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An interview with... Uma Thurman

Stunning, statuesque and quintessentially A-list, most people wouldn't think of Uma Thurman as an independent mother-of-two trying to balance family life with her career and creative ambitions. She tells Veronica Parker about the conflicts and contradictions of being a working mum

Even though Uma Thurman describes herself as, "An average gal," most of us see her as distinctly un-average. A critically acclaimed actress who has wielded her talent and icy good looks to great effect, Boston-born Uma Karuna Thurman has a glut of credits behind her. She's been the centre 
of lustful intrigue in Dangerous Liaisons, the goddess Venus in The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen, a gangster's moll in Pulp Fiction and a feisty fighter in Kill Bill. Her personal life has been equally as eventful. Freshly single, having recently split from her French financier fiancé, Arpad Busson, she has two children, Maya, 11, and Levon, 8, by second husband Ethan Hawke, having previously been briefly married to British actor Gary Oldman. But out of all this, Uma credits being a mother as the most challenging and rewarding part of her life.

"I love and adore being a mother. It's the greatest gift I've ever been given. Having children flips the game from being about you to about what you can create in a home and what your responsibilities are. I've thought about quitting acting, but I love what I do so much - it's the big conundrum of my life. So I'm fighting to keep my foot in the business, be creative and stimulated, and still take care of my children."

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