2003 in John Woo's film "Paycheck", followed by Tarantino's, "Kill Bill". "Paycheck" was only moderately successful with critics and at the box office, but "Kill Bill" relaunched her career.

In "Kill Bill" she played assassin Beatrix Kiddo, out for revenge against her former lover. Tarantino wrote the part specifically for her. He also cited Thurman as his muse while writing the film, and also gave her joint credit for the character, whom the two conceived on the set of "Pulp Fiction" from the sole image of a bride covered in blood.

Production was delayed for several months after Thurman became pregnant, as Tarantino refused to recast the part.Kill Bill Vol. 1 DVD bonus featurette] The film took nine months to shoot, and was filmed in five different countries. The role was also her most demanding , and she spent three months training in martial arts, swordsmanship, and Japanese. [Jamie Malanowski. [http://www.usaweekend.com/03_issues/031005/031005uma_thurman.html Catching up with Uma Thurman] . USA Today. October 5, 2003. Retrieved February 7, 2006.] The two-part action epic became an instant cult classic [ [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=killbill.htm Kill Bill box office] ] and scored highly with critics. The film series earned Thurman Golden Globe nominations for both entries, and three MTV Movie Awards for Best Female Performance and twice for Best Fight. "Rolling Stone" likened Thurman to “an avenging angel out of a 1940s Hollywood melodrama”. [cite web | url = http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/_/id/5948643?pageid=rs.ReviewsMovieArchive&pageregion=mainRegion&afl=imdb | title = Kill Bill Vol. 2 review | year = 2004 | accessdate = 2006-02-07]

The inspirations for “The Bride” were several B-movie action heroines. Thurman's main inspiration for the role was the title character of "Coffy" (played by Pam Grier) and the character of Gloria Swenson from "Gloria" (played by Gena Rowlands). She said that the two characters are “two of the only women I've ever seen be truly women [while] holding a weapon”. [ [http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1488333/06102004/story.jhtml What Made Kill Bill] . MTV News. June 10, 2004. Retrieved February 7, 2006.] "Coffy" was screened for Thurman by Tarantino prior to beginning production on the film, to help her model the character.

By 2005, Thurman was one of Hollywood's highest paid actresses, commanding a salary of $12.5 million per film. [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000235/bio Uma Thurman IMDb salary report] . Retrieved April 6, 2006.] Her first film of the year was "Be Cool", the sequel to 1995's "Get Shorty", which reunited her with her "Pulp Fiction" castmate John Travolta. In the film she played the widow of a deceased music business executive. The film received poor reviews, and came in below expectations at the box office. In 2005 she starred in "Prime" with Meryl Streep, playing a woman in her late thirties romancing a man in his early twenties. Thurman's last film of the year was a remake of "The Producers" in which she played Ulla, a Swedish stage actress hoping to win a part in a new Broadway musical. Originally, the producers of the film planned to have another singer dub in Thurman's musical numbers, but she was eager to do her own vocals, [ [http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2005-04-01#celeb8 WENN daily news, April 1, 2005] . Retrieved April 6, 2006.] She is credited for her songs in the credits. The film was considered a bomb at the box office, but many praised Thurman's efforts, including A. O. Scott of the New York Times who said: "Uma Thurman as a would-be actress is the one bit of genuine radiance in this aggressively and pointlessly shiny, noisy spectacle." [cite web|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/2005/12/16/movies/16prod.html?_r=1&oref=slogin|title='The Producers,' Again (This Time With Uma)|accessdate=2007-11-21|author=A. O. Scott|date=2005-12-16|publisher=New York Times]

With a successful film career, Thurman once again became a desired model. Cosmetics company Lancôme selected her as their spokeswoman, and named several shades of lipstick after her, though they were sold only in Asia). In 2005, she became a spokeswoman for the French fashion house Louis Vuitton.

On February 7, 2006, Thurman was named a knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France for outstanding achievement in the field of art and literature.

In May 2006 Thurman bought the film rights to the Frank Schätzing novel "The Swarm", which is in development and due for release in 2008. [ [http://imdb.com/title/tt0808491/ The Swarm (2008) ] ] When the movie "The Women" was in pre-production this year, Thurman was cast as Crytal Allen, along Anette Bening, Julia Roberts, Meg Ryan, Sandra Bullock, Ashley Judd, Lisa Kudrow and Anne Hathaway, being directed by James L. Brooks, but the director was changed and Thurman was not longer cast.In July 2006 Thurman starred opposite Luke Wilson in "My Super Ex-Girlfriend". Thurman portrayed a super-heroine named "G-Girl" who is dumped by her boyfriend and then takes her revenge upon him. Thurman received a reported $14 million for the role, but the film flopped. Once again Thurman was well-received, yet the film was not.

In February 2008 she starred opposite Colin Firth and Jeffrey Dean Morgan in "The Accidental Husband", a romantic comedy about a woman who finds herself married while engaged to another man. It seems like archetypal Hollywood contrivance, but according to Thurman a similar situation happened in New York. [ [http://www.stv.tv/content/out/film/videointerviews/display.html?id=opencms:/out/films/video_interviews/uma_thurman_accidental_husband_interview Uma Thurman video interview, February 2008] ]

Thurman starred as "Elsa" in the British telefilm My Zinc Bed, in which she plays a cocaine addict, starring opposite Paddy Considine and Jonathan Pryce.

She finished filming "Motherhood", an indie comedy, about the challenging of a mother preparing her son's birthday, Uma dyed her hair of brunette for this role.

She will star in the film version of the 50's books "Eloise In Paris", playing the role of Nanny, this film is to be directed by Charles Shyer.

Thurman also agreed to star in the new Muppets movie, playing a ticket clerk.

Bollywood director Vishal Bharadwaj has announced his interest in Thurman to star in his latest film venture opposite Hrithik Roshan, in a biographical film of the life of actress Nadira. The film is still in its pre-production stage.Uma thurman has shown interst in playing both Marlene Dietrich or Greta Garbo. [cite web|url=http://www.ourbollywood.com/2007/05/uma_thurman_and_hrithik_roshan.html|title=Uma Thurman And Hrithik Roshan In Vishal Bharadwaj's Next!|accessdate=2007-11-21|author=Tanya Palta|date=2007-05-02|publisher=www.ourbollywood.com]

Activism and charity work

Thurman supports the United States Democratic Party, and has given money to the campaigns of John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, and Joseph Driscoll. [ [http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Uma_Thurman.php Uma Thurman’s Federal Campaign Contribution Report] . News Meat. Retrieved April 6, 2006.] She supports gun control laws, and in 2000, she participated in "Marie Claire"’s “End Gun Violence Now” campaign. [cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2000-12-04#celeb8|title=Stars Join Forces To Ban Guns|accessdate=2007-11-21|date=2000-12-04|publisher=World Entertainment News Network] She also participated in Planned Parenthood’s “March for Women’s Lives” to support the legality of abortion. [ [http://www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2/portal/files/portal/media/pressreleases/pr-040412-actors-artists.xml All-star Celebrity Coalition to March for Women’s Lives in Washington, DC] . April 12, 2004. Retrieved April 6, 2006.] Thurman is a member of the board of the New York- and Boston-based organization Room to Grow, [ [http://www.roomtogrow.org/board.html Room To Grow board and staff page] , Retrieved November 6, 2006. ] a charitable organization providing aid to families and children born into poverty. She serves on the board of the Tibet House. [cite web|url=http://www.tibethouse.org/Content/About_Us/TIBET_HOUSE_BOARD/|title=Tibet House Board|accessdate=2007-11-21|publisher=Tibet House]

In 2007, Thurman hosted the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway with actor Kevin Spacey. [cite web|url=http://nobelpeaceprize.org/concert/|title=Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2007|accessdate=2007-11-21|publisher=nobelpeaceprize.org]

Personal life

Thurman owns a townhouse in New York's Greenwich Village, [cite web|url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/11092006/gossip/pagesix/secure_location_pagesix_.htm|title=Secure Location|accessdate=2007-11-21|author=Richard Johnson|date=2006-11-09|work=New York Post] but lives in Hyde Park, New York. Though raised as a Buddhist, she considers herself agnostic.

Thurman is engaged to marry London based Franco-Swiss financier Arpad Busson, supermodel Elle Macpherson's former partner, whom she began dating in late 2003. [ [http://thelondonpaper.typepad.com/thelondonblog/2007/10/uma-off-the-mar.html Uma off the market (thelondonpaper)] ] [citeweb|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1021779/Kill-Bill-actress-Uma-Thurman-locks-lips-millionaire-boyfriend-park-bench.html|title=Kill Bill actress Uma Thurman locks lips with millionaire boyfriend on park bench|publisher=Daily Mail|date=2008-05-25|accessdate=2008-05-26] Their romance began at a private dinner in Milan co-hosted by Gianni Versace and Tony Blair.Fact|date=July 2008 "People" magazine confirmed on June 27, 2008 that Thurman and Busson are engaged. [ [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20208584,00.html Uma Thurman Engaged to Multimillionaire - Engagements, Uma Thurman : People.com ] ]

While living in London after shooting "Dangerous Liaisons", she began dating director Phil Joanou. On the set of "State Of Grace", she met English actor Gary Oldman. They were married in 1990, but the marriage ended in 1992.

On May 1, 1998, she married actor Ethan Hawke, whom she met on the set of "Gattaca"; he dedicated his novel "To Karuna" to her. Thurman acknowledged that they had married because she was pregnant; at their wedding she was seven months along. [ [http://www.cinema.com/news/item/5074/uma-thurman-worried-about-marriage.phtml WENN, August 29, 2001] . Retrieved April 6, 2006.] The marriage produced two children, daughter Maya Ray Thurman-Hawke (b. July 8, 1998) and son Levon Roan Thurman-Hawke (b. January 15, 2002).

In 2003, Thurman and Hawke separated, and in 2004 they filed for divorce. [Sarah Hall. [http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,13644,00.html E! Online] . “Ethan Hawke: Why We Split” March 5, 2004. Retrieved February 17, 2006.] When asked on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" if there was “betrayal of some kind” during the marriage, Thurman said, “There was some stuff like that at the end. We were having a difficult time, and you know how the axe comes down and how people behave and how people express their unhappiness”. [Stephen M. Silverman [http://people.aol.com/people/articles/0,19736,1115532,00.html People.com] . “Uma Calls Split from Ethan ‘Excruciating’” October 7, 2005. Retrieved March 3, 2006.]

Director Quentin Tarantino has described Thurman as his "muse." However, in a 2004 "Rolling Stone" cover story, Thurman and Tarantino denied having had a romantic relationship, despite Tarantino once having told a reporter, “I’m not saying that we haven’t, and I’m not saying that we have”.

Filmography

Further reading

* AEC One Stop Group, Inc [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800013025/bio Biography] "Uma Thurman biography". Retrieved January 5, 2006.
* Jamie Russell [http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2003/10/06/uma_thurman_kill_bill_volume1_interview.shtml Interview] "Uma Thurman interview — Kill Bill Vol. 1". October 2003. Retrieved January 5, 2006.
* Anwar Brett [http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2004/04/27/uma_thurman_kill_bill_volume_2_interview.shtml Interview] "Uma Thurman interview — Kill Bill Vol. 2". April 2004. Retrieved January 5, 2006.
* Paul Fischer [http://www.filmmonthly.com/Profiles/Articles/UThurmanPaycheck/UThurmanPaycheck.html Film Monthly] "For Ms. Thurman, Life is More than Just a Paycheck". September 22, 2003. Retrieved January 5, 2006.
* Roxanna Bina [http://www.independentfilmquarterly.com/ifq/interviews/umathurman.htm Independent film quarterly] "Interview with Uma Thurman". December 8, 2003. Retrieved January 5, 2006.
* [http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/film/interviews/article56177.ece Independent Online] " Uma Thurman: Pulp friction". Retrieved January 5, 2006.
* Erik Hedegaard [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/5939241?rnd=1136580280652&has-player=unknown Rolling Stone magazine] "A Magnificent Obsession" by Erik Hedegaard. April 29, 2004. Retrieved January 6, 2005.
* Sean Chavel [http://www.ugo.com/channels/filmtv/features/killbill/umathurman.asp UGO] "Uma Thurman interview". October 2003. Retrieved January 6, 2006.
* The Real Dick Hollywood [http://www.filmjerk.com/interviews/article.php?id_int=14 Uma Thurman on...] FilmJerk.com. Retrieved February 1, 2006.

References

External links

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* [http://movie.moldova.org/actor/eng/5/ Uma Thurman - biography, filmography and awards]

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