The Bride is the protagonist of Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill movies. Her real name is Beatrix Kiddo, and she trained under a martial arts master, becoming part of a group of elite assassins, the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad. She is known as The Bride because we first meet her at her wedding rehearsal, when Bill, her ex-boss and ex-lover, gatecrashes and murders everyone inside. The Bride is an extremely skilled fighter and assassin. Her codename is Black Mamba. The Bride is played by actress Uma Thurman.