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- Uma Thurman Uma Thurman Info People who interview Uma Thurman seldom fail to compare her to screen legends like Dietrich, Garbo, and Bacall. Like those sirens of Hollywood's Golden Era, Thurman projects a Sphinx-like allure: it's not so much that she's beautiful (though she is) or that she's talented (though she is), but she shares with them a magnetic aura of self-possession, sophistication, and intelligence. Thurman was raised in an offbeat, bohemian household by intellectual parents. Her Swedish-born mother, Nena, was a psychotherapist who was briefly married to psychedelic guru Timothy Leary— that's about as offbeat as a person can get—before marrying one of his prized students, Robert A.F. Thurman. Uma's father has the distinction of being the first American to be ordained a Tibetan Buddhist monk (he has long since renounced his monastic life and is currently chairman of the religion department at Columbia University). Steeped in Buddhist faith and encouraged to be free thinkers, Uma and her three brothers, Dechen, Ganden, and Mipam (all four children were named for Hindu deities; "Uma" translates into "bestower of blessings"), developed a multicultural worldview, to say the least. The family lived for extended periods in India (while the children were in grade school), Amherst, Massachusetts, and Woodstock, New York. Even Stateside, the Thurman household had an international feel, as her father hosted monks from around the globe, and entertained his personal friend, the Dalai Lama, when he visited America. |
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