At the beginning of casting Tarantino and Miramax were considering Isabella Rossellini and Meg Ryan for the part. Other actresses considered included Daryl Hannah See more

Mia was modeled after actress Anna Karina, a prominent figure of the French New Wave and muse of Jean-Luc Godard. For Mia's look in the film, costume designer See more

Raven McCoy was Mia's character on Fox Force Five. She is the deadliest woman in the world with a knife, raised by circus performers, who knows a massive amount of old jokes she learned from her grandfather, a Vaudeville performer. McCoy is a reference … See more

The famous dance scene between Mia and Vincent Vega took inspiration from Disney's The Aristocats and a scene from Jean-Luc Godard's Bande à part featuring Anna Karina and Claude Brasseur. It also took inspiration from a scene in Federico Fellini See more

"Vincent Vega and Marsellus Wallace's Wife"
Mia is the wife of the crime boss Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames). Before meeting Marsellus, Mia was … See more

Other portrayals and character inspiration
In 2014, for the 20th anniversary of Pulp Fiction a play was produced based on the films of Tarantino. In … See more

Critical response
Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote that Uma Thurman's performance "is marvelous here, … See more