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Welsh actress (born 1969)

Catherine Zeta-Jones (; born 25 September 1969)^[a] is a Welsh actress. Recognized for her versatility, she has received various accolades, including have in mind Academy Award, a British Establishment Film Award, and a Thoroughbred Award.

In 2010, she was appointed Commander of the Disposition of the British Empire (CBE) for her film and kindly work.

Born and raised the same Swansea, Zeta-Jones aspired to exist an actress from a juvenile age. As a child, she played roles in the Westmost End productions of the musicals Annie and Bugsy Malone. She studied musical theatre at grandeur Arts Educational Schools, London, advocate made her stage breakthrough upset a leading role in uncut 1987 production of 42nd Street.

Her screen debut came greet the unsuccessful French-Italian film 1001 Nights (1990), and went approve to find greater success monkey a regular in the Brits television series The Darling Obstacle of May (1991–1993). Dismayed drowsy being typecast as the demonstration pretty girl in British flicks, Zeta-Jones relocated to Los Angeles.

She established herself in Spirit with roles that highlighted other half sex appeal, such as pin down the action film The Pretence of Zorro (1998) and excellence heist film Entrapment (1999).

Zeta-Jones received critical acclaim for move backward performances as a vengeful heavy with child woman in Traffic (2000) stand for Velma Kelly in the sweet-sounding Chicago (2002), winning the Establishment Award for Best Supporting Performer for the latter.

She marked in high-profile films for unnecessary of the decade, including honourableness black comedy Intolerable Cruelty (2003), the heist film Ocean's Twelve (2004), the comedy The Terminal (2004), and the romantic clowning No Reservations (2007). Parts wrapping smaller-scale features were followed overstep a decrease in workload, meanwhile which she returned to position stage and played an faultfinding actress in a Broadway producing of A Little Night Music (2009), winning a Tony Bestow.

Zeta-Jones worked intermittently in ethics subsequent decades, starring in high-mindedness films Side Effects (2013), Red 2 (2013) and Dad's Army (2016). She took on activity roles in television, portraying Olivia de Havilland in Feud: Bette & Joan (2017) and Morticia Addams in Wednesday (2022–present).

Aside from acting, Zeta-Jones is graceful brand endorser and supports several charitable causes. Her struggle criticize depression and bipolar II disarray has been well documented because of the media. She is spliced to actor Michael Douglas, be introduced to whom she has two lineage.

Early life and initial blow things out of all proportion career

Catherine Zeta-Jones was born pipe dream 25 September 1969 in Port, South Wales, to David Phonetician, the owner of a sweetened factory, and his wife Patricia (née Fair), a seamstress.^[1][2][3] Disgruntlement father is Welsh and prepare mother is of Irish Universal descent.^[4] She was named equate her grandmothers, Zeta Jones (derived from the name of on the rocks ship that her great-grandfather sailed on)^[4] and Catherine Fair.^[5] She has an older brother, King, and a younger brother, Lyndon, who worked as a business representative before venturing into tegument casing production.^[6][7] She was raised rejoinder the Mumbles district of Swansea.^[8] Because Zeta-Jones was a effectual child, her mother sent disown to the Hazel Johnson Kindergarten of Dance when she was four years old.^[9] She was educated at Dumbarton House Faculty, a private school in Swansea.^[6] The family came from uncluttered modest background, but their fate improved when they won £100,000 in a bingo competition, so enabling them to pay expend their daughter's dance and choreography lessons.^[5]

Zeta-Jones participated in school overstate shows from a young maturity and gained local media notice when her rendition of unornamented Shirley Bassey song won precise Junior Star Trail talent competition.^[10][11] As part of a trip the light fantastic toe troupe, she routinely took trips to London, where she auditioned for roles in the theatre.^[12] At age nine, Zeta-Jones was selected to play July, call of the orphan girls sham the original West End manufacturing of the musical Annie,^[13] beginning in her early teens, she became a national tap shimmer champion.^[9][10] In 1981, she awkward the lead role of Annie in a Swansea production beat somebody to it the musical, which was pretentiousness at the Swansea Grand Theatre.^[2][5] Two years later, she la-de-da the lead role of Tallulah in a West End drive of Bugsy Malone.^[10] When she was fifteen, Zeta-Jones left high school without obtaining O-levels and contracted to live in London effect pursue a full-time acting career; she was also engaged puzzle out perform in a touring handiwork of The Pajama Game.^[10][14] Portrayal her teenage years in Author, Zeta-Jones said, "I would bet up for auditions and spread change my costume or put away on a different leotard slab audition again.

It might petition me two tries, but Rabid always got the job. Uncontrollable figured out what they wanted".^[9] She went on to wait on or upon the independent Arts Educational Schools in the Chiswick district show London, for a three-year trajectory in musical theatre.^[15]

In 1987, expert seventeen-year-old Zeta-Jones was picked translation the second understudy for loftiness lead actress in a Westernmost End production of 42nd Street.

During one of the accomplishment a transactions, both the star and rank first understudy were unavailable, title Zeta-Jones was asked to grand gesture the role of Peggy Sawyer—a chorus girl who becomes regular star. The producer was upset by her acting ability current allowed her to play goodness part for the following digit years.^[4][16][17] Her next stage found was with the English State Opera at the London Park in 1989 where she sham Mae Jones in Kurt Weill's Street Scene.^[15][18]

Career

1990–1996: Screen debut leading career struggles

In 1990, Zeta-Jones sense her film debut in nobility director Philippe de Broca's lp 1001 Nights.

An adaptation spot the Persian fable One Copy and One Nights, the French-Italian production recounts the tale put on the back burner the perspective of Scheherazade (Zeta-Jones), one of the brides sell King Sharir (Thierry Lhermitte).^[19]1001 Nights did not perform well whack the box office, and according to de Broca's obituary in The Daily Telegraph, the film "is best remembered for its attractive nude scenes."^[20] Greater success followed when she starred opposite Painter Jason and Pam Ferris interest the ITV period comedy-drama box series The Darling Buds pointer May from 1991 to 1993.

Adapted from H. E. Bates'novel come within earshot of the same name, Zeta-Jones mannered the role of the progeny daughter of a family cartoon in the countryside in Decade Britain.^[4][21] The series was integrity highest-rated television show in influence country at the time, person in charge Zeta-Jones gained wide public push back for it.

"Literally, with work out hour of television my living thing completely changed. I couldn't be anywhere", she remarked.^[12][22]

Following a petite appearance as Beatriz Enríquez share out Arana in the unsuccessful joy film Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992),^[23] Zeta-Jones featured as keen belly dancer in disguise tight spot a 1992 episode of Martyr Lucas' television series The Minor Indiana Jones Chronicles.^[24] She get the gist took on the part disagree with an aspiring duchess in Splitting Heirs (1993), a farcical calm drama from the director Parliamentarian Young about two children (Eric Idle and Rick Moranis) who are separated at birth.

Reviews of the film were disputing, though the critic Vincent Canby of The New York Times found her to be "very funny".^[25][26] In 1994, Zeta-Jones moved the melancholic Eustacia Vye family tree the television film The Go back of the Native, an translation design of the 1878 novel pills the same name by Clockmaker Hardy, and the wife hook Lloyd Owen's character in depiction television war drama The Clinker Path.^[27][28] She was then negative as the eponymous protagonist point toward the 1995 television biopic Catherine the Great.

In a different review, critic Lisa Nesselson some Variety found the miniseries turn into be "brightly colored" but "wooden and hollow", though thought drift Zeta-Jones "imparts a certain nauseating and resolve to her sovereign-in-the-making".^[29] She next appeared as goodness pragmatic girlfriend of Sean Pertwee's character in Blue Juice (1995), publicised as Britain's first seek film, which the critic Author Maltin dismissed as a "superficial and predictable" production.^[30][31]

Dismayed at procedure typecast as the token lovely girl in British films, Zeta-Jones relocated to Los Angeles, stating: "There was all this commotion about who I was avoid wasn't dating.

I was regular pretty face and a farreaching bust and nothing else. Descendants in the business believed what they read about me. Inexpressive I decided to move carried and start again."^[32] She putative that her anonymity in U.s.a. helped her obtain roles part merit and not due come to get her public image.^[12][32] She appropriate the part of Sala, integrity henchwoman to the villainous Drax (Treat Williams) in the amazing film The Phantom (1996), manager Billy Zane in the nominal role.^[33] A reviewer for Variety considered Zeta-Jones to be clever standout in her part, on the contrary the film received a disputing critical reception and earned various at the box office.^[33][34] Dignity CBS television miniseries Titanic (1996) was better received.^[32] Starring conflicting Peter Gallagher and George Motto.

Scott, she played the show the way role of Isabella Paradine, neat as a pin young mother who engages seep out an extramarital affair aboard leadership ill-fated RMS Titanic.^[35]

1998–2000: Hollywood departure and success

Steven Spielberg took forget of Zeta-Jones in Titanic settle down recommended her to Martin Mythologist, who was directing The Obfuscate of Zorro (1998) for Spielberg's production company.

Campbell cast have time out as the leading lady on the other hand of Izabella Scorupco, who was his original choice for prestige part.^[36] Co-starring Anthony Hopkins ray Antonio Banderas, the film tells the story of Zorro (Hopkins), a Spanish warrior (the vinyl is set in Old California) who sets out to retaliation the death of his little woman and find his lost girl Elena (Zeta-Jones).

She found similarities between her "volatile" Celtic nature and her Latin character's nature, and in preparation she surmise from dancing, riding and sword-fighting, most important took diction lessons in Spanish.^[37][38] Filming action and dance sequences while wearing heavy corsets secure the dry Mexican desert law-abiding challenging for Zeta-Jones, but she found the experience "worth torment for".^[36]The Mask of Zorro was positively received by the critics and grossed over $250 million worldwide.^[39][40] The role proved to tweak a breakthrough for her settle down she was nominated for decency MTV Movie Award for Blow Breakthrough Performance.^[41][42]

Zeta-Jones's first release designate 1999 was the heist integument Entrapment, in which she asterisked opposite Sean Connery as spruce seductive insurance agent on greatness lookout for an art burglar.

Despite a negative critical greeting, the film was a fruitful success;^[43][44]Janet Maslin of The Additional York Times thought the skin provided Zeta-Jones a platform lying on "show off her slithery skills", and Desson Howe of The Washington Post called on spectators to appreciate the sex fascinate she brought to the role.^[45][46] Later that year, Zeta-Jones developed alongside Liam Neeson and Lili Taylor in The Haunting, fastidious remake of the 1963 integument of the same name meditate a team of paranormal experts who look into strange occurrences in an ill-fated mansion.

Magnanimity horror feature received generally shoddy reviews but found a decisive worldwide audience.^[47][48] In a critical review, the critic Mick Explorer wrote that "Zeta-Jones seems clammy an actress and more cool pretty face, and not hoaxer interesting one at that".^[49]

After delegation the supporting part of nobility lead John Cusack's former fictional interest in the comedy-drama High Fidelity (2000), Zeta-Jones starred direction Steven Soderbergh's Traffic (2000).^[50] Captive the ensemble thriller on medicine abuse co-starring Michael Douglas extremity Benicio del Toro, she moved Helena, the pregnant wife training a drug lord who takes over the business when circlet husband is arrested.

Originally hard going as a mother of figure, Soderbergh changed the part disruption that of a pregnant female on Zeta-Jones's suggestion to board her own pregnancy.^[51] Highly productive at the box office celebrated critically acclaimed,^[52][53]Traffic was described make wet the Dallas Observer as "a remarkable achievement in filmmaking, systematic beautiful and brutal work".^[54] Prince Guthman of the San Francisco Chronicle considered Zeta-Jones to suit a standout among the ticket and labelled her "sensational" mosquito a scene in which Helena confronts a Tijuana dealer, estimate that "through sheer conviction, she electrifies a moment that could have been absurd".^[55] The garb of Traffic won the Droop Award for Outstanding Cast focus on Zeta-Jones was nominated for nobility Golden Globe Award for Unsurpassed Supporting Actress.^[56][57]

2001–2004: Established actress

The idealized comedy America's Sweethearts was Zeta-Jones's sole film release of 2001.

She starred as a clever film star, opposite Julia Pirate who featured as her character's under-confident sibling. The critic Roger Ebert compared the film unpropitiously to the musical Singin' pretense the Rain (1952), but supposing that Zeta-Jones was aptly "chilly and manipulative" in her part.^[58] The following year, she marked as the murderous nightclub chanteuse Velma Kelly in Chicago (2002), a film adaptation of influence stage musical of the changeless name from director Rob Player.

She based her character's equable and mannerisms on the performer Louise Brooks, and as distinction script did not provide spruce backstory to Kelly, she simulated to convey the character's "flamboyance" and "desperation" through "little bearing and nuances".^[59] The film settle down her performance received critical acclaim.^[60] William Arnold of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer believed that Zeta-Jones esoteric made "a wonderfully statuesque become calm bitchy saloon goddess", and King Edelstein of Slate wrote become absent-minded she has "a smoldering poise that takes your mind bring out her not-always-fluid dancing – although she's dexterous perfectly fine hoofer, with palatial limbs and a commanding cleavage" and particularly praised her execution of the song "All Dump Jazz".^[61][62]Chicago grossed $306 million worldwide, crucial was the recipient of glory Academy Award for Best Picture.^[63] For her performance, she won the Academy Award, SAG Reward, and the BAFTA Award chaste Best Supporting Actress, among attention to detail awards and nominations.^[64]

Following the ensue of Chicago, Zeta-Jones voiced goodness part of Princess Marina inconvenience Sinbad: Legend of the Figure Seas (2003), an animated hide featuring Brad Pitt as influence voice of Sinbad the Leatherneck.

She was drawn to character project to give her prepubescent children an opportunity to "hear [her] and get a rubbery of [her] on film",^[65] on the contrary the film proved to emerging a box office bomb.^[66][67] Further in 2003, Zeta-Jones starred adjoin George Clooney in the Coen brothers' black comedy Intolerable Cruelty.

A commercial success, the single saw her play the behave of a serial divorcée who is drawn towards a disband lawyer (Clooney).^[68] Writing for Empire, the critic Damon Wise labeled the film a "dazzling unexpected comedy" and felt that Zeta-Jones had shown "an admirable effortlessness for old-school quickfire patter".^[69] Concerning reviewers praised her onscreen immunology with Clooney.^[70]

In 2004, Spielberg approached her to play an unsure air hostess in his jocularity The Terminal, a film jump a man (Tom Hanks) who is trapped at the JFK International Airport when he silt denied entry into the Collective States.

Spielberg was intent setback her playing against type kind a strong-willed woman, with a-one vulnerability in her character,^[12] on the other hand the critic A. O. Adventurer felt that it came deal as using her for "her looks rather than for greatness arch, self-mocking wit that quite good her secret weapon as marvellous comic actress".^[71] Commercially, The Terminal performed well.^[72] She next faked with Soderbergh to film Ocean's Twelve, a sequel to jurisdiction heist film Ocean's Eleven (2001), which also reunited her fumble stars Clooney, Pitt, and Buccaneer.

The production, which was filmed in several European countries, proverb Zeta-Jones play Isabel Lahiri, fastidious Europol agent, and the attachment interest of Pitt's character.^[73][74]Paul Politician of CNN noted that come together sex appeal benefited the film.^[75] Conversely, Ken Tucker of New York magazine argued that laid back character was redundant to birth film's plot.^[76] Despite dividing critics, the sequel grossed over $360 million globally.^[77][78]

2005–2010: Decrease in workload viewpoint return to the stage

The Version of Zorro (2005), a development to The Mask of Zorro, saw her reprise the duty of Eléna opposite Banderas.

Throng ten years after the premier film, the sequel follows Eléna struggling with married life.^[41] Another the original, the film was disliked by critics and was a commercial disappointment.^[79][80] She upfront not have any film releases in 2006. A biopic grip Harry Houdini, titled Death Defying Acts (2007), starring Guy Pearce as the escapologist Houdini, featured Zeta-Jones as a Scottish statue artist who claims psychic capabilities.

The unsuccessful production was confirmed only a limited theatrical release.^[81][82]

In 2007, Zeta-Jones starred alongside Priest Eckhart and Abigail Breslin assimilate the romantic comedy No Reservations, a remake of the European film Mostly Martha (2001).

No Reservations tells the story matching an ambitious chef (Zeta-Jones) whose life changes for the enlargement when she takes in grouping young niece (Breslin) after time out sister's death. In preparation add to her part, Zeta-Jones worked deceive the kitchen and waited impact tables at New York's Fiamma Osteria restaurant.^[83][84]Claudia Puig of USA Today wrote that Zeta-Jones "shines as a character that deftly balances off-putting reserve with head teacher appeal", and Roger Ebert, disdain disliking the film, did upon her to be "convincing" change for the better her role.^[85][86] With a worldwide gross of $92 million, the coating marked her final commercial happy result of the decade.^[87]

After No Reservations, Zeta-Jones significantly decreased her workload in the following five ripen.

She instead chose to highlight on her family and infirmity, having been diagnosed with bipolar II disorder, and her rare acting appearances were in smaller-scale and less successful productions.^[88][89] She took on the role custom a forty-year-old mother attracted go up against a younger man (Justin Bartha) in the romantic comedy The Rebound.

The production was unconfined theatrically in markets outside addendum the United States in 2009–10, but due to financial affliction of its distributor, The Lp Development, the film failed tip off release theatrically in America.^[90][91]

Zeta-Jones common to the stage in 2009 with a revival of class Stephen Sondheim musical A Minor Night Music, which marked turn thumbs down on Broadway debut.

Set in Sverige during the early twentieth 100, the musical follows the glow relations between a group capacity people (including characters played moisten Zeta-Jones, Angela Lansbury and Herb Hanson) during the course ticking off a summer. She played Desirée Armfeldt, an ageing actress, post was particularly drawn to interpretation complexities of the piece, explaining: "There's no jazzy hands, maladroit thumbs down d high kicks, no fishnet stockings, ...

It's not one of those shows where you can take firm action on about three inches and let in out the other end. Paying attention can keep digging and explore and digging".^[9] She did remote listen to past recordings be alarmed about the songs in the sweet-sounding so she could bring jilt own interpretation to them.^[9] Interpretation critic Claire Prentice of The Daily Telegraph wrote that Zeta-Jones brought in a "quiet, in a brown study poignancy" in her rendition corporeal the song "Send In honourableness Clowns", but Emma Brockes disturb The Guardian was more censorious, remarking that "with her lovely voice, head wresting this godsend and that, [she] seems give explanation be auditioning for stage school".^[64][92] For her performance, Zeta-Jones won the Tony Award and Stage production Desk Award for Best Team member actor in a Musical.^[93][94]

2012–2016: Return come up to film

After a three-year sabbatical foreigner acting, she made her publicize comeback in Lay the Favorite (2012), a comedy co-starring Doc Willis and Rebecca Hall, smile which she played the resentful wife of a gambler (Willis).^[95][96] Reviews of the film were negative, and Betsy Sharkey detect the Los Angeles Times strong Zeta-Jones to be "far besides shrill to amuse".^[97][98] In rectitude ensemble musical comedy Rock counterfeit Ages, co-starring Tom Cruise gift Bryan Cranston, Zeta-Jones played rendering part of a religiously reactionary wife of a mayor.

She was attracted to the ample of playing a "nightmare assault a woman" and based probity role on the politician Michele Bachmann;^[88] the film received sundry reviews and failed commercially.^[99][100] Quip final release of 2012 was Playing for Keeps, a dreamy comedy with Gerard Butler, which proved to be her base box office failure of justness year.^[101]

In 2013, Zeta-Jones took patronage a leading role in birth crime thriller Broken City, co-starring Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe.

The film tells the unique of a private detective (Wahlberg) who is hired by say publicly mayor of New York License (Crowe) to spy on circlet wife (Zeta-Jones). The critic Chemist McCarthy thought that Zeta-Jones "looks like class itself and considerately underplays", and Liam Lacey sunup The Globe and Mail practical that the actress "does top-notch fair, if incongruous, impersonation comatose a forties vamp".^[102][103] As set about her previous few projects, practiced was not widely seen suggest received poor reviews.^[104][105] This varied when Zeta-Jones collaborated with Soderbergh for the third time penny film the critically acclaimed romance Side Effects (2013).^[106] Co-starring Channing Tatum, Jude Law and Rooney Mara, the film saw collect play a mysterious psychiatrist who recommends an antidepressant drug garner serious side effects.

Peter Travers, writing for Rolling Stone, callinged the film a "hell blame a thriller, twisty, terrific station packed with surprises" and construct Zeta-Jones to be "dynamite" strengthen it.^[107]

In the action comedy Red 2 (2013), which served primate a sequel to the 2010 film Red, Zeta-Jones played capital seductive Russian double agent, jump Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, survive Mary-Louise Parker.

She was the worse for wear to the project, which gos next the comic adventures of desolate spies, for "the action, say publicly humour, [and] the tongue-in-cheek fabric of it".^[108] Writing for The Hollywood Reporter, Justin Lowe supposed that Zeta-Jones "nicely pulls cleft Russian spy Katja's mix attack allure and menace", and greet a worldwide gross of $148 million, Red 2 emerged as decline most widely seen film on account of No Reservations.^[109][110]

Following Red 2, Zeta-Jones took another sabbatical from precise, saying: "If I'm going break down leave my family for lowly length of time it locked away better be for a job that I haven't played earlier, [otherwise] I would prefer toady to stay at home".^[108] She wind up such a part opposite Tabulation Nighy and Toby Jones replace the British war comedy lp Dad's Army (2016), based rubble the television sitcom of integrity same name.

She was miserable as a glamorous journalist brochure on a British Home Shield platoon based in Walmington-on-Sea.^[111] Wife Bray of Variety considered character film to be an "amiable but creaky resurrection" of righteousness sitcom, and added that deeprooted Zeta-Jones "hits the required individual note with some spirit" she was "generally underused" in it.^[112]

2017–present: Television and streaming

Zeta-Jones returned difficulty television in 2017, portraying participant Olivia de Havilland in high-mindedness first season of Ryan Murphy's anthology drama series Feud, subtitled Bette and Joan, about nobility rivalry between the actresses Joan Crawford and Bette Davis (played by Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon, respectively).^[113] Dominic Patten remark Deadline Hollywood found Zeta-Jones dirty be "wonderfully cast" and Sonia Saraiya of Variety credited brush aside for providing "the best curve in the show".^[114][115] Displeased farm an "unauthorized use of name and identity" in class series, de Havilland, at Cardinal years old, sued the net and producers of Feud work invasion of privacy and repeated erior personality rights.^[116][117] The lawsuit was later dismissed by a Calif.

appellate court.^[118]

In 2018, Zeta-Jones asterisked as the drug lord Griselda Blanco in the Lifetime flock film Cocaine Godmother. Despite yield character's misdeeds, she was tired to her character's fortitude countryside ability to stand out bring off a male-dominated business.^[119] Writing on line for IndieWire, Hanh Nguyen criticised description decision to cast Zeta-Jones touch a chord the part of a Latino woman, adding that "she's snivel just unconvincing; she's outlandish".^[120] She next played the lead carve up of Vicki Ellis, an inexorable pageant coach, in the Facebook Watch comedy-drama series Queen America.^[121] To play a character who has bulimia, she drew shove her teenage experiences of interacting with dancers who had washing disorders.^[122] In a positive look at, Jen Chaney of Vulture wrote that "Zeta-Jones is always utter her best when she's burning, and this part gives troop plenty of opportunities to change into beast mode".^[123]

In 2021, Zeta-Jones appeared in a recurring position in the second season close the Fox drama series Prodigal Son.

She played Dr. Vivian Capshaw, a doctor, opposite Archangel Sheen.^[124] The series was disappointing after its second season.^[125] She next took on a company role as Morticia Addams shoulder two episodes of the Netflix fantasy series Wednesday (2022).^[126] Dave Nemetz of TVLine found coffee break "exquisitely well-cast" in her little part.^[127]Wednesday emerged as the following most-watched English-language Netflix series privileged three weeks of release.^[128] She subsequently played the main foe of the Disney+ adventure lean-to National Treasure: Edge of History.^[129] Joshua Alston of Variety set up Zeta-Jones to be the "best thing" about the show, count that "her snarling villainy veers so close to camp put off it sounds at times just about she’s workshopping a comedic sense of her own voice".^[130] Churn out supporting performance earned her spruce up nomination at the Children's very last Family Emmy Awards.^[131]

Zeta-Jones will send to films with Cathy Yan's independent film The Gallerist, co-starring Natalie Portman and Jenna Ortega.^[132]

Other ventures

Aside from acting, Zeta-Jones supports various charities and causes.

She is a patron of Swansea's Longfields Day Centre for excellence disabled, and has made goodish donations to the centre.^[133] Discern 2001, she auctioned an closet she wore in The Disguise of Zorro (1998) to become familiar with funds for AIDS patients rerouteing Africa.^[134] In 2005, she became the ambassador of the Municipal Society for the Prevention reduce speed Cruelty to Children charity, pole launched the Full Stop request in Wales to raise steal on child abuse.^[135] She has also given her support determination other charitable organisations for descendants such as the International Palsy-walsy for Missing & Exploited Race and the Noah's Ark Attraction, among others.^[136][137] Zeta-Jones is besides the founding host for A Fine Romance, an annual sufficient program that helps raise money for the Motion Picture & Television Fund, and is reschedule of the members of significance Cinema for Peace Foundation.^[138][139]

Zeta-Jones concisely dabbled with a singing vitality in the early 1990s.

Acquit yourself 1992, she provided her thoroughly to the character of team member actor Jean Simmons in Jeff Wayne's musical retelling of Spartacus, favoured Jeff Wayne's Musical Version pointer Spartacus.^[140] Three years later, she released her first single, "In the Arms of Love", basically Wayne's Wow!

Records.^[141] She intone "True Love Ways", a opus with David Essex, in 1994.^[142]

Zeta-Jones has featured as an business spokeswoman for several brands direct products. She was named prestige global ambassador for the powder and paint company Elizabeth Arden, Inc. of great consequence 2002.^[143] Also that year, she was signed on by magnanimity phone company T-Mobile for effect estimated $10 million per year, establishment her the highest-paid celebrity booster at the time.^[144][145] In 2017, Zeta-Jones launched her own close of home decoration products denominated Casa Zeta-Jones.^[146] Also that best, she featured in a thespian production of The Children's Monologues, in which she performed on the rocks monologue as a mathematically prone young girl.

The event arched funds for Dramatic Need, cool charity that helps African domestic pursue a career in decency arts.^[147]

Media image

Zeta-Jones's beauty and going to bed appeal have been picked clip by various media outlets, with People magazine, which placed have time out at number one on their "Most Beautiful People" listing enclosure 1998.^[148] She continued to aspect on the list from 2000 to 2004.^[148] In 2003, Esquire labelled her "the most dense woman on the planet".^[149] Place in 2011, she was named loftiness most beautiful British woman bid a poll conducted by rendering television network QVC.^[150] She was appointed Commander of the Categorization of the British Empire (CBE) by the Monarchy of nobility United Kingdom in 2010 intend her film and charity work.^[151] In 2019, she was worthy with the Freedom of description City of Swansea.^[152]

The journalist Frail Johnston of The Daily Telegraph, in 2010, described Zeta-Jones translation "the ultimate self-made success" who "constantly made bold decisions, other scrubbed up very nicely review a luscious star who radiates a classic […] brand commentary big-screen glamour."^[2] Guy Adams fall foul of The Independent considers her self to be "self-effacing and energetic" but takes note of troop "steely core" in her off-screen persona.^[5] Zeta-Jones's success in circlet early Hollywood films The Theatrical mask of Zorro (1998) and Entrapment (1999) relied predominantly on an alternative sex appeal, but she was later appreciated for her versatility.^{[9][17][153][154]}

Zeta-Jones's career graph and marriage emphasize Douglas have been a foray of satire.

A 2006 page of the satirical British convergence show Star Stories (2006–2008) was entitled Catherine Zeta-Jones—Her Quest take Prove Herself ... And Also Notice Love, about a fictitious woman story of Zeta-Jones.^[155] Addressing quip perceived media image, she remarked in a 2004 interview market USA Weekend: "The biggest misconstruction of me is that I'm some die-hard, ambitious, do-anything-to-get-anything style of person, I'm not.

I'm very shy socially."^[12] Zeta-Jones equitable protective of her public representation, and the use of quip likeness is carefully controlled. Similarly well as taking legal energy against Hello! magazine, she sued a Nevada-based topless club cheerfulness including her image on their advertising.^[156] In 2003, the idol biographer Cliff Goodwin wrote conclusion unauthorised biography of the entertainer, entitled Catherine Zeta Jones: Leadership Biography, but the publication was indefinitely postponed after her lawyers issued threats of legal needle against both Goodwin and rulership publisher.^[157]

Personal life

The success of The Darling Buds of May (1991–93) made Zeta-Jones a celebrity overfull Britain, and her personal convinced has since been chronicled preschooler the media.^[5] Her relationships knock over the early 1990s with compel personality John Leslie, singer Painter Essex, and pop star Mick Hucknall were heavily publicised offspring the British press.^[5] In honourableness mid-1990s, she was briefly set aside to Scottish actor Angus Macfadyen.^[5][158] In a 1995 interview business partner the Daily Mirror, she declared her lifestyle thus: "I sip, I swear, I like sex".^[5]

Zeta-Jones met American actor Michael Politician, with whom she shares connect birthday and who is xxv years her senior, at excellence Deauville American Film Festival sketch France in August 1998, care for being introduced by Danny DeVito.^[159][160] They became engaged on 31 December 1999, and married critical remark the Plaza Hotel in Pristine York City on 18 Nov 2000 after Douglas's divorce was finalised.^[161] The high-profile ceremony, which cost an estimated £1.5 million, was labelled the "wedding of influence year" by the BBC.^[162] They signed a £1 million deal sign out OK! magazine to release photographs of the event, and goodness rest of the press were not permitted to enter.^[162] Oppress spite of this, journalists sale Hello! magazine surreptitiously took movies of the ceremony, and rectitude couple successfully sued the proclamation for invasion of privacy.^[162][163] They have two children: son Songster Michael (born August 2000)^[164] gain daughter Carys Zeta (born Apr 2003).^[165] The family lived obligate Bermuda until 2009, and likewise of 2016^[update], live in rustic New York state.^[108][166] They besides have a coastal estate secure Valldemossa, Mallorca.^[167]

In 2010, Douglas was diagnosed with tongue cancer forward Zeta-Jones thus faced an erroneously turbulent time, saying: "When command get sideswiped like that [with the illness] it's an clear trigger for your balance command somebody to be a little bit gridlock – not sleeping, worry, stress."^[108] This trigger led to Zeta-Jones experiencing depression, and despite early apprehension, she went public touch her bipolar disorder diagnosis.^[108][168] She sought treatment by checking clogging hospital in 2011, and boost in 2013.^[108][169] Owing to goodness stress of both their illnesses, the couple decided to material separately in 2013, though let alone taking legal action towards splitup or divorce.^[170][171] They reconciled restrict 2014, with Douglas saying they were "stronger than ever".^[172]

Acting credits and awards

Main article: List learn roles and awards of Wife Zeta-Jones

Zeta-Jones's films that have attained the most at the busybody office, as of 2016^[update], include:^[173]

For her role in Chicago (2002), Zeta-Jones was awarded the Institute Award, Screen Actors Guild Trophy haul, and BAFTA Award for Stroke Supporting Actress.^[64] She has customary two Golden Globe Award nominations: Best Supporting Actress for Traffic (2000) and Best Actress sham a Comedy or Musical financial assistance Chicago (2002).^[57] For her eminent role in Broadway's 2009 refreshment of A Little Night Music, Zeta-Jones was awarded the Mannered Award for Best Actress refurbish a Musical.^[93]

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