Editing Uma Thurman (section)

===Early prominence and ''Pulp Fiction'' (1990–1995)===
In 1990, Thurman appeared with [[Fred Ward]] and [[Maria de Medeiros]] in ''[[Henry & June]]'', a sexually provocative drama about the relationship and affairs between writer [[Henry Miller]] and his wife [[June Miller]] in 1931 Paris. This film was the first to receive an [[NC-17]] rating and partly because many American newspapers refused to advertise films with the new rating, it did not get [[wide release]] in the United States. However, it won Thurman good notices; ''The New York Times'' wrote: "Thurman, as the Brooklyn-accented June, takes a larger-than-life character and makes her even bigger, though the performance is often as curious as it is commanding."<ref>{{cite news|last=Maslin|first=Janet|title=Review/Film; A Writer's Awakening to the Erotic|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/05/movies/review-film-a-writer-s-awakening-to-the-erotic.html|url-status=live|work=The New York Times|date=October 5, 1990|access-date=September 23, 2021|url-access=registration|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405211235/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/05/movies/review-film-a-writer-s-awakening-to-the-erotic.html|archive-date=April 5, 2021}}</ref> After playing [[Maid Marian]] in the 1991 British adventure film ''[[Robin Hood (1991 British film)|Robin Hood]]'', Thurman began filming ''Dylan Thomas'', a biopic on Welsh poet [[Dylan Thomas]] starring her then-husband [[Gary Oldman]] with herself as [[Caitlin Thomas]], however the project was shut down shortly after filming began.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dworkin|first=Susan|date=November 8, 1992|title=A Vicious Undertaking|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/08/magazine/a-vicious-undertaking.html|url-status=live|work=The New York Times|url-access=registration|access-date=September 23, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210320002451/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/08/magazine/a-vicious-undertaking.html|archive-date=March 20, 2021}}</ref> Thurman went on to star as the patient of a San Francisco psychiatrist in the [[neo-noir film|neo-noir]] drama ''[[Final Analysis]]'' (1992), opposite [[Richard Gere]] and [[Kim Basinger]], and as a blind woman romantically involved with a former policeman in the thriller ''[[Jennifer 8]]'' (also 1992), with [[Andy García]].

Thurman portrayed a young woman with unusually big thumbs in [[Gus Van Sant]]'s [[Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (film)|1993 adaptation]] of [[Tom Robbins]]' novel ''[[Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (novel)|Even Cowgirls Get the Blues]]''. The film was a critical and commercial failure, eventually earning Thurman a [[Golden Raspberry Award]] nomination for [[Golden Raspberry Awards|Worst Actress]]. ''The Washington Post'' described her acting as shallow and remarked: "Thurman's strangely passive characterization doesn't go much deeper than drawling and flexing her prosthetic thumbs".<ref>Brown, Joe (May 20, 1994). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/evencowgirlsgetthebluesrbrown_a0ae18.htm "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues"]. ''[[The Washington Post]]''. Retrieved April 27, 2020.</ref> Also in 1993, she starred as a waitress opposite [[Robert De Niro]] and [[Bill Murray]] in the drama ''[[Mad Dog and Glory]]'' and auditioned for [[Stanley Kubrick]] while he was casting for his eventually unrealized adaptation of the novel ''[[Wartime Lies#Film Adaptions|Wartime Lies]]''.<ref>{{cite web|first=Shawn |last=Adler |title=Uma Thurman Confesses to Kubrick's 'Wartime Lies' |publisher=MTV |date=April 29, 2008 |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/2429955/uma-thurman-confesses-to-kubricks-wartime-lies/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005150105/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/04/29/uma-thurman-confesses-to-kubricks-wartime-lies/ |archive-date=October 5, 2015 |access-date=January 19, 2022}}</ref>

[[File:Uma Thurman 01.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Thurman at the [[51st Venice International Film Festival|1994 Venice International Film Festival]]]]
In [[Quentin Tarantino]]'s neo-noir [[black comedy]] ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' (1994), Thurman played [[Mia Wallace]], the wife of a Los Angeles mobster. Several actresses were considered for the role, but Tarantino wanted Thurman after their first meeting.<ref>Dawson (1995), p. 155.</ref> The film grossed $213.9&nbsp;million worldwide<ref>[https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pulpfiction.htm ''Pulp Fiction''], Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 16, 2010.</ref> and received widespread acclaim, appearing on many critics' lists of the [[List of films considered the best|greatest films ever made]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2007/06/18/new-classics-movies/ |title=The New Classics: Movies |magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=June 18, 2007 |access-date=January 19, 2022}}</ref> She dominated most of the movie's promotional material; Mia is considered one of the most iconic female film characters of the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|last=O'Keefe|first=Meghan|title=How Did Mia Wallace Give Us The Most Iconic Fashion Moment On Film Of The Last 20 Years?|date=October 14, 2014|url=http://decider.com/2014/10/14/mia-wallace-fashion/|website=[[Decider (website)|Decider]]|access-date=April 27, 2020}}</ref><ref>Harman, Justine (September 23, 2014). [http://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/news/a14985/mia-wallaces-fashion-in-pulp-fiction/ Why That Outfit: Mia Wallace's Mob Wife Basics In 'Pulp Fiction']. ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]''. Retrieved April 27, 2020.</ref> ''The Washington Post'' asserted that Thurman was "serenely unrecognizable in a black wig, [and] is marvelous as a zoned-out gangster's girlfriend".<ref>Howe, Desson (October 14, 1994). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/pulpfictionrhowe_a01b66.htm 'Pulp Fiction' (R)]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved April 27, 2020.</ref> For her performance, Thurman was nominated for the [[Golden Globe]] and the [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] and launched into the celebrity [[A-list]]. She took little advantage of her new-found fame by choosing not to do any big-budget films for the next three years.<ref>{{cite web|author=Wills, Dominic|title=Uma Thurman Biography|publisher=Tiscali|url=http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/uma_thurman_biog/6|access-date=December 29, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070507080424/http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/uma_thurman_biog/6|archive-date=May 7, 2007}}</ref> In a 2003 interview with ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine, Tarantino, who considers Thurman his muse, remarked that she was "up there with [[Greta Garbo|Garbo]] and [[Marlene Dietrich|Dietrich]] in goddess territory".<ref name="Tyrangiel">{{cite magazine |last=Tyrangiel |first=Josh |title=The Tao of Uma |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,1005778,00.html |magazine=Time |access-date=January 19, 2022 |date=September 29, 2003}}</ref>