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Catherine
Zeta-Jones
Birth Place: Swansea, West
Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Date of Birth: September 25th,
1969
Married to: Michael Douglas
Famous for: The Darling Buds of May, The Mask of
Zorro, Entrapment and The Haunting.
Welcome to
The Catherine Zeta-Jones Picture Pages!
Good looks were
certainly a boon to the meteoric ascent of Welsh actress
Catherine Zeta-Jones. Hollywood success came to the
actress when she caught the eye of Steven Spielberg
during a TV mini-series, Titanic. Her performance
so struck the famous producer that he immediately
suggested her for the female lead in the film The
Mask of Zorro, which he produced. The performance
was so electrifying that she then went on to star
opposite Sean Connery in Entrapment and opposite
Liam Neeson and Lili Taylor in The Haunting.
Zeta-Jones had been
acting professionally for well over a decade, becoming
equally reputed for her work in theater, television, and
film, before Zorro made her an international sensation.
Since the young age of fifteen, Zeta-Jones was acting in
British television, theater and film. Her work made such
a sensation that she was continually sought out by the
paparazzi. An incident where she ran her car into a
light post trying to flee the pursuing paparazzi
prompted her to make the decision to try her luck in
Hollywood. Her success in England didn't necessarily
translate into success in Hollywood though. Until she
caught Spielberg's attention, she was only successful in
getting television work.
The only daughter of
working class parents, Zeta-Jones began acting at a very
young age. The bug hit her when she secured the lead in
a local production of Annie. She was just eleven. Born
on September 25, 1969 in a small fishing village called
Mumbles, just outside Swansea in Wales. She has two
brothers Lyndon and David. Zeta-Jones was named for her
grandmothers Catherine and Zeta.
Success came quickly
for Zeta-Jones after she moved to London at the age of
fifteen to pursue an acting career. Fortune shined on
her when she took over the lead in a production of 42nd
Street. Originally she was the second understudy for the
lead but one day both the star or the first understudy
bowed out. Zeta-Jones took over and delivered a stunning
performance. As luck would have it, the shows producer
chose that night to see the show for the first time. He
immediately insisted that Zeta-Jones be given the lead
for the duration of the show. From there she went on to
secure leads in such productions as The Darling Buds of
May, Scheherazade, Bugsy Malone, The Young Indiana Jones
Chronicles and Street Scenes.
One word of
caution, due to her successful role in the Mask of
Zorro, Zeta-Jones is an accomplished sword wielder.
During the filming of Mask of Zorro, Zeta-Jones got in a
lot of practice with the sword.
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