Thurman first grabs audience's attention in the 1988 film "The Dangerous Liaisons" by Stephen Frears, working side by side with established stars such as Glenn Close, John Malkovich, and Michelle Pfeiffer. The actress' dance performace in "Pulp Fiction" (1994) alongside John Travolta is now part of film history.
In 1997, Thurman starred opposite Ethan Hawke in Gattaca, a science fiction film set in a future society driven by eugenics where potential children are conceived through genetic manipulation.
The 42-year-old actress welcomed her little girl with the big name – Rosalind Arusha Arkadina Altalune Florence Thurman-Busson, who goes by “Luna” – in July, a decade after having her son, Levon, and 14 years after daughter Maya Ray (both with ex-husband Ethan Hawke) was born.
Uma Thurman turned down the role of Éowyn in The Lord of the Rings films because she had just had her first child and didn't want to move to New Zealand for several years of filming.
Uma Thurman was only 24 years old when she starred in Pulp Fiction as Mia Wallace, the wife of gang boss Marsellus Wallace who seamlessly dances the twist, overdoses on heroin and takes a shot of adrenaline straight to the heart all in one night.
The Real Reason We Don't See Much Of Uma Thurman Anymore
Who is the girl on the cover of Pulp Fiction?
Why is Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) the only one on the poster ? Because the "pulp fiction" paperback books the movie is patterned after typically featured a sexy woman on the cover. The prominent position of the gun alerts the reader that there will be plenty of violence as well.
Mia Wallace is a fictional character portrayed by Uma Thurman in the 1994 Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction. It was Thurman's breakthrough role and earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The character became a cultural icon.
Blepharoplasty is a procedure in which the loose extra skin which forms on the upper eyelid is removed. In effect it reforms the upper eyelid and reveals more of the eye which gives a fresher, younger looking face.
In Quentin Tarantino's film "Kill Bill," the character known as The Bride, played by Uma Thurman, has her real name bleeped or censored in certain scenes. This deliberate choice by Tarantino was part of his stylistic approach to storytelling and filmmaking.
She went on to double for Uma Thurman in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill. Though she was initially hired as Thurman's "crash and smash" double, the stunt team realized Bell would also make an ideal double for fight-scenes and she was trained accordingly. Bell had to learn to fight in the wushu style.
Kelly Preston - Quite possibly the oldest celebrity to have a baby, John Travolta's wife welcomed a son at age 47. The birth was especially meaningful considering the couple lost their son Jett, 19, the year before. (Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
“I thought I was going to need help getting pregnant, and I didn't,” Salma Hayek told WebMD after she gave birth to daughter, Valentina, when the actress was 41 years old.
Thurman received widespread attention for her performance in Stephen Frears' "Dangerous Liaisons" (1988), playing the virginal Cecile de Volanges, who becomes the initial target for seduction by the misogynistic Vicomte de Valmont (John Malkovich) as the result of a cruel wager between him and his former lover, the ...
Uma Thurman is an American actress. She rose to fame in 1994 playing Mia Wallace in 1994's Pulp Fiction, which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Her most famous films include Batman & Robin (1997), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) and Kill Bill: Vol.
In the eighth grade she discovered her love for acting. Talent scouts noticed her performance as Abigail in a production of The Crucible and offered her the chance to act professionally.
Thurman, 53, shares daughter Maya (who you'll recognize from "Stranger Things") and son Levon Hawke with ex-husband Ethan Hawke. The couple married in 1998 and divorced in 2005. Thurman also has daughter Luna with her ex-fiancé, financier Arpad Busson.
Having previously starred in Tarantino's breakthrough movie and Palme d'Or winner, Pulp Fiction, Thurman became a favourite of the filmmaker, casting her as the star of the only film series he has ever put together.
Quentin Tarantino has said allowing Uma Thurman to drive a car that crashed on the set of 2003 film Kill Bill is "one of the biggest regrets of my life". He said he drove the car in one direction to test it, but then asked Thurman to drive it the other way.
Uma Thurman gave birth to Maya Hawke on July 8, 1998, two years after Thurman met Ethan Hawke on the set of the movie "Gattaca." Thurman and Ethan Hawke were married in 1998, had their son, Levon Hawke, in 2002, and eventually divorced in 2005.
During the filming of "Kill Bill: Volume 2," Thurman's character has a scene where she drives a Volkswagon Karmann Ghia, and Tarantino asked her to perform the stunt driving herself.
It shows that everyone has the potential to become a peacemaker, just as Jules becomes one at the very end of the movie. Humanity and meaning is present in "Pulp Fiction," if you look underneath the surface, and that is what gives the film its purpose, rather than the actual happenings of the film itself.
While hosting Vincent Vega for dinner, Mia discovers his stash of white powder in his jacket pocket. Casually dismissing it as cocaine, she playfully questions its existence. However, when Mia dips her finger into the powder and sniffs it, the unexpected occurs – her nose starts to bleed profusely.
The three primary people in this film are Vincent Vega (Travolta), Butch Coolidge (Willis), and Jules Winnfield (Jackson.) Almost the entirety of the Pulp Fiction filming locations are found in Southern California, primarily in public and private settings in Hollywood, Los Angeles, and Pasadena.
