Uma Thurman

Starred in "Motherhood," an indie comedy about the challenges faced by a mother

Co-starred with Colin Firth and Jeffrey Dean Morgan in the romantic comedy "The Accidental Husband"

Portrayed a grown Diana in Vadim Perelman's "The Life Before Her Eyes"

Played a superhero who gets revenge on the boyfriend that dumped her in Ivan Reitman's "My Super Ex-Girlfriend"

Chosen as the new face of Louis Vuitton, for their Spring 2005 campaign

Played a woman in her late thirties romancing a younger man in Ben Younger's "Prime" opposite Meryl Streep

Re-teamed with her "Pulp Fiction" castmate, John Travolta in "Be Cool"

Starred as Swedish secretary Ulla, in the movie-musical version of "The Producers"

Played the love interest to Ben Affleck's character in the thriller "Paycheck"

Re-teamed with Tarantino to portray a female assassin who awakens from a four-year coma and seeks revenge on her former boss; film released in two Volumes "Kill Bill Vol. 1" (2003) and "Kill Bill Vol. 2" (2004); received Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress for Vol. 1 (2003) and Vol. 2 (2004)

Co-starred (also executive produced) with Juliette Lewis in the HBO produced, "Hysterical Blindness"; film first screened at Sundance; received a SAG nomination for Best Actress in a TV movie

Had featured role in the Ethan Hawke-directed "Chelsea Walls" (filmed in 1999)

Co-starred with husband Ethan Hawke and Robert Sean Leonard in the Richard Linklater directed "Tape"; received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Lead Actress

Played the second wife of a jazz musician (Sean Penn) in Woody Allen's "Sweet and Lowdown"

Cast as Emma Peel opposite Ralph Fiennes' John Steed in the feature version of "The Avengers"

Played Fantine in Bille August's remake of "Les Miserables"

Delivered a scene-stealing turn as the villainous Poison Ivy in "Batman & Robin"

Starred opposite future husband Ethan Hawke in the futuristic thriller "Gattaca"

Offered a fine comic turn as a ditzy model in "The Truth About Cats and Dogs"

Earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination playing a gangster's wife in Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction"

Had leading role of Sissy Hankshaw in the ill-fated film version of "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues"

TV-movie debut in "Robin Hood" (Fox)

Starred as the wife of writer Henry Miller in "Henry & June"; first film to receive the NC-17 rating

Played Venus in "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen"

First gained acclaim with her role as the virginal Cecile in "Dangerous Liaisons"

Film debut in "Kiss Daddy Goodnight"

Moved to Manhattan to attend the Professional Children's School

Lived in a artists' colony in Woodstock, New York

Raised in Amherst, Massachusetts