Uma Thurman

Uma Karuna Thurman (born April 29, 1970) is an American actress. She became known for her collaborations with Quentin Tarantino and has performed in over fifty films since the 1980s, which range from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action features. Her accolades include a Golden Globe Award and nominations for an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Following her appearances in two covers for British Vogue, Thurman starred in Dangerous Liaisons (1988) and Henry & June (1990). She rose to international prominence with her performance as Mia Wallace in Tarantino's 1994 film Pulp Fiction, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She reunited with the director to play the Bride in Kill Bill: Volume 1 and 2 (2003–2004), which brought her a BAFTA Award nomination and two additional Golden Globe Award nominations. Her other films from this period include The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996), Batman & Robin (1997), Gattaca (1997), Les Misérables (1998) and Paycheck (2003). Post-Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill, Thurman has starred in films such as The Producers (2005), My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006), Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010), Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac (2013), The House That Jack Built (2018), and Hollywood Stargirl (2022). She made her Broadway debut in The Parisian Woman (2017–2018). In 2011, she was a member of the jury for the main competition at the 64th Cannes Film Festival, and in 2017, she was named president of the 70th edition's "Un Certain Regard" jury. Thurman won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Film for her performance in the made-for-HBO film Hysterical Blindness (2002) and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for appearing in the NBC series Smash (2012). She also starred in the miniseries The Slap (2015) and the series Imposters (2017–2018), Chambers (2019) and Super Pumped (2022).

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