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Biographical
Information |
Full
Name: |
Uma
Karuna Thurman |
Height: |
6'
0" |
Birthplace: |
Boston,
Massachusetts, USA |
Date
of Birth: |
April
29, 1970 |
Husband/Partner: |
Gary
Oldman (divorced) Ethan Hawke (current) |
Contact
Info: |
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Personal
Quote: |
"It
is better to have a relationship with someone
who cheats on you than with someone who does not
flush the toilet." |
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The
way Uma was raised as a child didn't make her friends
and peers easy. She has described herself as an awkward
child who was mercilessly teased for her peculiar name
and for being ugly and weird.
Like most teenagers Uma went through a rebellious stage,
but in her family being weird wouldn't make an impact,
so she rebelled through joining in all-American pursuits
like cheerleading (her mother got the vapors over that
one). Uma became increasingly drawn toward acting after
receiving her first smattering of applause as a ghost
in an elementary school play.
At fifteen,
she was spotted by two New York talent scouts in a production
of "The Crucible". She then began to evidence
signs of what her mother diagnoses as "the family
restlessness" and left school to move to New York
City and become an actress. Touching down in Manhattan's
Hell's Kitchen, Thurman supported herself by washing
dishes and by modeling, as her mother had done years
before when she was fresh off the boat from Sweden.
Thurman loathed her cover-girl aping, and, luckily,
she didn't have to work at it long: at sixteen, she
landed her first leading assignment-as a young vamp
who seduces men to rob them-in the low-budget thriller
Kiss Daddy Good Night (1987).
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Her
carreer in the late eighties and early ninties was going
nowhere. But that changed Quentin Tarantino convinced
her to play Mia Wallace in his crime classic Pulp Fiction
(1994). Pulp Fiction was a commercial and critical hit.
It remains one of the best films of the decade, and totally
rejuvenated Uma's career. She didn't take big roles after
the movie, instead she continued doing small movies.
Uma commenced
a relationship with Ethan Hawke in 1996 after they finished
shooting Gattaca. The couple married in May 1998 and
welcomed a daughter, Maya, in July of that year. They
live in New York. After taking a year off with her pregnancy,
Uma has shown renewed vigor in her acting career. In
early 1999 she dabbled with the New York theatre scene
in The Misanthrope opposite Roger Rees. She recently
appeared in the Woody Allen film Sweet and Lowdown -
which she filmed in New York shortly after Maya's birth.
Who knows where her career is headed?
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Films:
Hysterical Blindness (2002)
Chelsea Walls (2001)
Tape (2001)
The Golden Bowl (2000)
Vatel (2000)
Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
The Avengers (1998)
Les Misérables (1998)
Gattaca (1997)
Batman & Robin (1997)
You're Still Not Fooling Anybody (1997)
The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996)
Beautiful Girls (1996)
Month by the Lake (1995)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993)
Mad Dog and Glory (1993)
Jennifer Eight (1992)
Final Analysis (1992)
Henry & June (1990)
Where the Heart Is (1990)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
Kiss Daddy Goodnight (1988)
Johnny Be Good (1988)
Made for
TV:
Duke of Groove (1995)
Robin Hood (1991)
Direct to
Video:
None
TV Shows:
None
Cartoon Voices:
None
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