Uma Thurman continues to turn heads wherever she goes. It was no different when the then 45-year-old showed off her big feet while attending Ralph & Russo’s fashion show during Paris Fashion Week in January 2016.
Uma Thurman exudes elegance in a black velvet gown with voluminous puffed sleeves, complemented by oversized emerald earrings and a matching green clutch at Paris Fashion Week on January 25, 2016 (Credit: Radoslaw Nawrocki / WENN)
It may seem like Uma goes from one success to another, but her career has also seen some failures.
One of her least successful roles was as Dr. Pamela Isley / Poison Ivy in the 1997 American superhero film Batman & Robin. While it is considered one of the worst films ever made, Uma was one of the only actors in the movie who some critics praised for her performance. However, she was also nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress.
Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy shares a tense moment with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Mr. Freeze in the 1997 superhero film Batman & Robin (Credit: Warner Bros.)
Filming started on September 12, 1996, and wrapped in late January 1997 at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California.
Born on April 29, 1970, in Boston, Uma was 26 while filming and turned 27 on April 29, 1997. She was cast after director Joel Schumacher saw her on the cover of Vanity Fair while he was flying back from Mississippi after shooting the 1996 American courtroom crime drama film A Time to Kill.
Uma Thurman embodies the seductive and dangerous Poison Ivy as she carefully handles a plant specimen in the 1997 film Batman & Robin (Credit: Warner Bros.)
“Well,” Uma said about her role in an interview with HuffPost in March 2014, “it came out in a different time when people were still being bitchy about campy. Humor being campy and campy being a code word for gay has changed. I think one of the most beautiful things I will get to say I’ve witnessed in my lifetime is to have lived through part of the major movement of trying to quell persecution of human beings who have a different sexual orientation.”
“I think at the time the idea of taking a male superhero and having fun with it and someone using the c-word [campy] on it caused people to be very nasty. And that kind of nastiness was acceptable on those terms. And I think that’s the reason some people were particularly annoyed. They didn’t like seeing that tone applied to their heterosexual male icon,” she added.
Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy confronts Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Mr. Freeze in a scene from the 1997 film Batman & Robin (Credit: Warner Bros.)
The “Pulp Fiction” star looked classy in a black velvet dress, most likely from Ralph & Russo’s latest collection.
Uma Thurman stuns in a black velvet dress with voluminous sleeves, paired with emerald chandelier earrings and a matching green clutch, at Paris Fashion Week (Credit: Radoslaw Nawrocki / WENN)
Uma elevated the sleeveless dress with a voluminous black jacket adorned with dramatic puffed sleeves, adding a touch of regal elegance to her ensemble.
Uma Thurman styled her blonde hair in a sleek, shoulder-length cut, allowing her stunning emerald chandelier earrings to take center stage (Credit: Radoslaw Nawrocki / WENN)
Maya Ray Thurman Hawke’s mother proved she doesn’t age. Fans even mistook her for Jennifer Lawrence as she arrived at the venue!
Uma Thurman wears an all-black ensemble to the Ralph and Russo show held during Paris Fashion Week (Credit: Radoslaw Nawrocki / WENN)
Uma further glammed her look with oversized Chopard emerald chandelier earrings, perfectly matching her clutch. She wore her blonde hair down and sported soft pink makeup with smoky eyeshadow.
Uma Thurman completed her elegant look with a pair of strappy black sandals featuring sparkling crystal heels (Credit: Radoslaw Nawrocki / WENN)
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Uma Thurman flaunted her perfectly manicured toes in a bold red pedicure while wearing strappy Sophia Webster sandals with sparkling crystal heels (Credit: Radoslaw Nawrocki / WENN)
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