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My Take
Thurman is proof that screen presence is its own kind of genius. At nearly six feet tall she doesn't enter a frame so much as reorganize it, and Tarantino understood that better than anyone — Pulp Fiction's dance and Kill Bill's yellow tracksuit are pop iconography because of her, not just the direction. I'm struck by the range hiding under the iconography: a Golden Globe, art-house turns, an intelligence that reads in every close-up. The MTV fight awards she stacked up testify to real physical commitment, not stunt-double illusion. Elegance and menace rarely coexist in one performer; she makes the combination look inevitable.
Overview
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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Uma Thurman
- Name (Japanese)
- ユマ・サーマン
- Reading
- ゆま・さーまん
- Born
- April 29, 1970 (age 56)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Dog
- Origin
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 181 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film producer / film actor / model / screenwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
- 1995 MTV Movie Award for Best Dance Sequence
- 2004 MTV Movie Award for Best Fight
- 2004 MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance
- 2005 MTV Movie Award for Best Fight
- 2003 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
- Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- Saturn Awards
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Film producer — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.