BBC The Graham Norton Show: Uma Thurman’s life from marriages to Hollywood stars to famous daughter
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Award-winning actress Uma Thurman is part of the Hollywood glitterati after becoming one of the biggest performers on the planet following her stand out roles in some of Quentin Tarantino's best movies. The 50-year-old's breakthrough role came in 1988 when she played Cécile de Volanges in Dangerous Liaisons but her career went to the next level when she landed a part in Pulp Fiction.
In the 1994 Tarantino film, she played Mia Wallace opposite John Travolta and landed herself an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress. A scene in which Uma Thurman and John Travolta danced while eating at a burger restaurant has since become an iconic cinematic moment.
The actress then went on to star in the two-part movie franchise, Kill Bill, also directed and written by Quentin Tarantino, where she played an assassin looking for revenge. Released in 2003 and then the second part in 2004, Uma wowed audiences with her incredible fight scenes and commitment to her performance.
As well as working as an actress Uma has been involved in politics and campaigning for health and human rights. She supports the Democrats in the USA and has helped fund many of their presidential hopefuls such as John Kerry and Hilary Clinton.
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The mum-of-three has been married to two Hollywood actors during her career. In 1990, she married English actor Gary Oldman after the pair met on the set of State of Grace. Gary, who won the best actor Oscar for his role as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour, and the marriage ended in divorce just two years later.
Uma then went on to meet her second husband, Ethan Hawke, while filming the 1997 science fiction movie Gattaca. The couple got married on May 1, 1998, but separated in 2003, and then finally divorced in August 2005.
While the couple were together they had two children, Maya, who was born in 1998 and Levon who was born in 2002. Maya Hawke has followed the family tradition and gone on to carve out her own acting career with parts in Stranger Things and the BBC's adaption of Little Women.
Uma had another daughter in 2012 called Luna Thurman-Busson. The nine-year-old's father is French financier Arpad Busson and first met Uma in 2007, despite being engaged twice the pair never married and ended their relationship in 2014.
Uma Thurman is a guest on BBC's The Graham Norton Show on 4 at 10.35pm
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