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==Personal life== ===Relationships=== Thurman met English actor [[Gary Oldman]] on the set of ''[[State of Grace (1990 film)|State of Grace]]''; they married in 1990 and divorced in 1992.<ref>{{cite news|date=June 28, 2008|title=Uma Thurman to wed again|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008022481_eye28.html|url-status=dead|work=The Seattle Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080629021609/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008022481_eye28.html|archive-date=June 29, 2008|access-date=April 27, 2020}}</ref> On May 1, 1998, she married American actor [[Ethan Hawke]], whom she met on the set of the 1997 film ''[[Gattaca]]''. Hawke's novel ''Ash Wednesday'' is dedicated to "Karuna", Thurman's middle name.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Their Kind of Reality|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jul-26-lv-angles26-story.html|date=July 26, 2002|first1=Gina |last1=Piccalo|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first2=Louise|last2=Roug|access-date=January 19, 2022}}</ref> Together, Thurman and Hawke have two children, a daughter, [[Maya Hawke|Maya]] (born in 1998), and a son, [[Levon Hawke|Levon]] (born in 2002).<ref name="obit">{{cite news|date=October 14, 2005|title=Obituaries|newspaper=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]|pages=B5 Metro|quote=Howard Green, 84, passed away Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005.... Survivors: Wife, Mary Utley Green; daughter, Leslie Green Hawke of Bucharest, Romania; grandson, Ethan Green Hawke and his offspring: Maya Thurman Hawke and Levon Green Hawke, of New York, N.Y....|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10D3E36BDF31CB48&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|access-date=February 28, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etonline.com/movies/211045_uma_thurman_opens_up_about_the_worst_decision_she_made_turning_down_a_role|title=Uma Thurman Opens Up About the 'Worst Decision' She's Made in Turning Down a Role|last=Chestang|first=Raphael|date=February 21, 2017|work=[[Entertainment Tonight]]|access-date=February 5, 2018}}</ref><ref name="people2005">{{cite news|url=https://people.com/celebrity/uma-calls-split-from-ethan-excruciating/|title=Uma Calls Split from Ethan 'Excruciating'|date=October 7, 2005|work = People|access-date=January 19, 2022 |first=Stephen M.|last=Silverman}}</ref> The couple separated in 2003, and the divorce was finalized in August 2005.<ref name="people2005" /> Thurman began dating London-based French financier [[Arpad Busson]] in 2007, and they announced their engagement in June 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2206974/Actress-Uma-Thurman-engaged-to-Arpad-Busson.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080630163438/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2206974/Actress-Uma-Thurman-engaged-to-Arpad-Busson.html|archive-date=June 30, 2008 |title=Actress Uma Thurman Engaged to Arpad Busson |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=London |date=June 27, 2008 |first=Anita |last=Singh |access-date=January 19, 2022 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In late 2009, they called off their engagement,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://people.com/celebrity/uma-thurman-calls-off-engagement/ |title=Uma Thurman Calls Off Engagement |date=December 8, 2009 |work = People|first1=Liza|last1=Hamm|first2=Bethany|last2=Lye Miga |access-date=January 19, 2022}}</ref> but reconciled soon after.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/parents/uma-thurman-pregnant-with-third-child/ |title=Uma Thurman Expecting Third Child|work = People|last=Leonard|first=Elizabeth|date=February 27, 2012|access-date=January 19, 2020}}</ref> The couple called off the engagement for the second time in April 2014.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Abrams |first1=Natalie |title=Uma Thurman and Arpad Busson Call Off Engagement Again |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/uma-thurman-engagement-1080783/ |website=TV Guide |access-date=January 19, 2022 |date=April 22, 2014}}</ref> Thurman and Busson have a daughter, Luna Thurman-Busson, born in July 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/parents/uma-thurman-arpad-busson-name-daughter-rosalind-arusha-arkadina-altalune-florence/|title=Uma Thurman Daughter's Name Revealed|date=October 17, 2012|work=People|access-date=April 27, 2020|quote="I would like to announce Uma and Arki's daughter's name for the first time officially: Rosalind Arusha Arkadina Altalune Florence Thurman-Busson, better known to family and friends as Luna," the actress's rep Gabrielle Kachman tells PEOPLE exclusively.}}</ref> In January 2017, Thurman and Busson began child custody negotiations in relation to their daughter,<ref name="Sawer">{{Cite news|first=Patrick|last=Sawer|title=Uma Thurman and her financier former partner in custody battle |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]| location = UK|date=January 14, 2017 |access-date=April 27, 2020|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/14/uma-thurman-financier-former-partner-custody-battle/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/14/uma-thurman-financier-former-partner-custody-battle/ |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-status=live|url-access=limited}}{{cbignore}}</ref> which resulted in Thurman receiving [[primary physical custody]] later that month.<ref name="Guglielmi">{{cite web|first=Jodi|last=Guglielmi|title=Uma Thurman and Arpad Busson End Custody Battle: Report|work = People|date= January 27, 2017 |access-date=August 28, 2017|url=http://people.com/movies/uma-thurman-arpad-busson-end-custody-battle/}}</ref> ===Stalking incidents and sexual assaults=== Thurman was the target of a stalker, Jack Jordan, from about 2004 to 2011.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=QTolCwAAQBAJ&q=Jack+Jordan+uma+thurman+2011%5C&pg=PT518 | title= Time-Life Mysteries of the Criminal Mind: The Secrets Behind the World's Most Notorious Crimes |publisher=[[Time-Life]] |year= 2015|isbn= 978-1618933539}}</ref> He was arrested in October 2007 and, following a trial in which Thurman testified as a witness, was convicted of stalking and harassment charges the following May.<ref>{{Cite news|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=UK|date=May 3, 2008|title=Uma Thurman 'stalker' tells of his affection|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1922951/Uma-Thurman-stalker-tells-of-his-affection.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1922951/Uma-Thurman-stalker-tells-of-his-affection.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-status=live|access-date=April 27, 2020|last1=Leonard|first1=Tom|url-access=subscription}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=WaPo050608>{{cite news|url =https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/06/AR2008050603231.html|title= Uma Thurman's Fixated Fan Found Guilty of Stalking|first=David|last= Segal|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]| date=May 7, 2008|access-date=April 27, 2020}}</ref> Sentenced to three years' probation, Jordan was arrested again in 2010 on charges of violating a restraining order by attempting to contact her.<ref name=CBSNews2010>{{cite web|url= https://www.cbsnews.com/news/uma-thurman-stalker-jack-jordan-arrested-for-second-time-after-contacting-her-new-york-office/|first= Caroline|last=Black |publisher=[[CBS News]]|date= December 1, 2010|access-date=August 28, 2017|title=Uma Thurman Stalker Jack Jordan Arrested for Second Time After Contacting Her New York Office}}</ref> He pleaded guilty in November 2011 after spending 11 months in jail in lieu of bail, and was released with time served.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/uma-thurman-stalker-free-man-article-1.981447|work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|location=New York|title=Uma Thurman's stalker is now a free man|date=November 22, 2011|access-date=April 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.eonline.com/news/216961/what-smoking-gun-uma-thurman-stalker-pleads-guilty-finally-freed|title= What Smoking Gun? Uma Thurman Stalker Pleads Guilty, Finally Freed|first=Gina|last=Serpe|publisher=[[E! News]]| date=December 17, 2010|access-date=August 25, 2017}}</ref> In 2017, in the wake of the [[Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations]], Thurman was interviewed, and, when asked about the scandal, she replied, "no comment," stating she was too angry to talk about the case.<ref>{{cite web|date=November 4, 2017|access-date=April 27, 2020|title=Uma Thurman Has Been Waiting 'to Feel Less Angry' When It Comes to Discussing Sexual Harassment and Assault in Hollywood|url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/11/uma-thurman-discusses-hollywood-sexual-assault.html|website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]|last=Ivie|first=Devon}}</ref> A few weeks later, through an [[Instagram]] post, she joined the "[[Me Too (hashtag)|Me Too]]" [[hashtag]], confirming that she had suffered [[sexual harassment]] and expressing disgust for [[Harvey Weinstein]].<ref>{{cite web|date=November 23, 2017|access-date=December 14, 2017|title=Uma Thurman breaks her angry silence to tell Harvey Weinstein 'a bullet is too good for you'|url=http://metro.co.uk/2017/11/23/uma-thurman-breaks-her-angry-silence-to-tell-harvey-weinstein-a-bullet-is-too-good-for-you-7104244/|last=Deen|first=Sarah|website=[[Metro (website)|Metro]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/11/24/media/uma-thurman-harvey-weinstein-metoo/index.html|title=Uma Thurman turns anger on Harvey Weinstein in Instagram post|last=Cullinane|first=Susannah|date=November 24, 2017|work=CNNMoney|access-date=November 24, 2017}}</ref> In a 2018 interview with ''[[The New York Times]]'', Thurman revealed that Weinstein had sexually assaulted her in 1994 at the [[Savoy Hotel]] in London. She also revealed that she had been sexually assaulted at age 16 by an actor nearly 20 years her senior.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|first=Maureen|last=Dowd|author-link=Maureen Dowd|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/03/opinion/sunday/this-is-why-uma-thurman-is-angry.html|url-status=live|title=This Is Why Uma Thurman Is Angry|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 3, 2018|access-date=September 23, 2021|url-access=registration|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180203161225/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/03/opinion/sunday/this-is-why-uma-thurman-is-angry.html|archive-date=February 3, 2018}}</ref> ===''Kill Bill'' car crash=== In the same 2018 ''New York Times'' interview, Thurman described how she had been in a serious car accident back in 2003 on the set of ''Kill Bill'', because Tarantino had insisted she perform her own driving stunts.<ref name=":0" /> Two weeks after the crash, she tried to see footage of the incident. Thurman stated that Miramax would only agree to show her the footage if she signed a contract "releasing them of any consequences of my future pain and suffering", which she refused.<ref name=":0" /> As a result of the crash, she sustained permanent injuries to her neck and knees.<ref name=":0" /> Tarantino later called this incident "the biggest regret of his life".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/tarantino-apology-polanksi-rape-victim-1.4526526|title=Tarantino apologizes to Roman Polanski rape victim|publisher=CBC News|location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada|date=February 8, 2018|access-date=February 11, 2018}}</ref> Thurman later clarified on [[Instagram]] that Tarantino had apologized to her for the incident and that she has since forgiven him,<ref>{{Cite news|first=Katie|last=Rife|url=https://www.avclub.com/uma-thurman-forgives-quentin-tarantino-but-not-harvey-w-1822745576|title=Uma Thurman forgives Quentin Tarantino—but not Harvey Weinstein—for crash on Kill Bill set|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|publisher=Dennis Media|location=London, England|date=February 5, 2018|access-date=February 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Be0x6OCFRwQ/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/Be0x6OCFRwQ |archive-date=December 23, 2021 |url-access=subscription|title=Uma Thurman's Instagram posting with short sequence of the car crash video |access-date=August 30, 2018 |quote=Quentin Tarantino, was deeply regretful and remains remorseful about this sorry event, and gave me the footage years later [...] he also did so with full knowledge it could cause him personal harm, and i am proud of him for doing the right thing and for his courage.}}{{cbignore}}</ref> being open to working with him again.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/05/uma-thurman-quentin-tarantino-reunion-tenth-film-car-crash-1201960720/|title=Uma Thurman Says 'Yes' to Reuniting With Quentin Tarantino, but His Planned Retirement Could Get in the Way|last=Sharf|first=Zack|date=May 5, 2018|website=[[IndieWire]]|access-date=August 14, 2018}}</ref>
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