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Uma Karuna Thurman
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This daughter of a Columbia University professor and a former model-turned-psychotherapist is named after a Hindu goddess. Tall, sylph-like and solemn-eyed, Uma Thurman moved to NYC at age 16 and like her mother, began her career as a Click model, posing for numerous magazines. The blonde beauty segued to acting in 1987 with the independent feature "Kiss Daddy Good Night", as a young seductress who entices men only to rob them. Thurman received wide attention as the perfectly buxom, virginal victim of John Malkovich's seduction in Stephen Frears' "Dangerous Liaisons" (1998) before furthering
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Year
Milestone
Raised in Amherst, Massachusetts
Lived in a artists' colony in Woodstock, New York
1986
Moved to Manhattan to attend the Professional Children's School
1987
Film debut in "Kiss Daddy Goodnight"
1988
First gained acclaim with her role as the virginal Cecile in "Dangerous Liaisons"
1989
Played Venus in "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen"
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