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Uma Thurman has proven herself to be one of the world's most versatile young actresses by playing a variety of compelling characters. The daughter of a psychologist and a college professor, Thurman was raised in Amherst, Massachusetts, and Woodstock, New York. She attended a preparatory school in New England, where at 15 she was discovered by two New York agents. At 16 she transferred to the Professional Children's School in New York City to pursue an acting career.
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Uma Thurman is a woman who knows how to accessorize. With a fireman on each arm, the actress showed up to the London red carpet premiere of her film, "The Accidental Husband" with an entourage of six firemen. In the romantic comedy, Uma's character has to decide between a New York firefighter and her fiance, played by Englishman Colin Firth.
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On the celebrity relationship market, Uma Thurman has dumped boyfriend Andre Balazs, Scarlet Johansson has hooked up with Ryan Phillippe, and Paris Hilton has split with Stavros Nachos - for the 72nd time. Meanwhile, strong rumours suggest that marriages between Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, and Courteney Cox and David Arquette, are on the rocks. Place your bets now.
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Hairstylist Laurent D., whose clients include Debra Messing, Uma Thurman and Gwyneth Paltrow, has a word of advice for those who style nominees. "Don't do something wild to make a name for yourself. The worst thing you can do is try to do too much. The actress must feel comfortable and confident with her style." He predicts soft curls and waves, and longer lengths this year.
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Uma Thurman left boarding school at age 15 to pursue her dream of becoming an actress and headed to the Big Apple. In 1988, she landed her first acting job with the supporting role of Georgia Elkans in Bud S. Smith's college football comedy Johnny Be Good (starring Anthony Michael Hall) and the starring role of baby-face Laura, who picks men up only to rob them, in Peter Ily Huemer's suspenseful drama Kiss Daddy Good Night. That same year, after her appearance as Rose Venus in Terry Gilliam's fantasy comedy The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (starring John Neville), Thurman nabbed her breakthrough role as young Cecile de Volanges in Dangerous Liaisons. The romantic drama film, set in pre-revolutionary France, was directed by Stephen Frears and adopted from Christopher Hampton's play and Choderlos de Laclos' novel. Thurman ... shared the screen with Glenn Close, John Malkovich and Michelle Pfeiffer.
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This year, Uma Thurman proved once again that she is box office gold with her starring role as the vengeful bride in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill Volumes 1 and 2. She emerged as a major celebrity in her first Tarantino project, Pulp Fiction, and followed that surprise hit with such big-budget productions as Batman and Robin. Uma Thurman's personal story is as remarkable as her stardom. Her grandmother was a baroness. Her mother, Nena, was introduced to her first husband, LSD guru Timothy Leary, by the surrealist genius Salvador Dali. Nena's second husband and Uma's father, Robert F. Thurman, is the Western world's leading authority on Buddhism.
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