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Catherine Zeta Jones Profile |
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Birth Date: September 25, 1969
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Birth Place: Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales, UK
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Birth Name: Catherine Jones
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Height: 5'8"
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Biography |
Catherine Zeta-Jones hails from Mumbles, Wales (a tiny
fishing village just outside Swansea in the UK), where she
was born on September 25, 1969. Her name stems from two
different grandmothers; one grandmother is named Catherine,
while the other is "Zeta," named after a ship that
Catherine's grandfather sailed on.
Although Catherine was not known in the U.S. until her role
in The Mask of Zorro in 1998, she was a well-known star in
her native UK. Catherine played the lead in a production of
the musical Annie at age 11, and starred in a West End
production of Bugsy Malone two years later.
At age 17, Catherine nabbed the lead role in 42nd Street
after having moved to London in order to pursue an acting
career. Once the show closed, Zeta-Jones traveled to France,
where she received the lead role in French director
Phillippe De Broca's 1001 Nights (a.k.a. Sheherazade), her
feature film debut.
Catherine's big break came upon her return to England in
1991, when she became a regular on the hugely popular
British television series The Darling Buds of May. Her role
as the eldest daughter of a farm family increased her star
status in the UK, which of course, led to her becoming a
tabloid favorite, constantly hounded by the paparazzi. Once
the intrusiveness of the media became unbearable, she
decided to take her life and career across the Atlantic.
Although a sex symbol and celebrity in the UK (she even
dabbled in music, releasing an album in the UK in the early
'90s), it took a while for Catherine to break into the
Hollywood scene. In 1994, she landed the lead role in CBS'
Return of the Native, and gave a remarkable performance in
her role as "Catherine" in the miniseries Catherine the
Great.
It wasn't until Catherine's role in the four-hour television
docudrama Titanic that Americans would soon learn why she
was famous across the pond, one year before Leo DiCaprio and
Kate Winslet starred in the big-screen version of the film.
Steven Spielberg noticed her in the miniseries and thought
she'd be perfect for the female lead in The Mask of Zorro,
which he was producing. Spielberg knew what he was talking
about, and he wasn't the only one who was impressed;
audiences and critics liked what they saw in the role
opposite Antonio Banderas. Audiences probably wondered where
this beauty popped up from, since they had never before
heard of the Welsh star, who was often mistaken for Spanish.
At the 1998 Oscars, Catherine stood out on the red carpet,
looking ravishing. If she wasn't yet noticed after The Mask
of Zorro, her appearance at the Oscars turned heads.
In the summer of 1999, Catherine Zeta-Jones appeared
opposite Sean Connery in the summer action film Entrapment.
That same summer, Catherine took on the role of Theo in The
Haunting, Dreamworks' adaptation of the 1963 horror of the
same name, joining cast members Liam Neeson and Lili Taylor.
Actor Michael Douglas first met Catherine at the Deauville
Film Festival, and apparently told her that he wanted to
father her children during their first date. As if a
premonition, they had their first child, Dylan Michael, in
August 2000.
The couple married in New York's famed Plaza Hotel in
November 2000; apparently, Catherine arrived 10 minutes
late, as a result of being held up by her troop of security
guards. Their wedding even made headlines again in 2002,
when the power couple sued Hello! magazine for $815,000, for
breach of security to get wedding shots and for publishing
the poor quality, unauthorized photos. They won the suit and
were awarded $26,000.
After appearances in High Fidelity, starring John Cusack,
and Steven Soderbergh's Oscar-winning Traffic (both in
2000), she reunited with Cusack for America's Sweethearts in
2001, which also starred Julia Roberts. More recent film
roles include 2002's Chicago (for which she won the Best
Supporting Actress Oscar) and 2003's Intolerable Cruelty,
with George Clooney.
Catherine Zeta-Jones is also the spokesperson for T-Mobile
International, a leading global wireless service provider,
as well as the face of cosmetics giant, Elizabeth Arden.
On the family front, she has built a seaside dream home in
her hometown, determined that her children (Dylan Michael
and daughter Carys) grow up aware of their Welsh heritage.
2004 is shaping up to be a busy year for Catherine
Zeta-Jones: she's starring in Spielberg's The Terminal, as
well as the sequel to Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve. She
will also be reuniting with Banderas and Anthony Hopkins for
another sequel, Zorro 2, set for a 2005 release. |
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Is a trained singer and dancer.
Her father was the manager of a candy factory.
became engaged to Michael Douglas in Aspen, Colorado [31
December 1999]
Chosen one of 1998's Most Beautiful People by People
Magazine.
Her first child with fiance Michael Douglas, a boy named
Dylan Michael was born on 8th August about 6 p.m. at
Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre near Beverly Hills. The baby
weighed in at 7 pounds and seven ounces and measured 21-1/2
inches.
Sister of David A. Jones, an executive at Initial
Entertainment group, the company that co-financed _Traffic_
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Named after her grandmothers: Catherine Fair on her mother's
side, and Zeta Jones on her fathers.
While Catherine and husband Michael Douglas are not the same
age, their birthdays are both on 25th of September
Daughter-in-law of Kirk Douglas and Diana Douglas.
Stepmother of Cameron Douglas.
Sister-in-law of Joel Douglas, Eric Douglas and Peter
Douglas.
Her character in Traffic (2000) was changed to a pregnant
woman, because Zeta-Jones herself was pregnant at the time
with her son, Dylan.
Speaks Welsh fluently.
Measurements: 34C-25-36. (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Mother is Irish, father is Welsh.
She portrayed Palene, the beautiful Thracian prophetess and
woman of Spartacus, in Jeff Wayne's 1992 musical version of
"Spartacus." The role of Spartacus was played by her future
father-in-law, Kirk Douglas, in Stanley Kubrick's 1960
motion picture Spartacus (1960).
In the June 1998 of Yahoo! internet magazine, she was listed
as the number one actress being searched on Yahoo!
Gave birth to her first daughter, named Carys Zeta Douglas,
early Easter morning in New Jersey (April 20, 2003).
A traditional Welsh choir sang at her wedding.
Her wedding ring includes a Celtic motif and was bought in a
Welsh town called Aberystwyth.
Hired as the spokeswoman for T-Mobile cellular
communications [2003]
As a child, she was exposed to a virus that gave her
breathing difficulties. This required a tracheotomy surgery,
which ultimately left a surgical scar on her neck.
Is an avid fan of musicals, paticularly the ones she saw as
a child: Mary Poppins (1964) and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
(1968).
Thursday December 11 2003 she was a Hostess, together with
husband Michael Douglas, at the 2003 annual Nobel Peace
Price Concert in Oslo Spectrum in Oslo, Norway.
_Ocean's Twelve_ reunited her with previous colleagues
Steven Soderbergh, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts,
and Don Cheadle.
She is a spokesperson for Elizabeth Arden Cosmetics.
Was born in Swansea but grew up in the small seaside town of
Mumbles in Wales.
Her production company is named Milkwood films, after a play
called 'Under Milkwood' by Welsh writer Dylan Thomas. She
and Thomas share the same hometown in Wales, Swansea.
Her friend, singer Bonnie Tyler sang at her wedding. Both
Zeta-Jones and Tyler come from the same region of Wales.
She released the singles 'For All Time' in 1989, 'In the
Arms of Love' and 'I Can't Help Myself' in 1995 and the
David Essex duet 'True Love Ways' which was her only chart
single. It appeared at #38 in the UK Top 75 singles chart in
1994
Ranked #50 on VH1's 100 Hottest Hotties
In addition to Michael Douglas, she also shares a birthday
with Will Smith, Heather Locklear, Barbara Walters, Michael
Madsen and the late Christopher Reeve.
21 October 2004 - Filed lawsuit against the Spice House,
"Reno's Friendliest Topless Cabaret" for the unauthorized
use of her photo on its website.
On an awards show, she said, of doing her role of "Velma
Kelly" in the movie "Chicago", that it was as exciting, but
almost as painful, as giving birth to her son.
In 1992 the Columbia single 'For All Time' peaked at #36 in
the UK charts; In 1995 she spent a week on the UK chart at
#72 with 'In the Arms of Love'.
Ranked as #68 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005"
special supplement. (2005) |
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