French cosmetics firm Lancome sues Uma Thurman over the use of her name and face in advertising campaigns. The actress claims the company used her name on Canadian billboards and Asian Web sites after the contract expired and she demands for $1 million for compensation. Lancome said it did not violate the contract with her and asked for a ruling against her.

According to the contract, the company agreed to pay Thurman $5.8 million for the first two years and $3.1 million for each additional year, the Associated Press noted. They signed the contract in April 2008 for two years with an extended period of another two years.

“I thought we were negotiating in good faith,” Thurman’s lawyer, Bertram Fields said Thursday, according to the AP. “I guess the French decided to strike a pre-emptive blow.”

Lancome’s lawyer, Peter D Raymond, said the company “couldn’t control everybody out in the world.”

“I’m delighted that the case will go before a jury,” Uma Thurman’s lawyer said.

“They got an enormous benefit throughout the world after the contract was over, and $1 million doesn't begin to do it.”

Uma Thurman is an Academy Award-nominated actress who played in a large variety of films, ranging from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action thrillers. She rose to fame with the films Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Pulp Fiction (1994), Gattaca (1997) and Kill Bill (2003-04).