Uma Kiruna Thurman (born April 29, 1970), is an American film actress.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she was given a Buddhist upbringing.
Her half-Swedish, half-German mother, Nena von Schlebrugg, was briefly
married to Timothy Leary (to whom she was introduced by Salvador Dal?)
before marrying Uma's father, Robert Thurman, a professor of
Indo-Tibetan Buddhist studies of British ancestry. She is named after
a Hindu goddess. She has three brothers, named Ganden, Dechen and
Mipam. For a long time, she was a spokesmodel for cosmetics company
Lanc?me. As of 2005, she is a spokesmodel for luxurious French fashion
house Louis Vuitton.
Uma Thurman left her high school, Northfield Mount Hermon, at the age
of 15 to pursue an acting career in New York City. In 1990 she married
actor Gary Oldman but divorced him two years later. On May 1, 1998,
she married actor Ethan Hawke, whom she had met at the set of Gattaca.
Hawke's book For Karuna was dedicated to her. They had two children, a
daughter Maya Ray and a son Levon Roan. In 2003, Thurman and Hawke
Hyde Park, New York.
Filmography
* The Producers: The Movie Musical (2006)
* Prime (2005)
* Be Cool (2005)
* Paycheck (2003)
* Kill Bill (Vol. 1 2003, Vol. 2 2004)
* Hysterical Blindness (2002)
* Chelsea Walls (2001)
* Tape (2001)
* The Golden Bowl (2000)
* Vatel (2000)
* Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
* The Avengers (1998)
* Les Mis?rables (1998)
* Batman & Robin (1997)
* Gattaca (1997)
* You're Still Not Fooling Anybody (1997)
* Beautiful Girls (1996)
* The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996)
* Duke of Groove (1995)
* A Month by the Lake (1995)
* Pulp Fiction (1994)
* Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993)
* Mad Dog and Glory (1993)
* Final Analysis (1992)
* Jennifer Eight (1992)
* Robin Hood (TV) (1991)
* Henry & June (1990)
* Where the Heart Is (1990)
* The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
* Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
* Johnny Be Good (1988)
* Kiss Daddy Goodnight (1987)