--- title: Uma Thurman Addresses Everyone Who Freaked Out About Her Face description: The work of a makeup artist — and not a surgeon canonical: https://time.com/3706982/uma-thurman-face-makeup/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-12T15:32:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:02.209Z og:title: Uma Thurman Says New Look was a Change of Makeup og:description: Blame the makeup artist — not a surgeon og:url: https://time.com/3706982/uma-thurman-face-makeup/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8fc214aa144b916/69877e7ae20a878186a85051/ap717173372794.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3419 og:image:height: 1923 og:image:alt: Uma Thurman og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Uma Thurman Says New Look was a Change of Makeup twitter:description: Blame the makeup artist — not a surgeon twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8fc214aa144b916/69877e7ae20a878186a85051/ap717173372794.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Uma Thurman Says New Look Was a Change of Makeup > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Feb 12, 2015 3:32 PM UTC  Uma Thurman attends NBC's "The Slap" miniseries premiere party at the New Museum on Monday, Feb. 9, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP) Uma Thurman attends NBC's "The Slap" miniseries premiere party at the New Museum on Monday, Feb. 9, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP) Andy Kropa—Andy Kropa /Invision/AP by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Feb 12, 2015 3:32 PM UTC “What has Uma Thurman done to her face?” [headlines](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2946833/Uma-Thurman-s-suspiciously-smooth-forehead-tight-smile-leave-looking-virtually-unrecognisable-Slap-premiere.html) across the Internet screamed Monday, after pictures emerged of the allegedly “[unrecognizable](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/uma-thurman-sports-new-article-1.2109433)” actress walking the red carpet for the premiere of her new mini-series _The Slap_. “It looks like \[Renee Zellweger\] has company,” [_USA Today_](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2015/02/10/uma-thurman-new-face-renee-zellweger/23191755/)wrote, in reference to the media [frenzy](http://time.com/3529377/renee-zellweger-face-plastic-surgery/) over the _Jerry Maguire_ star’s similar change in appearance, which prompted rumors of plastic surgery. (Zellweger [responded](http://www.people.com/article/renee-zellweger-speaks-out-different-look) that the conjecture was “silly.”) Well, Thurman addressed the [crazed speculation](http://time.com/3703410/uma-thurman-face-red-carpet/) head-on in an appearance on _The Today Show_ Thursday morning with the statement: “I don’t know, I guess nobody liked my makeup.” That’s right, makeup. ### Celebrities Who Look Uncannily Alike  Jessica Chastain & Bryce Dallas Howard Getty Images (2)  Orlando Bloom & Luke Evans Getty Images (2)  Javier Bardem & Jeffrey Dean Morgan Getty Images (2)  Minka Kelly & Leighton Meester Getty Images (2)  Daniel Radcliffe & Elijah Wood Getty Images (2)  Will Ferrell & Chad Smith Getty Images (2)  Henry Cavill & Matt Bomer Getty Images (2)  Tom Hardy & Logan Marshall-Green Getty Images (2)  Natalie Portman & Keira Knightley Getty Images (2)  Nikolaj Coster-Waldau & Josh Holloway Getty Images (2)  Mark Ruffalo & Chris Messina Getty Images (2)  Jeremy Irons & Daniel Day-Lewis Getty Images (2)  Johnny Depp & John Mayer Getty Images (2)  Mila Kunis & Sarah Hyland Getty Images (2)  Zachary Quinto & Eli Roth Getty Images (2)  Will Arnett & Patrick Wilson Getty Images (2)  Ryan Gosling & Ryan Reynolds Getty Images (2) Makeup artist Troy Surratt said that he “experimented” with the actresses’ look, in an interview with [_Refinery 29._](http://www.refinery29.com/2015/02/82087/uma-thurman-no-eye-makeup-pictures)“We did a much stronger brow and a bold lip for a French sort of feel. The way I shaded her eyebrows with the pencil, I created an uplifting effect. Then, I finished with a shimmering, silky-beige shadow on her lids, and went with no mascara at all. Sort of a reaction against all the fake lashes we’ve been seeing on the red carpet.” “I’ve been doing this for years and years and years, people say things nice and they say things mean and it’s like whatever,” said Thurman, who has officially learned her lesson for not wearing mascara. “You take the good with the bad.” _Read next:_ [_Speculation over Uma Thurman’s face proves how limited actresses’ options are_](http://time.com/3703410/uma-thurman-face-red-carpet/?xid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3706982/uma-thurman-face-makeup/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3706982/uma-thurman-face-makeup/"},"headline":"Uma Thurman Says New Look Was a Change of Makeup","datePublished":"2015-02-12T15:32:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:02.209Z","description":"The work of a makeup artist — and not a surgeon","url":"https://time.com/3706982/uma-thurman-face-makeup/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8fc214aa144b916/69877e7ae20a878186a85051/ap717173372794.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8fc214aa144b916/69877e7ae20a878186a85051/ap717173372794.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Uma Thurman","caption":"Uma Thurman","creditText":"Andy Kropa—Andy Kropa /Invision/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3706982/uma-thurman-face-makeup/","name":"Uma Thurman Says New Look Was a Change of Makeup"}}]}] ```