Catherine Zeta-Jones
Welsh actress and CBE honoree whose Academy Award-winning performance in Chicago cemented her place among Hollywood's most celebrated talents.
Catherine Zeta-Jones - Personal Information
- Name: Catherine Zeta-Jones
- Date of Birth: September 25, 1969
- Place of Birth: Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales, UK
- Gender: Female
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Executive Producer
Biography
Catherine Zeta-Jones, CBE, (born 25 September 1969) is a Welsh actress. She began her career on stage at an early age. After starring in a number of United Kingdom and United States television films and small roles in films, she came to prominence with roles in Hollywood movies such as the 1998 action film The Mask of Zorro and the 1999 crime thriller film Entrapment. Her breakthrough role was in the 2000 film Traffic, for which she earned her first Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture.
Zeta-Jones subsequently starred as Velma Kelly in the 2002 film adaptation of the musical Chicago, a critical and commercial success, and received an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Later, she appeared in the 2003 romantic comedy film Intolerable Cruelty and 2004 crime comedy film Ocean's Twelve. Zeta-Jones landed the lead female role in the 2005 sequel of the 1998 film, The Legend of Zorro. She also starred in the 2008 biopic romantic thriller Death Defying Acts. In 2010, she won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Desiree in A Little Night Music.
Selected Filmography
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- The Gallerist (2026) as Marianne Gorman
- National Treasure: Edge of History (TV - 2022) as Billie Pearce
- Wednesday (TV - 2022) as Morticia Addams
- Prodigal Son (TV - 2019) as Dr. Vivian Capshaw
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV - 2019) as Self
- Queen America (TV - 2018) as Vicki Ellis
- Cocaine Godmother (2017) as Griselda Blanco
- FEUD (TV - 2017) as Olivia de Havilland
- Dad's Army (2016) as Rose Winters
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV - 2014) as Self
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