As has been well documented, Hollywood doesn't tend to offer an overabundance of worthwhile roles to women over the age of 35. So, in order to find stuff to do that would hold her interest, Uma Thurman ventured beyond the boundaries of mass media. She has since found herself acting on stage for flesh-and-blood audiences instead of cameras.
In 2017, she played the lead in "The Parisian Woman," a Broadway production written by "House of Cards" showrunner Beau Willimon. Two years later, she performed the lead role in "Ghosts," penned by 19th century playwright Henrik Ibsen, at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
"Ibsen's work, having studied it in high school a bit, was one of the things that drew me to want to be an actress," Thurman told the Boston Globe in 2019. "Ibsen's women are so fascinating and deep and complicated and truly require every scrap of talent one has to get through them."
