Uma Thurman

Uma Thurman in New York
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AKA:
Uma Karuna Thurman
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
04/29/1970
Birthplace:
Boston, Massachusetts
biography
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 Continued
Credits
Producer
2008
Emma Lloyd
2008
Diana (Adult)
2008
Jenny Johnson/G-Girl
2006
Ulla
2005
Rafi Gardet
2005
Edie Athens
2005
Based on the Character The Bride
2004
Beatrix Kiddo
2004
Rachel
2003
The Bride/Black Mamba
2003
Grace
2002
Amy
2001
Charlotte Stant
2001
Anne de Montausier
2000
Blanche
1999
Doctor Emma Peel
1998
Fantine
1998
Irene
1997
Poison Ivy/Pamela Isley
1997
Noelle Slusarsky
1996
Miss Beaumont
1995
Mia Wallace
1994
Sissy Hankshaw
1994
Glory
1993
Cecile De Volanges
1988
Georgia Elkans
Diana Baylor
June Miller
milestones
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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