What actress played the Bride in the "Kill Bill" movies?

Uma Thurman played the Bride, Beatrix Kiddo, in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill movies. She stars as the revenge-driven former assassin in Kill Bill: Volume 1, released in 2003, and Kill Bill: Volume 2, released in 2004.

The Bride was once a member of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, led by Bill. After leaving the group while pregnant, she is attacked at her wedding rehearsal and left in a coma. She eventually awakens and begins hunting down the people responsible, including Bill.

Thurman and Tarantino developed the character while working together on Pulp Fiction. Tarantino wrote the role specifically for her, and she received credit alongside him for creating the character. The Bride's codename is Black Mamba, but her real name, Beatrix Kiddo, is concealed for much of the first film.

A common mix-up is confusing the character's name with the actress's: “the Bride” is Beatrix Kiddo, while Uma Thurman is the performer who portrays her.