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Uma Thurman
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Also known as Uma Karuna Thurman

Uma Karuna Thurman is an American actress. Known for her collaborations with Quentin Tarantino, she has performed in over fifty film and television productions since the 1980s, across genres that range from comedies and dramas to science fiction and action. Her accolades include a Golden Globe Award and nominations for an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

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Uma Thurman is an American actor, film producer, and model. Born Uma Karuna Thurman in Boston in 1970, she is the daughter of Nena von Schlebrügge and Robert Thurman. She is a Buddhist who speaks English and has worked primarily in the United States. Her professional career began in 1985. She was educated at Northfield Mount Hermon School and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.

Thurman has received several awards, including the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, an MTV Movie Award for Best Fight, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film. She has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her notable works include Kill Bill. She has been married to Gary Oldman and Ethan Hawke and has three children, including Maya Hawke and Levon Hawke.

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  • Kill Bill
  • Kill Bill

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1970
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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. A global reference for human genetic variation

    · 2015 · cited 17,321x

  2. Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL): Initial Reliability and Validity Data

    · 1997 · cited 8,035x

  3. Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in U.S. Streams, 1999−2000:  A National Reconnaissance

    · 2002 · cited 6,478x

  4. Integrative analysis of 111 reference human epigenomes

    · 2015 · cited 6,193x

  5. Systematic Localization of Common Disease-Associated Variation in Regulatory DNA

    · 2012 · cited 3,585x

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Uma Karuna Thurman (born April 29, 1970) is an American actress. Known for her collaborations with Quentin Tarantino, she has performed in over fifty film and television productions since the 1980s, across genres that range from comedies and dramas to science fiction and action. Her accolades include a Golden Globe Award and nominations for an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Following her appearances in two covers for British Vogue, Thurman starred in Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Henry & June (1990), and Mad Dog and Glory (1993). She rose to international prominence with her portrayal as Mia Wallace in Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She reunited with the director to play the Bride in Kill Bill: Volume 1 and 2 (2003–2004), which brought her a BAFTA Award nomination and two additional Golden Globe Award nominations.

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