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Uma Karuna Thurman (born April 29, 1970), is an American film actress. Born in Boston, Massachusetts , she was given a Buddhist upbringing. Her Swedish mother, Nena, was introduced to her first husband, Timothy Leary, by Salvador Dalí, whom she divorced after less than a year before marrying Uma's father, Robert Thurman, a professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist studies at Columbia University. " Uma" is the name of a Hindu goddess of light and beauty. She has 3 brothers also with unusual names, Ganden, Dechen and Mipam. Her height is 1.83m. She is a spokesmodel for cosmetics company Lancome which has shades of lipstick named after her. She wears size 11 in shoes. In Portuguese, her name means "one" and in Polynesian, it means "kiss". Ethan Hawke's book For Karuna was dedicated to her. She shares her birthday with actress Michelle Pfeiffer, Daniel Day-Lewis and tennis player Andre Agassi.
Uma Thurman left her high school, Northfield Mount HermonNorthfield Mount Hermon Head of School Thomas K. Sturtevant Established 1879 School type Private Location Northfield, MA, USA Enrollment Apx. 950 Faculty Apx. 123 Campus Rural Mascot Hoggers Northfield Mount Hermon (NMH) is a ninth-twelfth grade private c, at the age of 15 to pursue an acting career in New York CitySkyline, with Statue of Liberty New York, New York" redirects here. For alternate meanings, see New York, New York (disambiguation). New York — officially named City of New York and often called New York City to distinguish it from the state of New York,. In 1990Events January January 3 Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello The man who led the coup aginst Dr Apo she married actor Gary OldmanLeonard Gary Oldman (born March 21, 1958) is a British actor. Gary Oldman was born in London, England. When he was older, he won a scholarship to Britain's Rose Bruford Drama College, where he received a BA in Theatre Arts in 1979. He later studied with t but divorced him two years later. On May 1, 1998 , she married actor Ethan HawkeEthan Green Hawke (born November 6, 1970) is an American actor, writer and film director. Born in Austin, Texas, Hawke moved to Princeton, New Jersey at an early age, where he took acting classes at the McCarter Theatre. He first appeared in various high, whom she had met at the set of GattacaGattaca is a 1997 science fiction film by director/screenwriter Andrew Niccol, starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law and Alan Arkin. It combines a Hollywood action/adventure plot with a vision of a future that some reviewers thought was intelligent, and gave birth to a daughter Maya Ray and later on, son Roan.
Thurman became a pop culture legend when, at an Oscar AwardsBob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. The Academy Awards (often better known as Oscars) are the most prominent film award in the United States. The Awards are granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a p ceremony, comedian David Letterman lampooned her name by pretending to introduce her to talk show host Oprah WinfreyOprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi) is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the United States. She was meant to be named Orpah but it was misspelled on her birth certificate as Oprah''. An African American woman bor (both were in the audience). As a result, "Uma...Oprah. Oprah...Uma." became a heavily repeated catch phrase over the next year, inciting various spinoffs.
In 2003, Thurman and Hawke split, and in 2004, the couple filed for divorce.
A Russian rock band, Ne Nashego Mira, renamed itself UmaThurman, hoping to capitalize on her popularity.
