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 | Uma Thurman biography |
Name: Uma Karuna Thurman
Born: April 29, 1970 in Boston, Massachusettes.
Nationality: Swedish-American
Address: Uma lives in Greenwich village, New York City.
Eyes: Blue's
Hair: Light Blonde
Discovered: At the age of fifteen, Uma 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.
At sixteen, Uma landed her first leading role (a young vamp who seduces men to rob them) in the low-budget thriller Kiss Daddy Good Night (1987). Uma got noticed by playing sexually charged, and often explicit, roles.
Romance: Divorced actor Gary Oldman in 1992. Divorced actor Ethan Hawke in July 2004. They split up five years later because Ethan cheated on Uma with a fashion model while he was shooting a movie in Montreal, Canada. Ethan and Uma have two children together. Currently dating millionaire hotelier Andre Balzas.
Know for: Her role in Pulp Fiction made her famous and, more recently, her role in Kill Bill kept her in the spotlight. Her name translates to "bestower of blessings".Uma's father was a personal friend of the Dalai Lama. She is Buddhist. She is the granddaughter of Baron Karl von Schlebrugg. She wears a size 11 shoe.
Quotes: "Tall, sandy blonde, with sort of blue eyes, skinny in places, fat in others. An average gal." -Uma Thurman, self-description
"If Uma isn't the perfect genetic specimen," says one Hollywood director, "what hope is there for the rest of us?"
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