Catherine Zeta-Jones CBE (/ˈziË tÉ™/; born 25 September 1969)[a] is a
Welsh actress. Born and raised in Swansea, Zeta-Jones aspired to be an
actress from a young age. As a child, she played roles in the West End
productions of the musicals Annie and Bugsy Malone. She studied
musical theatre at the Arts Educational Schools, London and made her
stage breakthrough with a leading role in a 1987 production of 42nd
Street. Her screen debut came in the unsuccessful French-Italian film
1001 Nights (1990), and she went on to find greater success as a
regular in the British television series The Darling Buds of May
(1991â€"1993). Dismayed at being typecast as the token pretty girl in
British films, Zeta-Jones relocated to Los Angeles.Zeta-Jones
established herself in Hollywood with roles that highlighted her sex
appeal, such as in the action film The Mask of Zorro (1998) and the
heist film Entrapment (1999). She received acclaim for her
performances as a vengeful pregnant woman in Traffic (2000) and a
murderous singer in the musical Chicago (2002); for the latter she won
Academy and BAFTA Awards for Best Supporting Actress. She starred in
high-profile films for much of the decade, including the black comedy
Intolerable Cruelty (2003), the heist film Ocean's Twelve (2004), the
comedy The Terminal (2004), and the romantic comedy No Reservations
(2007). Parts in smaller-scale features were followed by a decrease in
workload, during which she returned to the stage and played an aging
actress in A Little Night Music (2009), winning a Tony Award.
Zeta-Jones continued to work intermittently in the 2010s, starring in
the films Side Effects (2013) and Red 2 (2013), as well as the
television miniseries Feud (2017), in which she portrayed Olivia de
Havilland.Zeta-Jones is the recipient of several accolades, including
an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award and a Tony Award, and
in 2010, she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British
Empire (CBE) for her film and humanitarian endeavours. She supports
various charities and causes, and is a prominent celebrity endorser of
brands. Her struggle with depression and bipolar II disorder has been
well documented by the media. She is married to American actor Michael
Douglas, with whom she has two children.
Welsh actress. Born and raised in Swansea, Zeta-Jones aspired to be an
actress from a young age. As a child, she played roles in the West End
productions of the musicals Annie and Bugsy Malone. She studied
musical theatre at the Arts Educational Schools, London and made her
stage breakthrough with a leading role in a 1987 production of 42nd
Street. Her screen debut came in the unsuccessful French-Italian film
1001 Nights (1990), and she went on to find greater success as a
regular in the British television series The Darling Buds of May
(1991â€"1993). Dismayed at being typecast as the token pretty girl in
British films, Zeta-Jones relocated to Los Angeles.Zeta-Jones
established herself in Hollywood with roles that highlighted her sex
appeal, such as in the action film The Mask of Zorro (1998) and the
heist film Entrapment (1999). She received acclaim for her
performances as a vengeful pregnant woman in Traffic (2000) and a
murderous singer in the musical Chicago (2002); for the latter she won
Academy and BAFTA Awards for Best Supporting Actress. She starred in
high-profile films for much of the decade, including the black comedy
Intolerable Cruelty (2003), the heist film Ocean's Twelve (2004), the
comedy The Terminal (2004), and the romantic comedy No Reservations
(2007). Parts in smaller-scale features were followed by a decrease in
workload, during which she returned to the stage and played an aging
actress in A Little Night Music (2009), winning a Tony Award.
Zeta-Jones continued to work intermittently in the 2010s, starring in
the films Side Effects (2013) and Red 2 (2013), as well as the
television miniseries Feud (2017), in which she portrayed Olivia de
Havilland.Zeta-Jones is the recipient of several accolades, including
an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award and a Tony Award, and
in 2010, she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British
Empire (CBE) for her film and humanitarian endeavours. She supports
various charities and causes, and is a prominent celebrity endorser of
brands. Her struggle with depression and bipolar II disorder has been
well documented by the media. She is married to American actor Michael
Douglas, with whom she has two children.
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