Several actresses were considered for the role, but Tarantino wanted Thurman after their first meeting. She dominated most of the movie's promotional material; Mia is considered one of the most iconic female film characters of the s.
The Washington Post asserted that Thurman was "serenely unrecognizable in a black wig, [and] is marvelous as a zoned-out gangster's girlfriend". She took little advantage of her new-found fame by choosing not to do any big-budget films for the next three years. During an interview with Time magazine in , Tarantino, who considers Thurman his muse, remarked that she was "up there with Garbo and Dietrich in goddess territory".
The film was a critical and commercial failure, eventually earning Thurman a Golden Raspberry Award nomination for Worst Actress. The Washington Post described her acting as shallow and remarked: "Thurman's strangely passive characterization doesn't go much deeper than drawling and flexing her prosthetic thumbs".
Also in , she starred as a waitress opposite Robert De Niro and Bill Murray in the drama Mad Dog and Glory and auditioned for Stanley Kubrick while he was casting for his eventually unrealized adaptation of the novel Wartime Lies. In , Thurman was a member of the jury for the main competition at the 64th Cannes Film Festival, and in , she was named president of the 70th edition's "Un Certain Regard" jury.
Thurman made her Broadway debut in The Parisian Woman — This film was the first to receive an NC rating and partly because many American newspapers refused to advertise films with the new rating, it did not get wide release in the United States. However, it won Thurman good notices; The New York Times wrote: "Thurman, as the Brooklyn-accented June, takes a larger-than-life character and makes her even bigger, though the performance is often as curious as it is commanding.
Thurman began her career as a fashion model at age 15, and signed with the agency Click Models. Her early modeling credits included Glamour and the December and May covers of British Vogue. She made the transition to acting with her film debut, the teen thriller Kiss Daddy Goodnight, which was released in In the comedy Johnny Be Good, she played the girlfriend of a top high school quarterback prospect, and in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, she made a brief appearance as the goddess Venus; during her entrance she briefly appears nude, in an homage to Botticelli's The Birth of Venus.
In the Oscar-winning drama Dangerous Liaisons, co-starring Glenn Close and John Malkovich, Thurman took on the role of a naive young woman seduced by a manipulative man.
The picture was an arthouse success, and garnered Thurman recognition from critics and audiences; film critic Roger Ebert found her to be "well cast" in her "tricky" key role. At the time, insecure about her appearance, she spent roughly a year in London, during which she often wore loose, baggy clothing.
Malkovich said of her, "There is nothing twitchy teenager-ish about her, I haven't met anyone like her at that age. Her intelligence and poise stand out. But there's something else. She's more than a little haunted.
Uma Karuna Thurman born April 29, is an American actress and model. She has performed in a variety of films, from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action films. Often hailed as Tarantino's muse, she reunited with the director to play the main role in Kill Bill: Volume 1 and 2 , , which brought her two additional Golden Globe Award nominations. Thurman was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Her father, Robert Thurman, is a professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies and an author, who lived as an ordained Buddhist monk for three years.
Thurman received a Buddhist upbringing, and spent altogether around two years in the Indo-Himalayan town of Almora. She has three brothers, Ganden b. Uma Thurman Actress. Uma Thurman height - How tall is Uma Thurman? Uma Thurman. Maymay Entrata. Alyson Stoner. Anastasia Lin. Chantal Andere. Uma Thurman fans also viewed:. Andrea Edwards. Jessica Borne. Who is the husband of Uma Thurman? She was married to Gary Oldman from until Later, she tied knot with Ethan Hawke, whom she met on the set of the film Gattaca.
The couple had a daughter named Maya and a son named Levon together before divorcing in Thurman began dating London-based French financier Arpad Busson in She became engaged to Arpad in the same year. In January , Thurman and Busson began child custody negotiations in relation to their daughter.
Thurman began her career as a fashion model at age 15, and signed with the agency Click Models. Uma Thurman may have been uncomfortable with her foot size growing up, but she overcame that to become a huge success and the mother to a budding star. Lauren Sanchez tried to walk back her blatant, head-over-heels reaction to meeting Leonardo DiCaprio. Via Pinterest. Via slashfilm. Share Share Tweet Email. Related Topics Celebrity. Anthony Spencer Articles Published. Read Next in celebrity.
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