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Uma Karuna Thurman, born April 29, 1970[2]) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. She performs predominantly in leading roles in a variety of films, ranging from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action thrillers. She is best known for her films directed by Quentin Tarantino. Her most popular films include Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Pulp Fiction (1994), Gattaca (1997) and the two Kill Bill movies.

She is currently the "face" of Virgin Media in the United Kingdom and, along with Scarlett Johansson, models handbags and other fashion items for clothes designer Louis Vuitton. At 6 feet (1.8 m) tall, she is one of the tallest actresses in Hollywood.

Thurman currently resides in Hyde Park, New York. Though Thurman was raised a Buddhist and still identifies with Buddhism, she considers herself agnostic.

While living in London to avoid the Dangerous Liaisons hype, she began dating director Phil Joanou, who had just produced U2’s movie Rattle and Hum in 1988. While visiting the set of his latest project, State Of Grace, she met English actor Gary Oldman. The two hit it off immediately and were married in 1990, but the marriage only lasted two years, reportedly caused by the little time they spent together due to their busy acting schedules.

On May 1, 1998, she married actor Ethan Hawke, after the two met at the set of Gattaca; he subsequently dedicated his novel To Karuna to her. Prior to their engagement, Hawke had proposed twice before she accepted. Thurman herself acknowledged that they married early on because she had become pregnant; at the time of their wedding she was seven months along.[39] The couple have two children, daughter Maya Ray Thurman-Hawke (b. July 8, 1998) and son Levon Roan Thurman-Hawke (b. January 15, 2002).

In 2003, Thurman and Hawke separated, and in 2004 they filed for divorce. Many news outlets reported that the cause of the divorce was because Hawke had cheated on Thurman with Canadian model Jen Perzow. Hawke denied that the cause of the divorce was infidelity, saying that it was caused by their busy work schedules.[40] When asked on The Oprah Winfrey Show if there was “betrayal of some kind� during the marriage, Thurman said, “There was some stuff like that at the end. We were having a difficult time, and you know how the axe comes down and how people behave and how people express their unhappiness�.[41]

It has often been rumored that Thurman is or has been in a secret relationship with Quentin Tarantino, who describes Thurman as his "Muse." However, in a 2004 Rolling Stone cover story, Thurman and Tarantino denied ever having a romantic relationship.

In 2004, she began dating New York hotelier Andre Balazs. At one point, they lived in a loft apartment in New York City's SoHo neighborhood, down the street from Balazs' Mercer Hotel. Thurman also owns a townhouse in the New York neighborhood of Greenwich Village.[42] In March 2006, Thurman's publicist announced that the couple had split.[43] However, they continued dating on-and-off afterwards but split finally in March 2007.[44]

Thurman has been dating London based Franco-Swiss financier Arpad Busson, supermodel Elle Macpherson's former partner, whom she had been dating since summer 2007.[45][46] Their romance began at a private dinner in Milan co-hosted by Gianni Versace and Tony Blair. Thurman and MacPherson were friends until these recent events. Contrary to reports of being engaged to Thurman, it has since been confirmed by Thurman's rep that the two are not engaged and currently have no current plans for engagement or marriage.