Movie veteran Uma Thurman was named after a Hindu goddess, but she never felt like one. “I had a funny name, a funny face, big nose, and people told me I was more ugly than pretty,” she recalls. But today, Uma is comfortable in her own skin and her looks have helped her become a superstar.

Here are Uma’s 10 favorite roles and what the 55-year-old actress says they mean to her.

Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

“I could not stand being the inflatable sex doll everyone wanted me to be. I was naive, sexually. And it felt paralyzing to be thrust into this overtly sexual image which had nothing to do with who I was.”

Batman & Robin (1997)

“It’s the [‘Batman’ film] that was actually made for children. That costume was really difficult! It was all rubber. And you had to pull it on. It was like wearing the meanest sort of spandex.”

Pulp Fiction (1994)

“I couldn’t possibly pass on the challenge, the thrill, the joy of doing a dance with John Travolta. I am of the ‘Grease’ age. I was 12 years old when it came out and had that experience which all girls did — fall in love with John Travolta!”

Hysterical Blindness (2002)

After “laughing and crying” at the play, she signed on for the TV film — and won a Golden Globe. “I could see myself in the characters…I found it refreshing to have a view from the inside out, about how women feel about themselves.”

Smash (2012)

“I never built a niche for myself. Some of that was because I didn’t want the niches I could have had — the romantic heroine, the victim, the girl who needs to be rescued. I didn’t want to find some- thing that works and just stick to it.”

Kill Bill (2003)

“I myself don’t really like violence. But I have made some films that have violence. And violence is in the world. It’s part of a lot of great artists’ work. I don’t find it enjoyable. But it has its place in the arts.”

The Parisian Woman (2017)

As for appearing on Broadway: “Eight shows a week is really, really tough. It’s emotional. It’s about complex, modern relationships. And I’m a very modern woman.”

The House That Jack Built (2018)

She says of working with director Lars von Trier, “It’s a very difficult script. He liked to tease that I was obviously illiterate because I would have to be crazy to be in the movie. It’s savage. It’s brutal. It’s about brutality — sad, twisted humor that’s also tragic and horrifying.”

The Slap (2015)

For Uma, it was “a no-brainer” to do the mini- series about a neighbor who hits someone else’s child. “You see a person lose their temper. It happens all the time in this country, but it doesn’t often happen neces- sarily outside of a family.”

Les Misérables (1998)

Playing Victor Hugo’s famed prostitute Fantine, Uma imagined her as no one else had done before: “In a way, she’s a provocateur of things to come. She’s not a victim. She doesn’t just accept her fate!”