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9 Unforgettable Uma Thurman Movies

On Uma Thurman's birthday, L'OFFICIEL rounds up the actress' best movies.

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Notorious muse of movie director Quentin Tarantino, actress Uma Thurman is one of Hollywood's top movie stars. The beautiful Boston-born talent received an Oscar nomination for her role in Pulp Fiction in 1995, as well as a Golden Globe nomination for Kill Bill: Volume 2 in 2005. She has had the chance to work alongside film powerhouses such as John Travolta, Glenn Close, and George Clooney, with whom she starred in Batman & Robin in 1997 as enemy Poison Ivy. Whether it's a cerebral drama or an action-packed thriller, Thurman can tackle the role. She's also raising the next generation of Hollywood as mom to Stranger Things sensation Maya Hawke (who she shares with actor Ethan Hawke). On the star's birthday, L'OFFICIEL rounds up Thurman's best movies.

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Thurman first grabs audience's attention in the 1988 film "The Dangerous Liaisons" by Stephen Frears, working side by side with established stars such as Glenn Close, John Malkovich, and Michelle Pfeiffer.
The actress' dance performace in "Pulp Fiction" (1994) alongside John Travolta is now part of film history. In the cult classic written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, she plays Mia Wallace, the wife of Marsellus Wallace.
Thurman is the sexy villain Poison Ivy and enemy of George Clooney's Batman in the superhero movie "Batman & Robin" in 1997.
In the movie "Gattaca" (1997), Thurman stars alongside her ex-husband Ethan Hawke, playing the role of Irene Cassini.
Victor Hugo's stirring novel "Les Misérables" was turned into a movie in 1998 in which Thurman plays the role of the vulnerable prostitute Fantine.
The star of the "Kill Bill" (Volumes I and II) series from 2003 and 2004, Thurman plays the revenge-bent Bride (real name: Beatrix Kiddo), determined to unleash her deadly skills on everyone who contributed to the murder of her unborn child.
In her opening scene in the movie-musical "The Producers" (2005), Thurman sings "When You Got It, Flaunt It" to Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick's characters.
In "Bel Ami" (2012), Thurman plays the wealthy love interest of Georges Duroy (Robert Pattinson), which sees her rolling around in perfumed boudoirs in her underwear.
Another great acting performance for Thurman is that in the service of director Lars Von Trier. In the 2013 film "Nymphomaniac," which stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, Thurman appears as Mrs. H, a scorned woman who has one very memorable breakdown scene.

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