Uma Thurman is an award-winning American actress who has gained international fame for her roles in the Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill film series. She has received an Oscar and Golden Globes nomination for her work in Pulp Fiction. She won the Golden Globe for her role as Debby Miller in the HBO movie Hysterical Blindness. She has also appeared in Gattaca, Les Misérables, The Producers, Prime, Nymphomaniac by Lars von Trier and The House That Jack Built.
Birth name
Uma Karuna Thurman
Nickname
Uma
Profession
Actress
Nationality
Indian
Private life
Anniversary / Date of birth
Uma Thurman was born on April 29, 1970 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Age
She is currently 48 years old.
Sign of the sun
Taurus
Ethnicity
White
His ancestors are German, Swedish and Danish.
Education
Uma attended the Amherst Regional Primary School in Massachusetts and then attended Northfield Mount Hermon School, a preparatory school located in Massachusetts. She did not complete high school because she left at age 15 to pursue a career in the theater.
Family details
Uma was born to Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman, professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist studies, and Nena von Schlebrügge, fashion designer. His father was an academic and a writer who lived for three years as an ordained Buddhist monk. She has three brothers, Ganden, Dechen Karl and Mipam, and a half-sister named Taya, from her father’s previous marriage.
Boyfriend / spouse
Uma married the English actor Gary Oldman on October 1, 1990 and they lived together until their divorce in April 1992. She married Ethan Hawke from May 1998 to August 2005. The couple separated in 2003 before granting divorce in August 2005. They had a daughter named Maya and a son named Levon together.
French financiers Arpad Busson and Uma Thurman, based in London, became engaged in June 2008. They had a child named Rosalind in July 2012 before canceling their commitment in 2014.
She is currently in a relationship with filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.
Physical statistics
size
- In feet – 5 feet 11 inches
- In centimeters – 180 cm
- In meters – 1.8 m
Weight
- In kilograms – 64 kg
- In pounds – 141 lbs
Body measurements
- Measurements – 37-26-38
bodybuilding
Slender
Eye colour
Blue
Hair color
Blond
Shoe size
She is wearing size 11 (US) shoes.
The size of the dress
Her dress size is 4 (US).
Sexuality
Straight ahead
Distinctive features
- Long blond hair
- Blue eyes
- Statuesque, model figure
Professional statistics
Movie start
Uma Thurman debuted in the Neo-Black psychological film ‘Kiss Daddy Goodnight’ as Laura in 1987.
TV debut
In 2000, Thurman gave the floor to the Great Books biography and documentary program.
Important works
Uma played Los Angeles gangster Mia Wallace in Quentin Tarantino’s black neo-black comedy “Pulp Fiction”. The film is a huge commercial success and has global revenues of $ 213.9 million. It has been hailed by critics as one of the greatest movies ever made. She was nominated for the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and she became the famous actress.
His performance in the action thriller movie “Kill Bill” was considered one of his best performances of his career.
She also met rave reviews for her performances in Henry & June (1990), The Truth About Cats and Dogs (1996), Batman & Robin (1997), Gattaca (1997), Hysterical Blindness (2002), The Miserables (1998), Be Cool (2005), The Producers (2005), Prime (2005), My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006), Nymphomaniac by Lars von Trier (2013) and The House That Jack Built (2018).
Brand endorsements
Uma performed the approval work for the make of Miracle, Schweppes, Virgin Media cars, Alfa Romeo ‘Giulietta’ (Italy) from Lancôme. She has also produced print ads for the Swiss Louis Vuitton, Tag Heuer and other watches.
Fortune of Uma Thurman
Uma Thurman has a net worth of $ 45 million.
Social media profiles
Facts of Uma Thurman
She was raised Buddhist. Her name “Uma” means “light, splendor”, one of the alternative names of the Hindu Goddess Parvati. His middle name, Karuna, is one of the four sublime homes of Buddhism. It means “compassion”.
She was discovered by a scout when she played the role of Abigail in the staging of The Crucible.
In 2003, she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or TV movie for her role in Hysterical Blindness of the HBO series.
Uma was ranked # 21 on Maxim’s Hot 100 list in 2005.
In 2006, she was ranked 59th among the “100 sexiest women in the world” by FHM magazine.
She was already 5 feet 10 inches at the age of 13.
Uma debuted on Broadway in Beau Willimon’s political drama “The Parisian Woman” at the Hudson Theater in 2017.
In February 2018, in an interview with The New York Times
She revealed that she had suffered serious injuries due to the car accident on the set of Kill Bill, since Tarantino had insisted that she perform her own stunts driving.
Uma has been named one of the “100 Hottest Women of the 21st Century” by GQ Magazine.