Catherine Zeta Jones (
"zeeta"; born 25 September 1969) is a
Welsh actress, presently 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. She is married to actor
Michael Douglas.
Early life
Zeta-Jones was born
Catherine Zeta Jones[ ] in
Swansea, a maritime city located on the southern coast of
Wales. Her mother, Patricia (
née Fair), was an
Irish seamstress, and her father, David "Dai" Jones (b. 1946), was 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.] Zeta-Jones has two brothers, David and Lyndon.
[Catherine Zeta-Jones biography] Her father's cousin is married to singer
Bonnie Tyler, who is also from
Swansea, Wales. Her uncle owns Swansea's
Škoda car dealership as well as
Llanelli A.F.C. football club. 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.]
