Do we like Uma Thurman?
Our score: 8 out of 10. A clean record on harm and a good one on decency, held back only by thin evidence on trans issues and on her charity work.
Uma Thurman was born in Boston in 1970 and spent most of her childhood in Massachusetts. She was scouted at 14, left school at 15 to model, and was on British Vogue covers by 1985. Dangerous Liaisons put her on the map in 1988, Pulp Fiction made her a star in 1994 with Golden Globe and Oscar nominations, and Kill Bill turned her into an icon in 2003 and 2004.
The big story is 2018. Thurman told the New York Times that Harvey Weinstein had attacked her in London after Pulp Fiction, in what she described as two alleged assaults. His lawyer called the accusations false but acknowledged an “awkward pass” about 25 years earlier, said Weinstein regretted it and that he apologised straight away. That lawyer also said the team would consider legal action against her, which she copped for speaking up.
The same interview had her telling the story of the Kill Bill car crash. She said she was pushed to drive a car with mechanical problems, that she was left with a damaged neck and knees, and that Tarantino and Miramax would only hand over the footage if she signed away her right to hold them responsible. Months later she told Entertainment Weekly she would consider working with Tarantino again, saying “I understand him”. That is a fairly generous line from someone with that history.
Now the harm check. In 2011 she filmed a video for the Human Rights Campaign backing marriage equality, calling it “a conservative value”. In 2021 she wrote a column opposing the Texas abortion law, saying it would become a human rights crisis for American women. We found no harmful words or acts from her, and nothing at all on trans issues, which is a gap rather than a pass on that point.
Nothing new has surfaced lately beyond her work. She plays the villain in the ballet thriller Pretty Lethal, which went to Prime Video in March 2026. She told People she doesn't “particularly like violence” and only returned to action for scripts where it felt justified. We didn't find anything worrying in the company she keeps on screen, though that check was lighter than we'd like.
On the good stuff, her Thanksgiving 2017 Instagram post thanked those with the courage to stand up for others, then turned on Weinstein and his enablers. That was before she told her own story. Her 2021 column was also a personal risk, because she put a private ordeal on the public record to shield women who would be hit by the law. We couldn't verify details of her charity work to the standard this page needs, so we're not claiming any.