Uma Thurman joins Smash

Uma Thurman has landed a major 5-episode arc on NBC's Smash. How exciting.

She will play a "famous and somewhat difficult movie star" according to THR. Smash is scheduled to debut following The Voice on Monday, Feb. 6 at 10 p.m.

On the Monday after the Super Bowl... a star is born!

From THR:

Uma Thurman has been recruited for a major arc on NBC's midseason musical drama Smash.

The Oscar-nominated actress will guest star in five episodes of the series, playing a character who is described as a "famous and somewhat difficult movie star who flirts with the idea of starring in Marilyn," the musical about Marilyn Monroe.

Thurman, best known for toplining Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction, has recently starred in The Producers, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, My Zinc Bed and Motherhood, and will appear in the upcoming Eloise in Paris. Thurman won a Golden Globe for appearing in 2002's television movie Hysterical Blindness.