Top 20 Uma Thurman Movie Performances of All Time

From genre-defining icons to glamorous comedies and tragic period dramas, her range runs from katana-wielding fury to quiet heartbreak. Which one wins?

1. 1
   Mia Wallace (Pulp Fiction)

   Her Oscar-nominated turn as the cool, enigmatic mob wife in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 classic.
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2. 2
   The Bride (Kill Bill)

   The vengeful assassin Beatrix Kiddo in Tarantino's two-volume martial-arts epic, her signature action role.
   557pts
3. 3
   Medusa (Percy Jackson)

   The snake-haired Gorgon in the 2010 fantasy adventure The Lightning Thief.
   520pts
4. 4
   Jenny (My Super Ex-Girlfriend)

   The superhero with a jealous streak in the 2006 romantic comedy.
   124pts
5. 5
   Irene Cassini (Gattaca)

   A restrained, introspective performance as a genetically screened woman in the 1997 sci-fi drama.
   1pts
6. 6
   Ulla (The Producers)

   The glamorous Swedish bombshell secretary in the 2005 musical comedy.
   1pts
7. 7
   Poison Ivy (Batman & Robin)

   The seductive eco-terrorist villain in Joel Schumacher's 1997 comic-book blockbuster.
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8. 8
   Cecile (Dangerous Liaisons)

   Her breakout role as the innocent young ingenue in the 1988 period drama.
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9. 9
   Emma Peel (The Avengers)

   The sleek secret agent in the 1998 big-screen adaptation of the British spy series.
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10. 10
    Venus (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen)

    The goddess Venus in Terry Gilliam's 1988 fantasy, rising from a seashell in a Botticelli-inspired scene when Thurman was just seventeen.
11. 11
    June Miller (Henry & June)

    The volatile wife of writer Henry Miller in Philip Kaufman's 1990 drama about Anaïs Nin, the first film ever released with an NC-17 rating.
12. 12
    Maid Marian (Robin Hood)

    Maid Marian opposite Patrick Bergin in John Irvin's 1991 British Robin Hood, a spirited Norman noblewoman drawn into the outlaw's cause.
13. 13
    Glory (Mad Dog and Glory)

    The young woman handed to Robert De Niro's timid police photographer as repayment by Bill Murray's mobster in John McNaughton's 1993 drama.
14. 14
    Noelle (The Truth About Cats & Dogs)

    The sweet model who stands in for Janeane Garofalo's insecure radio vet in the 1996 romantic comedy that updates Cyrano de Bergerac.
15. 15
    Andera (Beautiful Girls)

    The worldly Chicago visitor who dazzles a small town's lovelorn men during a snowy class reunion in Ted Demme's 1996 ensemble drama.
16. 16
    Fantine (Les Misérables)

    Fantine, the tragic factory worker driven into poverty, in Bille August's 1998 adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel opposite Liam Neeson.
17. 17
    Amy Randall (Tape)

    The woman at the centre of an old high-school wrong in Richard Linklater's 2001 three-hander, shot in a single motel room with Ethan Hawke.
18. 18
    Debby Miller (Hysterical Blindness)

    A lonely New Jersey woman chasing love in the 1980s in the 2002 HBO film, a role that won Thurman the Golden Globe for Best Actress.
19. 19
    Madeleine Forestier (Bel Ami)

    The politically shrewd widow who shapes Robert Pattinson's ruthless rise through Paris society in the 2012 Maupassant adaptation Bel Ami.
20. 20
    Mrs. H (Nymphomaniac)

    The scorned wife who confronts her husband's lover with her children in tow, a celebrated scene in Lars von Trier's 2013 Nymphomaniac.

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