CATHERINE ZETA JONES

 

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Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 25 September 1969) is an Academy Award-winning Welsh actress. She was born in Swansea, and began her career on stage at an early age. After starring in a number of television films and small roles in films, she came to prominence with roles in films such as The Phantom, The Mask of Zorro, and Entrapment in the late 1990s, all of which she excelled in.

 

She is married to Michael Douglas, with whom she starred in the 2000 film Traffic. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Chicago.

 

 

Catherine Zeta-Jones

 

Catherine Zeta-Jones

 

 

Biography - Early life

 

Born Catherine Jones, in Treboeth, in the parish of Llangyfelach, a working class area of Swansea, West Glamorgan in Wales. She is the middle of three children born to Dai Jones, a Welsh sweet factory owner, and Patricia Fair who hails from an Irish Catholic family.

 

Her father's cousin is married to singer Bonnie Tyler, who is also Welsh. 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, Katherine Fair, and her paternal grandmother, Zeta Jones.

 

After her parents won £100,000 at bingo in the 1980s, they moved to St. Andrews Drive in Mayals, an upper class area of Swansea. She attended the moderately-priced private school, Dumbarton House in Swansea where she was apparently an average student. Comedian and actor Rob Brydon also went there.

 

She left school early to further her acting ambitions without obtaining O levels and went on to attend The Arts Educational Schools in Chiswick for a full-time three year course in musical theatre.

 

 

Career

 

Zeta-Jones' stage career began in childhood. She often performed at friends and family functions when she was younger. She was a part of a Catholic congregation's performing troupe before she was 10. She also starred in a London production of Annie, as well as a version of Bugsy Malone. By 1987 she was starring in 42nd Street as Peggy Sawyer in the West End. Once the show closed, Zeta-Jones travelled to France, where she received the lead role in French director Phillippe De Broca's 1001 Nights (also known as Sheherazade), her feature film debut.

 

 

Catherine Zeta Jones publicity red dress

 

Catherine Zeta-Jones - darling bud of May

 

 

Her exotic looks, along with her singing and dancing ability, suggested a promising future, but it was in a straight acting role, as Mariette in the successful television adaptation of H. E. Bates' The Darling Buds of May (1991-93), that she made her name. She briefly flirted with a musical career, having a part in Jeff Wayne's 1992 Spartacus. A single, "The Appian Way", featured her; it was released but failed to chart. She also starred in an episode of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, as well as in Christopher Columbus: The Discovery.

 

She continued to find moderate success with a number of television projects, including The Return of the Native (1994) and the mini-series Catherine the Great (1995). She also appeared in Splitting Heirs (1993), a comedy starring Eric Idle, Rick Moranis and John Cleese.

 

In 1996, she was cast as the evil aviatrix "Sala" in the action film, The Phantom , based on the comic created by Lee Falk. Her character did her best to kill Billy Zane's Phantom, while assisting villain Xander Drax (Treat Williams) in taking over the world with a weapon of doom.

 

The following year, she starred in the CBS mini-series Titanic, which also starred Tim Curry and Peter Gallagher. Steven Spielberg, who noted her performance in the mini-series, recommended her to Martin Campbell, the director of The Mask of Zorro. Zeta-Jones subsequently landed a lead role in the film, alongside Antonio Banderas. The following year she co-starred with Sean Connery in the film Entrapment, and alongside Liam Neeson and Lili Taylor in The Haunting. In 2000 she starred in Traffic with future husband Michael Douglas.

 

In 2003, she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Velma Kelly in the film Chicago. Chicago also won the Academy Award for Best Film that year. On 22 October 2005, she referenced her award, as guest host on the television show Saturday Night Live, surrounded by four male dancers, mimicking the Bob Fosse-inspired Chicago-style dancing, suggesting in song that, no matter how bad she might be that night, "They Can't Take My Oscar Away". For her role in Chicago, she specifically requested a 1920s-style short bob haircut, so her face could be seen and fans wouldn't doubt she did all her dancing herself.

 

In 2003 she voiced a role in Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, as well as starring in Intolerable Cruelty with George Clooney. In 2004 she was in The Terminal, as well as Ocean's Twelve, the sequel to Ocean's Eleven. In 2005 she reprised her role as Elena in The Legend of Zorro, the sequel to The Mask of Zorro. She stars in and produces the rugby-related comedy, Coming Out, which Welsh rugby star Gavin Henson will also be in. The film is produced by her company Milkwood Films.

 

 

Catherine Zet Jones in the Legend of Zorro

 

Catherine Zeta-Jones in the Legend of Zorro

 

 

Private life

 

Zeta-Jones is married to actor Michael Douglas with whom she has two children. She has the same birthday as her husband, although he is older by 25 years. They were married at the Plaza Hotel in New York City on 18 November 2000. A traditional Welsh choir sang at her wedding; her wedding ring includes a Celtic motif and was bought in the Welsh town of Aberystwyth. Their son, Dylan Michael Douglas, was born 8 August 2000 (her American admirers like to think that he is named after Bob Dylan, a favourite of Douglas, while her British admirers like to think that Dylan Thomas, also born in Swansea, was the inspiration). Their daughter, Carys Zeta Douglas, was born April 20, 2003. While pregnant with Carys, photos were published of Zeta-Jones smoking cigarettes on a private balcony; afterwards, she became the target of anti-smoking and child health and welfare groups due to her behaviour.

 

Zeta-Jones has decided that her children will grow up aware of their Welsh heritage and has built a seaside home for her parents in her hometown of Swansea. She wants her children to know the Welsh language (Cymraeg).

 

Her elder brother, David A. Jones (also known as Cameron Jones), is Vice President of the film company, Initial Entertainment. He was an executive producer of Gangs of New York. Her younger brother, Lyndon Jones, is her personal manager and producer for Milkwood Films. Catherine's parents recently moved from their Mayals property to a £2 million cliff top home two miles away, paid for by their daughter.

 

Apart from her acting career, Zeta-Jones is also an advertising spokeswoman. In 2003, she became spokeswoman for the mobile phone company T-Mobile. However, in September 2006, T-Mobile dropped Zeta-Jones for a more “man on the street” advertising campaign [1]. She is currently the global spokeswoman for cosmetics giant Elizabeth Arden.

 

 

Actress - filmography
(In Production) (2000s) (1990s)

  1. Rachel's Holiday (2008) (announced) (in talks)

  2. Stompanato (2007) (announced) .... Lana Turner

  3. Coming Out (2007) (pre-production)

  4. No Reservations (2007) (post-production) .... Kate

  5. Death Defying Acts (2006) (post-production) .... Mary Mc Gregor

  6. The Legend of Zorro (2005) .... Elena
    ... aka Z (USA: poster title)

  7. Ocean's Twelve (2004) .... Isabel Lahiri

  8. The Terminal (2004) .... Amelia Warren

  9. Intolerable Cruelty (2003) .... Marylin Rexroth

  10. Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) (voice) .... Marina

  11. Chicago (2002) .... Velma Kelly
    ... aka Chicago (Germany)

  12. America's Sweethearts (2001) .... Gwen Harrison

  13. Traffic (2000) .... Helena Ayala
    ... aka Traffic - Die Macht des Kartells (Germany)

  14. High Fidelity (2000) .... Charlie Nicholson

  15. The Haunting (1999) .... Theo
    ... aka Maldición, La (USA: Spanish title)

  16. Entrapment (1999) .... Virginia Baker
    ... aka Verlockende Falle (Germany)

  17. The Mask of Zorro (1998) .... Elena Montero/Elena Murrieta

  18. Titanic (1996) (TV) (as Catherine Zeta Jones) .... Isabella Paradine

  19. The Phantom (1996) (as Catherine Zeta Jones) .... Sala

  20. Blue Juice (1995) .... Chloe

  21. Catherine the Great (1995) (TV) .... Catherine
    ... aka Katharina die Große (Germany)

  22. The Return of the Native (1994) (TV) (as Catherine Zeta Jones) .... Eustacia Vye
    ... aka Thomas Hardy's The Return of the Native (UK: complete title)

  23. The Cinder Path (1994) (TV) .... Victoria Chapman

  24. "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" .... Maya (1 episode, 1993)
        - Palestine, October 1917 (1993) TV Episode .... Maya

  25. Splitting Heirs (1993) .... Kitty

  26. "The Darling Buds of May" .... Mariette (18 episodes, 1991-1993)
        - Climb the Greasy Pole: Part 2 (1993) TV Episode (as Catherine Zeta Jones) .... Mariette
        - Climb the Greasy Pole: Part 1 (1993) TV Episode (as Catherine Zeta Jones) .... Mariette
        - The Happiest Days of Your Lives: Part 2 (1993) TV Episode (as Catherine Zeta Jones) .... Mariette
        - The Happiest Days of Your Lives: Part 1 (1993) TV Episode (as Catherine Zeta Jones) .... Mariette
        - Le Grand Weekend (1992) TV Episode (as Catherine Zeta Jones) .... Mariette
          (13 more)

  27. Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992) .... Beatriz
    ... aka Cristóbal Colón: el descubrimiento (Spain)

  28. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert (1992) (V) (as Catherine Zeta Jones) .... Maya

  29. Out of the Blue (1991) (TV) .... Chirsty

  30. 1001 nuits, Les (1990) .... Sheherazade
    ... aka 1001 Nights (International: English title: informal literal title)
    ... aka Mille e una notte, Le (Italy)
    ... aka Scheherazade (UK: TV title)
    ... aka Sheherazade

Catherine Zeta-Jones pout

 

 

 

Filmography as: Actress, Soundtrack, Miscellaneous Crew, Producer, Self, Archive Footage

Soundtrack - filmography

  1. The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003) (TV) (performer: "I Move On")

  2. Chicago (2002) (performer: "Overture/And All That Jazz" (1975), "Cell Block Tango" (1975), "I Can't Do It Alone" (1975), "Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag" (1996), "And All That Jazz/End Credits" (1975), "I Move On" (2002)) ("Class" (1975))
    ... aka Chicago (Germany)

 

Filmography as: Actress, Soundtrack, Miscellaneous Crew, Producer, Self, Archive Footage

Miscellaneous Crew - filmography
(2000s) (1990s)

  1. Chicago (2002) (singer: "Overture/And All That Jazz", "Cell Block Tango", "I Can't Do It Alone", "Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag", "And All That Jazz/End Credits", "I Move On" and "Class")
    ... aka Chicago (Germany)

  2. "HBO First Look" (thanks) (1 episode, 1999)
        - The Haunting (1999) TV Episode (thanks)

 

Filmography as: Actress, Soundtrack, Miscellaneous Crew, Producer, Self, Archive Footage

Producer - filmography

  1. Coming Out (2007) (pre-production) (producer)

 

Filmography as: Actress, Soundtrack, Miscellaneous Crew, Producer, Self, Archive Footage

Self - filmography
(In Production) (2000s) (1990s)

  1. Tony Bennett: An American Classic (2006) (TV) (filming) .... Herself

  2. George Clooney: An American Cinematheque Tribute (2006) (TV) .... Herself

  3. "Entertainment Tonight" .... Herself (3 episodes, 2003-2006)
    ... aka E.T. (USA: informal title)
    ... aka ET Weekend (Australia: weekend title)
    ... aka Entertainment This Week (weekend title)
    ... aka This Week in Entertainment (USA: weekend title)
        - Episode dated 31 October 2006 (2006) TV Episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 16 October 2003 (2003) TV Episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 13 October 2003 (2003) TV Episode .... Herself

  4. VH1 News Presents: Celebrity Pre-nups (2006) (TV) (also archive footage) .... Herself

  5. "Eigo de shabera-night" .... Herself (1 episode, 2006)
        - Episode dated 8 February 2006 (2006) TV Episode .... Herself

  6. "Getaway" .... Herself (1 episode, 2005)
    ... aka United Travel Getaway (Australia: new title)
        - Golden Getaway: Hot Islands of the World (2005) TV Episode .... Herself

  7. "Corazón de..." .... Herself (4 episodes, 2005)
        - Episode dated 18 November 2005 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 4 November 2005 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 17 October 2005 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 3 October 2005 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself

  8. "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 2005)
        - Episode dated 28 October 2005 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself

  9. "Good Morning America" .... Herself (2 episodes, 2005)
        - Episode dated 28 October 2005 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 24 October 2005 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself

  10. "Magacine" .... Herself (2 episodes, 2005)
        - Episode dated 28 October 2005 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 30 September 2005 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself

  11. "The View" .... Herself (1 episode, 2005)
        - Episode dated 24 October 2005 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself

  12. "TV total" .... Herself (1 episode, 2005)
        - Episode dated 24 October 2005 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself

  13. "Saturday Night Live" .... Herself - Guest Host (1 episode, 2005)
    ... aka SNL (USA: informal title)
    ... aka SNL 25 (USA)
        - Episode #31.3 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself - Guest Host

  14. "This Morning" .... Herself (4 episodes, 2003-2005)
    ... aka This Morning with Richard and Judy (UK: informal title)
        - Episode dated 21 October 2005 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 2 February 2005 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 12 September 2003 (2003) TV Episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 11 September 2003 (2003) TV Episode .... Herself

  15. "Late Show with David Letterman" .... Herself (1 episode, 2005)
    ... aka Late Show Backstage (USA: title for episodes with guest hosts)
    ... aka The Late Show (USA: informal short title)
        - Episode dated 18 October 2005 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself

  16. "Wetten, dass..?" .... Herself (1 episode, 2005)
        - Wetten, dass..? aus Dresden (2005) TV Episode .... Herself

  17. "All-Star Cup 2005" (2005) TV Series .... Herself

  18. "Biography" .... Herself (1 episode, 2005)
        - Bruce Willis (2005) TV Episode .... Herself

  19. Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope (2005) (TV) .... Herself

  20. A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2005) (TV) .... Herself

  21. "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" .... Herself (4 episodes, 2001-2004)
        - Episode dated 8 December 2004 (2004) TV Episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 30 September 2003 (2003) TV Episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 7 March 2003 (2003) TV Episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 19 June 2001 (2001) TV Episode .... Herself

  22. "HBO First Look" .... Herself (4 episodes, 1999-2004)
        - The Making of 'Ocean's Twelve' (2004) TV Episode .... Herself
        - Inside 'The Terminal' (2004) TV Episode .... Herself
        - Sinbad: The Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) TV Episode .... Herself
        - The Haunting (1999) TV Episode .... Herself

  23. "Rove Live" .... Herself (1 episode, 2004)
        - Episode #5.41 (2004) TV Episode .... Herself

  24. Landing: Airport Stories (2004) (V) .... Herself

  25. Boarding: The People of 'The Terminal' (2004) (V) .... Herself

  26. Inside 'The Terminal' (2004) (TV) .... Herself

  27. The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter: Best Supporting Actor

  28. 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2004) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter: Outstanding Cast of a Motion Picture

  29. A Look Inside 'Intolerable Cruelty' (2004) (V) .... Herself

  30. The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards (2004) (TV) .... Herself

  31. "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" .... Herself (1 episode, 2004)
        - Episode dated 16 January 2004 (2004) TV Episode .... Herself

  32. Nobel Peace Prize Concert (2003) (TV) .... Herself/Hostess (2003)

  33. The Making of 'Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas' (2003) (V) .... Herself

  34. "Extra" .... Herself (1 episode, 2003)
    ... aka Extra: The Entertainment Magazine (USA)
        - Episode dated 10 October 2003 (2003) TV Episode .... Herself

  35. "Tinseltown TV" .... Herself (1 episode, 2003)
        - Episode dated 4 October 2003 (2003) TV Episode .... Herself

  36. 50 Greatest TV Animals (2003) (TV) .... Herself

  37. The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003) (TV) .... Herself - Winner: Best Supporting Actress/Performer: 'I Move On'

  38. The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2003) (TV) .... Herself

  39. "Larry King Live" .... Herself (1 episode, 2003)
        - Episode dated 25 January 2003 (2003) TV Episode .... Herself

  40. "Mundo VIP" .... Herself (1 episode, 2001)
        - Show nº284 (2001) TV Episode .... Herself

  41. The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (2001) (TV) (uncredited) .... Herself - Presenter: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

  42. The New Royals (2001) (TV) .... Herself

  43. Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic' (2000) (TV) .... Herself

  44. 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000) (TV) .... Herself

  45. The European Film Awards (1999) (TV) .... Herself (taped)

  46. "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1998-1999)
        - Episode dated 28 April 1999 (1999) TV Episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 13 July 1998 (1998) TV Episode .... Herself

  47. The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter: song 'The Prayer'

  48. The Making of 'The Haunting' (1999) (V) .... Host/Herself

  49. Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary (1999) (TV) .... Herself - Audience Member

  50. "Aspel & Company" .... Herself (1 episode, 1992)
        - Episode #9.1 (1992) TV Episode (as Catherine Zeta Jones) .... Herself

 

LINKS and REFERENCE

 

 

 

A - Z FILMS INDEX

 

 

 

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ALIEN

AUSTIN POWERS

BABE

BACK TO THE FUTURE

BATMAN

BRAVEHEART

CAST AWAY

CATWOMAN

CON AIR

CROCODILE DUNDEE

DEAD CALM

DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER

DIE HARD

DISCLOSURE

DR. NO

ERIN BROCKOVICH

FREE WILLY

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

GLADIATOR

GOLDFINGER

HORNBLOWER

JAMES BOND

JAWS

JURASSIC PARK

KING KONG

MAN ON FIRE

MASTER and COMMANDER

MEDICINE MAN

MEN OF HONOUR

MUMMY RETURNS

MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY

NAKED GUN

NATIONAL TREASURE

 

 

 

OVERBOARD

PAYBACK

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN

P2 DEAD MANS CHEST

RACE THE SUN

RAMBO

ROB ROY

ROXANNE

SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC

SEABISCUIT

SPEED

SPIDERMAN

STAR GATE

THE 39 STEPS

THE AVIATOR

THE COUNT OF MONTE CHRISTO

THE DAMBUSTERS

THE FLY

THE PATRIOT

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

THE SOUND OF MUSIC

THE TERMINATOR

THE THING

THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH

THE WORLDS FASTEST INDIAN

THUNDERBALL

TITANIC

TOP GUN

TREASURE ISLAND

TROY

TRUE GRIT

UNFORGIVEN

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE

WAR OF THE WORLDS  

ZULU

 

 

 

 

 

A - Z ACTORS INDEX

 

 

 

Angelina Jolie

Anthony Hopkins

Arnold Shwazenneger

Arnold Vosloo

Brad Pitt

Brendan Fraser

Bruce Willis

Catherine Zeta Jones

Charlize Theron

Chris Cooper

Clint Eastwood

Daniel Craig

Demi Moore

Denzel Washington

Eric Bana

Eva Green

George Clooney

Gerard Depardieu

Goldie Hawn

Gregory Peck

Halle Berry

Harvey Keitel

Humphrey Bogart

Ian Holm

Ingrid Bergman

Jack Black

Jack Nicholson

James Cromwell

 

 

Jean Reno

Jeff Bridges

Jim Carrey

Joaquin Phoenix

John Hurt

John Travolta

John Wayne

Johnny Depp

Judi Dench

Julia Roberts

Julie Andrews

Kate Winslett

Keanu Reeves

Keira Knightley

Kevin Spacey

Kirsten Dunst

Kurt Russell

Leonardo di Caprio

Liam Neeson

Linda Kozlowski

Mads Mikkelsen

Marlon Brando

Mel Gibson

Michael Cain

Michael Douglas

Michael J Fox

Michael Keaton

Naomi Watts

 

 

Nicholas Cage

Nicole Kidman

Orlando Bloom

Paul Bettany

Paul Hogan

Pierce Brosnan

Rachel Weisz

Richard Gere

Robert de Niro

Roger Moore

Russell Crowe

Sam Neil

Samuel L Jackson

Sandra Bullock

Sean Connery

Sharon Stone

Sigourney Weaver

Stanley Baker

Steve Martin

Steven Segal

Slyvester Stalone

Tim Roth

Tobey Maguire

Tom Cruise

Tom Hanks

Tommy Lee Jones

Uma Thurman

Willem Dafoe

 

 

 

 


 

 

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