Uma Thurman is an Oscar-nominated American film actress who starred in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill film series.

Thurman's latest film, Motherhood, was set for limited release in the U.S. on October 16, 2009. Thurman plays a stay-at-home Manhattan mom struggling to balance kids and a burgeoning writing career. The movie co-stars Anthony Edwards and Minnie Driver.

Uma Thurman's mother was a fashion model and her father was the first American to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist. She grew up feeling extremely uncomfortable about her body and was often made fun of in school.

After some minor successes, she started working on bigger projects such as Mad Dog and Glory, in which she starred opposite Robert De Niro, and Gus Van Sant's Even Cowgirls Ge the Blues. Neither of these films were particularly well received.

Thurman's big break out success came when she partnered up in 1994 with director Quentin Tarantino for the film Pulp Fiction. Her character portrayal had audiences and critics taking notice of her ability. She again teamed up with Tarantino in 2003 to play the lead in his Kill Bill two part film series, which established her as a top leading woman in Hollywood.

On December 8, 2009, news publications began reporting that Uma Thurman called off her engagement with Swiss millionaire Arpad Busson, otherwise known as "Arki"http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20320113,00.html The couple began dating in 2007 after meeting in Milan, and had been engaged for nearly a year.http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/12/08/2009-12-08_uma_thurman_splits_from_multimillionaire_fiance_arpad_busson_.html The multi-millionaire proposed to the Kill Bill star with an eight carat diamond ring, and although the couple called off their engagement, they remain "friends".http://www.hollyscoop.com/uma-thurman/uma-thurman-calls-off-engagement_22368.aspx

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• April 29, 1970: Born

• 1988: Dangerous Liaisons

• 1994: Pulp Fiction

• 1996: The Truth About Cats & Dogs

• 1997: Batman & Robin

• 1997: Gattaca

• 2003: Kill Bill: Vol. 1

• 2004: Kill Bill: Vol. 2

• 2005: Be Cool

• 2005: The Producers

• 2006: My Super Ex-Girlfriend

• 2007: In Bloom