Uma Thurman

A Russian rock band, Ne Nashego Mira, renamed itself UmaThurman (Уматурман), hoping to capitalize on her popularity. Her credits include:. She now resides in Hyde Park, New York. In 2001 she returned to the stage to play Evelyn in Neil LaBute's The Shape of Things at the Almeida Theatre. In 2003, Thurman and Hawke split, and in 2004, the couple filed for divorce. Since then she has starred in a number of films including The Land Girls (1998), About a Boy (2002), and Runaway Jury (2003). Oprah...Uma." became a heavily repeated catch phrase over the next year, inciting various spinoffs. Having already worked for television, Weisz started her cinema career in 1996 with Bernardo Bertolucci's Stealing Beauty.

As a result, "Uma...Oprah. Her breakthrough role was that of Gilda in Sean Mathias's 1995 West End revival of Noël Coward's 1933 play Design for Living at the Gielgud Theatre. Thurman became a pop culture legend when, at an Oscar Awards ceremony, comedian David Letterman lampooned her name by pretending to introduce her to talk show host Oprah Winfrey (both were in the audience). During her college years she already appeared in various student productions, mainly as part of Cambridge Footlights. On May 1, 1998, she married actor Ethan Hawke, whom she had met at the set of Gattaca, and gave birth to a daughter Maya Ray and later on, son Roan. Weisz read English Literature at Cambridge. Uma Thurman left her high school, Northfield Mount Hermon, at the age of 15 to pursue an acting career in New York City. In 1990 she married actor Gary Oldman but divorced him two years later. Both her mother and her father are Jewish and, in the late 1930s, were brought from Vienna and Hungary respectively to England to escape persecution by the Nazis.

She shares her birthday with actress Michelle Pfeiffer, Daniel Day-Lewis and tennis player Andre Agassi. Rachel Weisz (pronounced "vice") is a British actress who was born in London on March 7, 1971. Ethan Hawke's book For Karuna was dedicated to her. Stealing Beauty (1996). In Portuguese, her name means "one" and in Polynesian, it means "kiss". The Land Girls (1998). She wears size 11 in shoes. The Mummy (1999).

She is a spokesmodel for cosmetics company Lancome which has shades of lipstick named after her. Beautiful Creatures (2000). Her height is 1.83m. Enemy at the Gates (2001). She has 3 brothers, named Ganden, Dechen and Mipam. The Mummy Returns (2001). "Uma" is the name of a Hindu goddess of light and beauty. About a Boy (2002).

Her Swedish mother, Nena, was briefly married to Timothy Leary (to whom she was introduced by Salvador Dalí) before marrying Uma's father, Robert Thurman, a professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist studies at Columbia University. Runaway Jury (2003). Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she was given a Buddhist upbringing. Uma Karuna Thurman (born April 29, 1970), is an American film actress. Kiss Daddy Goodnight (1987).

Johnny Be Good (1988). Dangerous Liaisons (1988). The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988). Where the Heart Is (1990).

Henry & June (1990). Robin Hood (TV) (1991). Jennifer Eight (1992). Final Analysis (1992).

Mad Dog and Glory (1993). Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993). Pulp Fiction (1994). A Month by the Lake (1995).

Duke of Groove (1995). The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996). Beautiful Girls (1996). You're Still Not Fooling Anybody (1997).

Gattaca (1997). Batman & Robin (1997). Les Misérables (1998). The Avengers (1998).

Sweet and Lowdown (1999). Vatel (2000). The Golden Bowl (2000). Tape (2001).

Chelsea Walls (2001). Hysterical Blindness (2002). 2 2004). 1 2003, Vol.

Kill Bill (Vol. Paycheck (2003). Be Cool (2005).