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UMA THURMAN BIOGRAPHY |
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Uma Thurman had to break from her family’s core
values to join the high school cheerleading squad. Her offbeat
bohemian Buddhist upbringing in India and all over the United
States made her a bit of an outcast among her all-American teen
peers, and the cheerleading helped bridge the gap. School plays,
though, were her favorite way to fit in, and she ultimately left
her Massachusetts boarding school at age 15 for a New York
acting career. The independent teen spent a year washing dishes
and modeling to pay the rent, until hired for a role in Kiss
Daddy Goodnight (1987). Critics liked Thurman far better than
the movie, and casting directors took note. Her exotic good
looks served her well the next year for the part of a goddess in
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, and for the steamy Dangerous
Liaisons.
At 18, Thurman moved to England to escape Hollywood typecasting
-- the actor was more interested in a serious career than sex-symbol
fame and her growing over-obsessive fan base. In 1990, at age
20, Thurman married fellow actor Gary Oldman. The couple
divorced two years later. In 1990, too, she was cast in Where
The Heart Is, and the intelligent (but steamy) Henry and June.
She came solidly back to mainstream Hollywood, with a few
independents thrown in, with Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (TV -
1991), Final Analysis (1992), Jennifer 8 (1992), Mad Dog and
Glory (1993), and Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (1994). A role in
the risky Pulp Fiction (1994) turned out to be a smart career
choice, for Thurman earned an Oscar nomination, a Golden Globe
nomination and an MTV movie award for her stellar performance.
She continued to mix sure commercial successes with less-sure
art films, going on to star in A Month By The Lake (1995),
Beautiful Girls (1996), The Truth About Cats and Dogs (1996),
Batman and Robin (1997), Gattaca (1997), Les Miserables (1998),
and The Avengers (1998 - “winning” a Razzie Worst Actress
nomination and disappointing critics). She was busy off-camera
in 1998 first marrying actor Ethan Hawke then giving birth to
daughter, Maya Ray. Thurman went off-Broadway the next year with
The Misanthrope, and then back to film with Sweet and Lowdown.) |
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