Catherine Zeta Jones (
"zeeta"; born 25 September 1969) is a Welsh actress, currently based in the United States. She began her career on stage at an early age. After starring in a number of UK and US television films and small roles in films, she came to prominence with roles in
Hollywood movies such as
The Phantom,
The Mask of Zorro, and
Entrapment in the late 1990s. She won an
Academy Award,
BAFTA Award and a
Screen Actors Guild Award and was nominated for a
Golden Globe Award for portraying Velma Kelly in the 2002 film adaptation of
Chicago.
Early life
Born Catherine Zeta Jones in
Swansea,
South Wales to Patricia (
née Fair), an
Irish seamstress, and David "Dai" Jones (b. 1946), a Welsh sweet factory owner.
[Catherine Zeta Jones biography. Film Reference.com.][Jones, Andy. Catherine talks about what it took to film Zorro. TNT's Roughcut. Reprinted.] Her name stems from those of her grandmothers — her maternal grandmother, Catherine Fair, and her paternal grandmother, Zeta Jones (1917 – 14 August 2008).
["Catherine Zeta-Jones attends grandmothers funeral." Telegraph.]
