Uma

Biography

Uma Karuna Thurman is an American actress, writer, producer and model. She has acted in a variety of films, from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action films. Following her appearances on the December 1985 and May 1986 covers of British Vogue, Thurman's breakthrough role was Dangerous Liaisons (1988) in which she starred. She rose to international prominence with her role as Mia Wallace in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film Pulp Fiction, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award, the BAFTA Award, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Often hailed as Tarantino's muse, she reunited with the director to play the main role of The Bride in Kill Bill: Volume 1 and 2 (2003, 2004), which brought her two additional Golden Globe Award nominations.

Established as a Hollywood leading lady, her other notable films include Henry & June (1990), The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996), Batman & Robin (1997), Gattaca (1997), Les Misérables (1998), Paycheck (2003), The Producers (2005), My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006), Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010), Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac (2013) and The House That Jack Built (2018). In 2011, Thurman 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 made her Broadway debut in The Parisian Woman (2017–2018).

For her performance in the made-for-HBO film Hysterical Blindness (2002), Thurman won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Film, and for her five-episode role in the NBC musical series Smash (2012), she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. Thurman has starred in the miniseries The Slap (2015) and the series Imposters (2017–2018).

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Selected Filmography

• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen(2009)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon(2014)TV Series · 4 epsas Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman(1993)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Guest
• The Daily Show(1996)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• American Dad!(2005)TV Series · 1 epas Gwen Ling (voice)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers(2014)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Guest
• The Kelly Clarkson Show(2019)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• The Graham Norton Show(2007)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• The View(1997)TV Series · 3 epsas Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark(1988)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien(1993)TV Series · 3 epsas Self - Guest
• Good Day Live(2001)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• Nature(1982)TV Series · 3 epsas Narrator (voice)
• Pulp Fiction(1994)as Mia Wallace
• Kill Bill: Vol. 1(2003)as The Bride
• Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair(2011)as The Bride / Beatrix Kiddo (Black Mamba) / Mommy
• Dexter: Resurrection(2025)TV Series · 20 epsas Charley Brown
• Kill Bill: Vol. 2(2004)as Beatrix Kiddo / The Bride / 'Black Mamba' / Mommy
• Hot Ones Versus(2024)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• Pretty Lethal(2026)as Devora Kasimer