Uma Thurman

Uma Thurman (born in Boston, Massachusetts, April 29, 1970) acted in movies like The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) by Terry Gilliam, Dangerous Liaisons (1988) directed by Stephen Frears from a 1985 play by Christopher Hampton based on the 1782 French novel Les liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, starring Glenn Close, John Malkovich and Michelle Pfeiffer, Henry & June (1990) directed by Philip Kaufman from the 1986 book by Anaïs Nin, Final Analysis (1992) with Richard Gere and Kim Basinger, Jennifer 8 (1992) written and directed by Bruce Robinson co-starring with Andy Garcia. She starred in Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993) directed by Gus Van Sant from the 1976 novel by Tom Robbins, appeared in Beautiful Girls (1996) by Ted Demme, co-starred in Gattaca (1997) written and directed by Andrew Niccol with future husband Ethan Hawke. She played Poison Ivy in Batman & Robin (1997) by Joel Schumacher, Fantine in Les Misérables (1998) directed by Bille August from the 1862 novel by Victor Hugo, she acted in Sweet and Lowdown (1999) written and directed by Woody Allen, The Golden Bowl (2000) directed by James Ivory from the 1904 novel by Henry James, Vatel (2000) by Roland Joffé with Gérard Depardieu. Thurman was cast as the action heroine of Kill Bill Volume 1 and 2 (2003-2004) by Quentin Tarantino, who had directed her in Pulp Fiction (1994), she starred in My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006) by Ivan Reitman with Luke Wilson. On television she acted in Hysterical Blindness (2002) directed by Mira Nair.