She is the most intelligent of all Hollywood actresses. With the easy hand of her first husband, Gary Oldman, she is called the "Angel of Hollywood." After the divorce from Uma, he said: "Would you be able to live with an angel?" This, probably, is really very difficult. But it's even harder to be that angel. Who is she really? She is Uma Thurman - blissful ...
Beautiful ugly girl.
She was called Uma Karuna in honor of the Hindu goddess of harmony: "God's gift" or "bestowing bliss." It is unlikely that there was at least one girl in America with the name given to her daughter by Robert Thurman, a professor at Columbia University, an expert on Eastern religions, and at the same time the first American who became a Buddhist monk. Of course, by April 29, 1970, when Uma was born, the monastic life for her father was a passed stage. But he rewarded the children with very exotic names: the Uma brothers are called Dehen, Ganden and Mipama. His wife chose a spouse for himself. Swede by origin and psychotherapist by profession, in his youth Nena Schlebrugg was a model. She was born Baroness von Schlebrugg, she inherited the beauty of the famous secular lady, a lover of outrageous Baroness Brigitte Homkvist, who was famous for her beauty and naked posed for a statue that now rises in the square of the port city of Trelborg. In the US, Nena, like many others, was carried away by counterculture and LSD, but for her this hobby ended not with a drug treatment clinic, as for many, but with a marriage to the psychedelic guru Timothy Leary herself, from which she went to Robert Turman. In the house of the mind, Uma was unhappy. Parents lived their own complex spiritual life, talked with children on serious topics, but did not give them warmth and comfort at all. The boys took it lightly, and Uma suffered. In addition, in adolescence, everyone around him considered Uma very ugly. Because of the high growth in the school, she was teased with "dildo" and "mare", because of the long nose - "fish-hammer". And she herself lamented what a terrible nose she had, an asymmetrical face, how clumsy and clumsy she was, and most importantly, what her huge and ugly feet were of a non-feminine size of 43! But Uma, like most American girls, dreamed of acting.
After finishing school, Uma realized that she could no longer live in her family, and left for New York, where she tried to get into the actresses. She worked, like many beginning stars, a dishwasher, went to auditions. Tired of such a life, Uma decided to take advantage of her mother's old connections. She was tall and thin, hoping to become a model in the fashion shows. But photographers noticed and appreciated her original appearance, and moonlighted Uma, not pacing on the podium, but posing for fashion editions. It was incredibly surprising to her: how could someone consider her face attractive enough to adorn the pages of magazines? And then Uma was invited to the cinema. Her first roles were passing: for example, the role of a young seductress in the thriller "Kiss my daddy for the night." But in all before a single film the former ugly girl played irresistible beauties.
Sex symbol for intellectuals.
The ugly duckling turned into a beautiful swan. Happy for Uma was 1998, when the screens came one by one, "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen", where Uma appeared in the image of Botticelli's Venus on the animated picture, and "Dangerous ties", where her heroine, the naive and charming Cecilde Volange, was seduced by an experienced debauchee John Malcovic as Viscount de Valmont. I must say, they so convincingly played lovers, that many journalists hastened to inform the public that in life these two are not indifferent to each other. Uma indignantly denied the rumors.
Genuine glory came to her after the movie "Henry and June," where Uma played the wife of writer-pornographer Henry Miller. The picture was banned from seeing people under the age of 17, and Uma Thurman was called a "sex symbol for intellectuals". It began to write fans, including not quite normal. For example, one young man sent a knife with a note: "Do you want me to kill myself?"
Uma could be proud of such a flattering popularity, but she was frightened and upset. Became more meticulous about the choice of roles, agreed primarily to those films where she was not required to demonstrate sexuality, from photo sessions and did refuse. But she was still too young and not so well-known as to allow herself such whims. "I'd rather be unemployed than a sex symbol," she declared, when she was reproached with excessive legibility, "I do not want to live in a world where sex is an international currency." It should be noted that for any kind of sex symbol, even intended for intellectuals, Uma led a surprisingly chaste way of life. She did not have a boyfriend. Paparazzi fell into despair at the impossibility of making a spicy material about her. In turn, she attributed the novels to Robert de Niro, Mick Jagger, Richard Gyro and Timothy Hatton ... "I was put in bed with everyone I drank coffee with," Uma said indignantly. In response, the journalists declared her to be a lesbian and "went to bed with the few girlfriends she had. Meanwhile, the men just went crazy about her. "She is so clever that she even becomes frightened when talking to her. Firstly, you are afraid of being blinded by some magical beauty, and secondly, stunned by erudition, "Richard Gere told the press after several months of talking with Uma during the filming of the film" The Ultimate Analysis ". John Malkovich called her "Jane Mansfield with the mind of Einstein." Jane Mansfield is a 50s actress, a seductive pussy blonde who for Americans is a symbol of seduction even more than Marilyn Monroe ... But even this serious compliment, received from a man who knows the beauty of women, did not help Uma cope with the complexes with respect to appearance. She still does not like her face and body. "I often stand by the mirror for several minutes, but it does not help me to see myself as photographers see me. In my head there is no picture with my image. Only some tall, thin figure - nothing more, "complains Thurman. The famous perfumery company Lancome and fashion house Louis Vuitton chose her the face of their brands. For men, she seems sexy even in a blood-spattered sports suit. Women greedily catch all kinds of information about how Thurman creates such an attractive image: for example, the whole world heard a statement from Mind that she does not use mascara for eyelashes, or that she does not like perfume, preferring a "haze" from Detemer ( which immediately increased the demand for this product). But Uma still declares that he hates his "duck nose", the curve of the mouth and especially the giant feet ... But it was her feet that were simply driven by the director Quentin Tarantino, and he deliberately created scenes in which the actress could show them . Tarantino not only himself really saw the sexual attraction of Uma, but he was able to transfer it to the screen, showing the whole world in the film "Pulp Fiction". Uma Thurman became the only and main star for Tarantino. The role of the Black Mamba in "Kill Bill" he wrote precisely for Uma. And he did not want to take another actress when everything was ready for filming, and Uma was pregnant and decided to give birth. He preferred to wait.
Angel and Mephistopheles.
The first husband of Uma Thurman was Gary Oldman - a brilliant actor with a Mephistopheles appearance and a corresponding character. The authors of romance novels very much like to portray such couples: he is mature, experienced, vicious, she is young, tender and pure, but under her influence he is gradually changing for the better and in the final there is a cloudless family happiness ... Maybe some such dreams were cherished by a twenty-year-old chaste and tender Mind when, in October 1990, went under the aisle with Gary, who was 12 years older, had a bad reputation and suffered from chronic alcoholism. If so, her dreams soon broke to dust. Gary did not yield to re-education, and even on the contrary - tried to teach her to drink and smoke marijuana. Day and night in their house, Gary's half-replaced friends crowded, he himself disappeared for many days and did not want to explain anything when he did come back. Sometimes he did not return at all, and Ume was called from the police, and she had to go somewhere, call lawyers, pay bail, take her husband home, who did not feel the least gratitude and shouted to her: "Leave me alone, you devil's saint!" she tried to calm him down and propitiate him. She cooked light soups and mashed vegetable mashed potatoes, because Gary developed a gastritis from constant drinking. She looked at him with an enthusiastic, gentle, devoted look ...
Then Gary often recollected how he woke up after another binge, swollen and crumpled, tormented by a headache and nausea, to himself disgusting, and Mind looked at him with this look of hers, from which remorse aroused and it would be desirable or immediately to hang himself, or - to send its far away. Of course, Gary chose the latter and once again offended his meek young wife. It seemed that the love of Uma and her humility aroused in Gary all the worst. He became inclined to violence, stopped hiding treason and brought Uma to a nervous breakdown. Two years of marriage ended for Uma hospitalization, and then she immediately filed for divorce. Gary Oldman did not even try to hold her back. It seems that he himself breathed a sigh of relief. "She is innocent and pure. It was hard for me to match, "he told journalists gloomily. For almost ten years after that, Uma was afraid of serious relationships with men, and since her frivolous relations did not attract her at all, the tabloids again had nothing to profit from, and they began to come up with new stories about her. The most common was the version that Uma cohabits with Tarantino in love with her. Surely the director himself would not mind, but the actress felt that they should remain friends.
The second attempt.
With Etai Hawke she met on the set of "Gattaki". An intellectual who writes books and decisively prefers to play in the theater of cinema, Ethan turned out to be an ideal partner for Uma - not only on the screen, but in life. "He turned out to be a terrific person - with a kind heart, honest, extremely decent, gentle!" - Mind blushed in an interview that she gave right after the wedding. When Uma was married to Hawke on May 1, 1998, she was already clearly pregnant and on July 8 gave birth to Maya Ray's daughter. Heavy labor lasted 28 hours, Uma was on the verge of death. But when she came to herself and saw her daughter ... She had never loved anyone as much as this little girl! "During pregnancy I was in seventh heaven with happiness. And when the baby was born, heaven came down to earth. I do not care now whether I will continue to withdraw, "Uma enthusiastically said in her first post-partum interview. "I've never felt so good myself before!" What could be better than a family? I gave birth to the most perfect creature on earth. "
The happiness of motherhood was so comprehensive that Uma understood that she needed more children. Waiting according to the advice of doctors the necessary time, on January 15, 2002 she gave birth to Roan's son. And she said that she would not take part in the movie anymore, but devote herself to the family. "The family demands responsibility, discipline, love, self-knowledge, dedication and patience. All these qualities are the most important in life, but they are the most difficult to preserve. Nevertheless, the longer I am married, the more I like it! "- Uma said joyfully, posing for journalists in the company of her husband, two children and a little dog.
But all the same, family happiness was not her destiny. Apparently, there is something in the Mind that provokes men to commit bad deeds, because Ethan also broke. No, he did not drink and did not rowdy, but all the newspapers wrote about his intrigues with the models, and then he decided to leave for the Canadian beauty Jan Pertzow. When he announced this to Uma, she humbly replied: "Thank you for finding the strength to say this to me in person." Ethan was going to file for divorce, which was announced by the public in the face of ubiquitous journalists. And when several months later he decided to return, Uma accepted him literally with open arms: she did not hide her happiness about the return of her husband-traitor. "I realized that because of petty intrigues of my husband, I should not get divorced, besides, I want our children to have a full-fledged family," she explained in an interview. But their marriage was doomed. In 2004, Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke filed for divorce on a joint decision. Uma said that they remain friends. And then, forgetting about pride, made several attempts to return it. She even admitted in her longing publicly: "I do not have enough love and communication with him. I want to try to restore our relationship. We, I think, got excited, and it's not too late to correct the mistake. In fact, divorce is just a procedure that does not always reflect real feelings between people. I think that we still have a future with Ethan. " However, Ethan Hawke did not and did not want any future with Uma. And all his attempts to restore relations, he suppressed, and quite tough.
Her best lover.
In an interview dedicated to the release of the film "My Best Lover", where the beloved husband throws the heroine Thurman, and she finds solace in the embrace of her psychoanalyst's son, Uma opened her eyes. Apparently, this role was closer to her than all the previous ones, and Uma passed many of her own experiences to the heroine. "I understand her. My life was also a deadly car accident, and everyone knows about it. You know, as it happens: a happy family, and then bam, and the police take the corpses off the road and dragged the car fragments to the side of the road, "the actress said sadly. "I know exactly what my hero went through." I know what it's like to wake up in ten years in an empty bed. And again be alone. Again think that you planned in life is completely different, but all your plans flew into the tartaras ... But my heroine makes me pity - she is so panic afraid of getting old, and this is wrong! After all, thinking about your life, we become better in the course of time, we feel more comfortable with ourselves. In general, getting older is great! To be sad about this is silly. "
Uma himself found consolation in the arms far from being a boy. For her, the best lover at the moment is the 46-year-old businessman and millionaire Andre Balazh. They have been together for two years. But Uma, twice burned, is afraid to trust the man again, and without trust she does not think for herself of marriage. However, the couple acquired a common estate of 55 acres in the state of New York, where Uma moved with the children. So, perhaps, she is gradually melting and giving up her positions. Not so long ago, she said that she would like more children: two are not enough for her. André is ready to help her in this, he is ready for everything for her sake! He adores Mind: she is not only a famous actress and a beautiful woman, she is also cute, tender, kind, condescending, she is the best woman with whom he had to communicate, she is a real angel ... Maybe Uma was so convincing in the role of the Black Mamba, because she got a chance to splash out the rage that filled her on the screen. It's so hard to be an angel on our sinful land.