Catherine Zeta Jones Biography

Catherine Zeta-Jones is one of the most magnetic actresses that Hollywood knows. Combining exotic beauty with classic makings as an actress, Catherine is well-known to the British public long before her major breakthrough with The Mask of Zorro in 1998 when the whole world has the pleasure to get acquainted with her magnetism. Before taking the movie world by storm, Catherine is a star in a good deal of TV series and makes a good name for her as one of the U.K.'s most popular TV actresses. Her most known roles are the lead in Philippe de Brocas film Les 1001 Nuits in 1989, the Yorkshire Television comedy drama series The Darling Buds of May, Catherine the Great, The Cinder Path, etc. After the huge success of 1998's The Mask of Zorro, Catherine is showered with invitations for better and better roles in American films. She stars in movies like Entrapment, The Haunting, High Fidelity, Traffic that gradually establish her as a Hollywood star. Her most prominent role so far is in the Broadway adaptation Chicago. Her astonishing performance in the musical as a singer and dancer blows the audiences away and wins her the 2002 Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Other notable roles of hers are in the Cohen Brothers' movie Intolerable Cruelty, where she partners George Clooney, and The Terminal, co-starring Tom Hanks. Her recent movie appearances are for the British comedy Coming Out and Scott Hicks comedy drama Mostly Martha. While making a glamorous career as an actress, Catherine manages to devote most of her time to the cares of motherhood. Married to Michael Douglas since November, 2000, she gives birth to two wonderful children - Dylan Michael and Carys Zeta Douglas. Catherine Zeta-Jones originates from Mumbles, Wales, where she was born on September 25, 1969. Her name is a combination of the names of her two grandmothers; one grandmother -named Catherine, while the other is "Zeta," named after a ship that Catherine's grandfather sailed on.