Uma Thurman, full name Uma Karuna Thurman, is an American actress.

Uma Thurman was born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on April 29, 1970. Her mother was born in Mexico City, Mexico and she was a fashion model. Her father, Robert Thurman, was a professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist studies in Columbia University.

Uma Thurman spent her childhood and grew up most of all in Amherst, Massachusetts and Woodstock, New York. In this period Uma suffered bouts with body dysmorphic disorder, later, in 2001, she has discussed this subject in Talk Magazine.

Thurman attended the college for preparatory boarding Northfield Mount Hermon, in Northfield, Massachusetts, but she left this school and attended to Professional Children's School in New York City to start an acting career. This one she also left before graduating.

Her carrier Thurman started as a fashion model. She was 15 years old. As actress she appeared in 1988, when she starred in the high school comedy Johnny Be Good and the teen thriller Kiss Daddy Goodnight.

In 1998, Thurman married actor Ethan Hawke, but they divorced in 2004. Soon she began dating New York hotelier Andre Balazs, but the couple divorced 2 years later. As People Magazine informed June 27, 2008, Thurman and Arpad Busson, a Franco-Swiss financier, are now engaged.

Public Name: Uma Thurman
Real Name: Uma Karuna Thurman
Date of Birth: April 29, 1970
Place of Birth: Boston Massachusetts, USA

Uma Thurman - Filmography

• The Life Before Her Eyes (2008)
• The Accidental Husband (2008)
• In Bloom (2007)
• My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)
• The Producers (2005)
• Prime (2005)
• Be Cool (2005)
• Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
• Paycheck (2003)
• Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
• Hysterical Blindness (2002)
• Chelsea Walls (2001)
• Tape (2001)
• The Golden Bowl (2000)
• Vatel (2000)
• Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
• The Avengers (1998)
• Misérables, Les (1998)
• Gattaca (1997)
• Batman & Robin (1997)
• Duke of Groove (1996)
• The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996)
• Beautiful Girls (1996)
• A Month by the Lake (1995)
• Pulp Fiction (1994)
• Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993)
• Mad Dog and Glory (1993)
• Jennifer Eight (1992)
• Final Analysis (1992)
• Robin Hood (1991/I) (TV)
• Henry & June (1990)
• Where the Heart Is (1990)
• Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
• The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
• Kiss Daddy Goodnight (1988)
• Johnny Be Good (1988)
• Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984)

Uma Thurman - Awards

• MTV Movie Award Best Fight "Kill Bill: Vol. 2" 2005
• MTV Movie Award Best Female Performance "Kill Bill: Vol. 1" 2004
• MTV Movie Award Best Fight "Kill Bill: Vol. 1" 2004
• Golden Globe Award Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture made for Television "Hysterical Blindness" 2002
• IFP Gotham Actor Award 2001
• MTV Movie Award Best Dance Sequence "Pulp Fiction" 1995