French
cosmetics firm Lancome have employed her as a spokesmodel for their company. [June 2000]
Daughter, with
Ethan Hawke, Maya Ray Thurman-Hawke born. [8 July 1998]
Ranked
#99 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
Former
model.
Her father, Robert Thurman, is a professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University School
of Religion. He was the first westerner to become a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Uma was named for a Hindu goddess.
Her mother, Nena Thurman, is a Swedish model-turned-psychotherapist, who was discovered at 16 in Stockholm
by photographer Norman Parkinson. A nude statue of
Nena's mother,
Brigit Holmquist, a famous beauty and later "edle" (noble), stands in the port town of Trelleborg.
Salvador Dalí, introduced Nena to her first husband, Timothy Leary.
Chosen
by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#20). [1995]
Granddaughter
of Friedrich Karl Johannes von Schlebrügge, a Prussian nobleman, and his Sweedish wife Brigit Holmquist.
Uma's middle
name, Karuna, is one of the four sublime abodes in Buddhism. It means "compassion." The other 3 sublime abodes are Metta (Loving
kindness), Mudita (Sympathetic joy), and Upekkha (Equanimity).
With husband
Ethan Hawke, gave birth to 7lb. 15 oz. son, Levon Roan Thurman-Hawke. [15 January 2002]
Attended
Northfield Mount Hermon boarding school in Northfield, Massachusetts,
during her freshman and sophomore years, approximately twenty five miles from her home town at the time, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Named after
the goddess of light and beauty in Indian Mythology.
Uma and Ethan Hawke's daughter's name is Maya; which is also the name of the character that Uma played in
Duke of Groove (1996) (TV).
Has shades
of Lancome lipsticks named after her (available only in Asia).
Her mother, Nena Thurman, was once married to LSD proponent Timothy Leary. The marriage lasted less than a year (1964-1965). Their marriage, which took place
in Nepal, was the subject of a 15-minute
documentary entitled "You're Nobody Till Somebody
Loves You". Nena
married Uma's father, Robert Thurman, two years later in 1967.
Has three
brothers with equally unusual, exotic names: Ganden, Dechen (who is an actor and director) and Mipam.
Sister of Dechen Thurman and Ganden Thurman and the daughter of Nena Thurman and Robert Thurman
Measurements:
34C-24-35 (as an Elite model: 1988), 35 1/2C-24-35 (actress - 1995), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
In Portuguese,
her name means "one." (in female).
She is on the
Board of Directors of Room to Grow, a non-profit organization founded by Rob Reiner, dedicated to enriching the lives of babies born into poverty throughout their
critical first 3 years of development.
Her uncle,
John Thurman, is a professional concert cellist who performs with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
Supported the
Junior Senator (John Kerry) from her native state (Massachusetts) for President
of the United States.
Originally cast
for the part of Eowyn in the The Lord of the
Rings: The Two Towers (2002).
In Polynesian,
her name means "kiss".
Former husband
Ethan Hawke's book was dedicated to her ("For Karuna").
Former sister-in-law
of Laila Morse.
Shares a birthday
with actress Michelle Pfeiffer, actors Daniel Day-Lewis and Jerry Seinfeld, and was born on the same day as tennis star Andre Agassi.
She attended
Amherst Regional Middle School, Massachusetts,
for grade 7 and 8 and had Ester Haskell as an English teacher. She later visited that school to contribute to the Women's
History assembly. The children were thrilled
Named #21
on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.
Followed
in the footsteps of both her mother and grandmother into the world of modeling.
She and her first
husband, Gary Oldman, have both appeared in separate Batman films.
Uma appeared
in Batman & Robin (1997) as Poison Ivy. Gary Oldman appeared in Batman Begins (2005) as James Gordon.
Was made a Commander
of the Order of Arts and Letters (Commandeur Dans Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres) by France in February 2006. Presenting the prize on behalf of the French Ministry
of Culture, Cannes Film Festival President Gilles Jacob told Thurman she was "admired throughout the world" and that her career would "make
her the favorite actress of an entire generation." The Order of Arts and Letters is given out twice annually to a few hundred
people worldwide.
Ranked
as #67 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005)
Quentin Tarantino considers her as his muse
Named #59
in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).
Member
of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1994.
Uma and her hotelier
boyfriend, André Balazs, have ended their three-year romance.
They started
dating in 2003 [March 20, 2007].
