Catherine Zeta Jones's Bio
Name: Catherine Zeta Jones
Birth Name: Catherine Jones
Height: 5'8"
Nationality: British
Birth Date: September 25, 1969
Birth Place: Swansea, Wales, U.K.
Occupation: actress
Husband/Wife: Michael Douglas (actor, married on November 18, 2000; 1 son)
Relationship: Mick Hucknall (musician), Jon Peters (producer), Angus MacFadyen (actor), John Leslie
Father: David (Welsh; runs a candy factory)
Mother: Pat (Irish; a seamstress)
Brother: David (older), Lyndon (younger)
Grand Mother: Kathleen Fair (died in June 2001)
Son: Dylan Michael Douglas (born on August 8, 2000 at 5:52 pm; father: Michael Douglas)
Claim to fame: as Elena Montero in The Mask of Zorro (1998)
Awards: 2003 best supporting actress Oscar for her role in CHICAGO; Named supporting actress of the year for ShoWest 2003 for her portrayal of murderess Velma Kelly in CHICAGO; Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress - Action in 2000 for ENTRAPMENT.
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BIOGRAPHY:
It’s the classic story, in fact, the 42nd Street story: unknown actress from small town (in this case Mumbles, Wales) gets her big break when she goes on in understudied role one night. She’s cast as the star (of 42nd Street) and goes on to fame and fortune.
Catherine Zeta Jones was an accomplished singer and dancer as a youngster, touring with a local amateur performing troupe. At age 11, she was playing the title role in local productions of Annie and, at 13, a lead role in Bugsy Malone. At 14 she was hired for a touring production of The Pajama Game, and then moved to London to pursue acting full-time. She moved up from second understudy to showstopping star in that West End production of 42nd Street when only 16 years old.
From London, the strikingly beautiful actor traveled to France, and made her feature film debut in Les 1001 Nuits/Scheherazade (1990). In 1991, at 22 years of age, she took on the role of the eldest daughter in the British television series, The Darling Buds of May. During Darling Bud’s three-year run, she appeared in two American productions, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV - 1992), and Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992); and the British feature films Out of the Blue (1991) and Splitting Hairs (1993). Before leaving England “to escape the British tabloids,” Jones took to the London stage for an English National Opera production of Street Scenes.
A huge star in the United Kingdom, Jones was almost unknown in Hollywood, but worked steadily through her first few years with The Return of the Native (TV - 1994),The Cinder Path (1994), Catherine The Great (TV mini-series - 1995), Blue Juice (1995), The Phantom (1996), and Titanic (TV docu-drama - 1996). It was on the strength of that Titanic performance that producer Steven Spielberg convinced the director of Mask of Zorro to cast Jones as Zorro’s ‘Elena’. That swashbuckling heroine role earned the actor a 1999 ShoWest award for Best Supporting Actress, and led to roles in The Haunting (1999) and Entrapment (1999). Jones was awarded the 1999 European People’s Choice Film Award for Best Actress for the latter. Her popularity continued as she was named to People Magazine’s 10 Best-Dressed List in September of 1999.
Jones and fiancй, actor Michael Douglas, have recently announced imminent joint-parenthood and wedding plans. Jones, in fact, turned down a starring role in the upcoming Beyond Borders due to her pregnancy. Set for release in 2000, though, are her films Traffic, High Fidelity and The Tenth Victim. With a new production company (“Zeta”), motherhood, marriage, and star-status, Jones has a full plate in the immediate future. The actor, once described as “a smart piece of fluff,” is now a solid Hollywood
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