American actress and model Uma Thurman stepped into showbiz as model. She made her debut in films with the 1987 American film ‘Kiss Daddy Goodnight’. She garnered international fame with the 1994 film ‘Pulp Fiction’ that earned her several award nominations including an Oscar and a Golden Globe. Other notable works of Thurman includes films ‘Batman & Robin’ (1997), ‘Les Misérables’ (1998) and ‘Nymphomaniac’ (2013); TV movie ‘Hysterical Blindness’ (2002) that won her a Golden Globe Award; and television series ‘Smash’ (2012) that fetched her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
Commencing her modelling career at just 15 years of age, in no time Thurman started working with ‘Glamour’ and British ‘Vogue’ including featuring on covers of the latter in its December 1985 and May 1986 issues. Foraying into films, eventually Thurman proved to be a fine and versatile actress performing some of her best roles in films of different genres. However some of her films were also panned by critics as her worst performances.
List of Uma Thurman movies includes top-grossing films like ‘Pulp Fiction’, ‘Batman & Robin’ and ‘Kill Bill: Volume 1’ (2003) as also box-office failures like ‘Jennifer 8’ (1992) and ‘Gattaca’ (1997). Â
This independent neo-noir crime film is widely considered the most influential American movie of the 1990s. Peppered with pitch-black humor and strong violence, Pulp Fiction follows four interrelated stories—involving a boxer, a gangster and his wife—told out of chronological order.
The Bride, a former assassin, is severely wounded on her wedding day following an attack by her jealous ex-lover and father of her unborn child, accompanied by her former associates, members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad. She wakes up from coma four years later and embarks on a deadly journey to avenge her lost child.
The second movie of the Kill Bill series sees the Bride carrying on with her vengeful pursuit of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad including Budd, Elle and her ex-lover and boss Bill. They had attempted to murder her and her unborn child. However, she is unaware that the child she presumes to be dead is alive and with Bill.
In a futuristic society, genetically engineered individuals are preferred over those born traditionally. Vincent Freeman, born naturally, is therefore at disadvantage. To fulfil his desire of joining space mission to one of Saturn’s moons, he assumes the identity of a superior Valid. However, when a murder threatens to reveal his real identity, he must find a way to protect himself.
16-year-old Percy Jackson finds out that he is Poseidon's demigod son after being accused of stealing Zeus' lightning bolt, and loses his mother to Hades on his way to a training camp for demigods. Along with his friends, he embarks on a perilous journey to catch the real thief to appease warring Gods and to save his mother.
The partnership between Batman and Robin is challenged when the latter is seduced by the beautiful Poison Ivy, while the evil Mr. Freeze plans to take over Gotham City by freezing it. At the same time, Batman's trusted butler Alfred is dying, and his young niece Barbara joins forces with the dynamic duo to save her uncle.
Kaze no tani no Naushika is a Japanese anime fantasy film that centres around Princess Nausicaä of Valley of the Wind kingdom who must save humanity from the destruction being planned by the Tolmekian kingdom whilst keeping her lands safe from the toxic jungle of the post-apocalyptic earth. Full of drama and adventure, this film was adapted from an eponymous manga comic.
Uma Thurman Awards
| Hysterical Blindness | Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | 2003 |
| Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | Best Hero | 2005 |
| Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | Best Fight | 2005 |
| Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | Best Female Performance | 2004 |
| Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | Best Fight | 2004 |
| Pulp Fiction | Best Dance Sequence | 1995 |
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