Uma Karuna Thurman (born April 29, 1970) is an American actress, writer, producer and model. She has acted in a variety of films, from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action films. Following her appearances on the December 1985 and May 1986 covers of British Vogue, Thurman's breakthrough role was Dangerous Liaisons (1988) in which she starred. She rose to international prominence with her role as Mia Wallace in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film Pulp Fiction, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award, the BAFTA Award, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Often hailed as Tarantino's muse, she reunited with the director to play the main role of The Bride in Kill Bill: Volume 1 and 2 (2003, 2004), which brought her two additional Golden Globe Award nominations.
Established as a Hollywood leading lady, her other notable films include Henry & June (1990), The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996), Batman & Robin (1997), Gattaca (1997), Les Misérables (1998), Paycheck (2003), The Producers (2005), My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006), Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010), Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac (2013) and The House That Jack Built (2018). In 2011, Thurman was a member of the jury for the main competition at the 64th Cannes Film Festival, and in 2017, she was named president of the 70th edition's "Un Certain Regard" jury. Thurman made her Broadway debut in The Parisian Woman (2017–2018).
For her performance in the made-for-HBO film Hysterical Blindness (2002), Thurman won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Film, and for her five-episode role in the NBC musical series Smash (2012), she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. Thurman has starred in the miniseries The Slap (2015) and the series Imposters (2017–2018).
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Primarily2025 Dexter: Resurrection as Charley
2025 The Old Guard 2 as Discord
2025 The Housekeeper as Danni
2025 Red, White & Royal Blue 2 as Ellen Claremont
2025 Ballerina Overdrive
2025 Anita as Anita Bryant
2025 The King of Kings as Catherine Dickens (voice)
2024 Oh, Canada as Emma / Gloria
2024 Uma Thurman: Hollywood's Silent Warrior as Self (archive footage)
2023 The Kill Room as Patrice Producer
2023 Red, White & Royal Blue as Ellen Claremont
2023 The Calm as Woman
2022 Hollywood Stargirl as Roxanne Martel
2021 Pumas: Legends of the Ice Mountains as Narrator
2021 Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
2020 Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity as Self (archive footage)
2020 The War with Grandpa as Sally
2019 QT8: The First Eight as Self (archive footage)
2018 Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal as Self (archive footage)
2018 Down a Dark Hall as Madame Duret
2018 The House That Jack Built as Lady 1
2018 The Con Is On as Harriet Fox
2017 The Enlightenment as Narrator
2017 John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2015 Burnt as Simone
2014 The Gift as Miss Anderson
2014 Jump! as Wendy
2014 The Mundane Goddess as Hera
2013 Nymphomaniac: Vol. II as Mrs. H
2013 Nymphomaniac: Vol. I as Mrs. H
2013 Love, Marilyn as Self
2013 Movie 43 as Fake Lois Lane (segment "Super Hero Speed Dating")
2012 Playing for Keeps as Patti
2012 Bel Ami as Madeleine Forestier
2010 Ceremony as Zoe
2010 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief as Medusa
2009 Motherhood as Eliza Welsh
2008 A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa as Joy
2008 My Zinc Bed as Elsa
2008 The Accidental Husband as Dr. Emma Lloyd Producer
2007 The Life Before Her Eyes as Diana
2007 Mission Zero as Uma Thurman
2006 My Super Ex-Girlfriend as Jenny Johnson
2006 Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair as The Bride / Beatrix Kiddo (Black Mamba) / Mommy
2006 Tarantino's Mind as The Bride / Mia Wallace (archive footage)
2005 The Producers as Ulla
2005 A Tribute To Ismail Merchant as Self (archive footage)
2005 The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie as Uma Thurman
2005 Prime as Rafi Gardet
2005 Be Cool as Edie Athens
2004 The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2' as Self
2004 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 as Beatrix Kiddo / The Bride / 'Black Mamba' / Mommy Characters
2003 Paycheck as Rachel Porter
2003 The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 1' as Self
2003 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 as The Bride Characters
2002 Pulp Fiction: The Facts as Self (archive footage)
2002 All the Love You Cannes! as Self
2002 Hysterical Blindness as Debby Miller Executive Producer
2001 Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes as Poison Ivy (archive footage)
2001 Tape as Amy
2001 Chelsea Walls as Grace
2000 Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood as Self - Narrator (voice)
2000 The Golden Bowl as Charlotte Stant
2000 Vatel as Anne de Montausier
1999 Sweet and Lowdown as Blanche Williams
1998 The Avengers as Emma Peel
1998 Les Misérables as Fantine
1997 Gattaca as Irene Cassini
1997 Batman & Robin as Dr. Pamela Isley / Poison Ivy
1996 Duke of Groove as Maya
1996 The Truth About Cats & Dogs as Noelle
1996 Beautiful Girls as Andera
1995 A Month by the Lake as Miss Beaumont
1994 Pulp Fiction as Mia Wallace
1994 Even Cowgirls Get the Blues as Sissy Hankshaw
1993 Mad Dog and Glory as Glory
1992 Jennifer Eight as Helena Robertson
1992 Final Analysis as Diana Baylor
1991 Robin Hood as Maid Marian
1990 Henry & June as June Miller
1990 Where the Heart Is as Daphne McBain
1988 Dangerous Liaisons as Cécile de Volanges
1988 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen as Venus / Rose
1988 Johnny Be Good as Georgia Elkans
1987 Kiss Daddy Goodnight as Laura