Uma Thurman
Actor
Uma Thurman was already a teen model when she made her film debut in 1987's
Kiss Daddy Goodnight. At first an ingenue in films like Dangerous Liasons (1988), she developed into a brainy, somewhat cynical leading lady whose wideset eyes and sharp chin gave her an exotic beauty. She kept busy in the movies throughout the '90s, notably as a dangerous temptress in
Quentin Tarantino's
Pulp Fiction (1994, with
Ving Rhames and
John Travolta) and as the villainess Poison Ivy in
Batman and Robin (1997, with
George Clooney and
Arnold Schwarzenegger). Sometimes a leading lady and sometimes a bit player, she also appeared in
Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown (1999, starring
Sean Penn), the Tarantino action flicks
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003, with
Lucy Liu) and Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), the futuristic thriller
Paycheck (2003, based on a story by
Philip K. Dick), and the comedy
My Super ExGirlfriend (2006).
Extra credit: Thurman married her Gattaca (1997) costar
Ethan Hawke in 1998. Their daughter Maya was born later the same year, and their son Levon was born in 2002. Thurman and Hawke divorced in 2004... Thurman's exotic appearance landed her a job as spokesmodel for Lancome, a French cosmetics company... Her father, Robert Thurman, is a noted expert on Tibetan Buddhism.
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