Catherine Zeta Jones

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

Zeta-Jone is married to Michael Douglas, with whom she starred in the 2000 film Traffic. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for portraying Velma Kelly in the 2002 film adaptation ofChicago.

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 Philippe de Broca's 1001 Nights (also known as Sheherazade), her feature film debut.