Biography of Catherine Zeta -Jones

Catherine Zeta Jones (Catherine Fair and Zeta Jones being the names of her grandmothers) was born in Swansea. was born in Swansea on the 25th of September, 1969, growing up in the now-chic Mumbles area, a beautiful sweep of wooded coastline.

Date of Birth :-25 September 1969
Swansea
West Glamorgan
Wales
UK
Birth Name :- Catherine Jones
Height :- 5' 8" (1.73 m)

Catherine Zeta-Jones was born on 25 September 1969, in Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales, UK, the daughter of Dai Jones, who formerly worked for a candy factory, and Pat Jones.

Her brother David Jones (b. 1967) is a development executive and brother Lyndon Jones (b.1972) works at her production company.

Catherine showed an interest early on in entertainment. She starred on stage in "Annie", "Bugsy Malone" and "The Pajama Game". At 15 she had the lead in the British revival of "42nd Street".

She was originally cast as the second understudy for the lead role in the musical but when the star and first understudy became sick the night the play's producer was in the audience, she was given the lead for the rest of the musical's production.

She first made a name for herself in the early 1990s when she starred in the Yorkshire Television comedy/drama series "The Darling Buds of May" (1991).

The show was a smash hit and made her one of the United Kingdom's most popular television actresses.

She subsequently played supporting roles in several films including Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992).

She was acted as Catherine in the miniseries Catherine the Great (1995) (TV) and a larger part as the seductive Sala in The Phantom (1996)

Before landing her breakthrough role playing the fiery Elena opposite Anthony Hopkins and Antonio Banderas in The Mask of Zorro (1998)

She starred in many big-budget blockbusters like Entrapment (1999), The Haunting (1999) and Traffic (2000), for which many believed she was robbed of an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress.

The film was also important to Catherine Zeta Jones in that it led to her meeting her future husband, Michael Douglas. In November 2000 the couple married at the New York Plaza, which was later to lead to a legal feud with Hello Magazine over unauthorised wedding photographs.

2000 also saw the release of High Fidelity, and Traffic, where Catherine Zeta Jones played the pregnant wife of a major drugs dealer. In real life she was pregnant too. Michael Douglas also starred in the film.

The following year Catherine Zeta Jones starred in Intolerable Cruelty, and then in 2003 she won an Oscar for best supporting actress for her role in the musical movie, Chicago (2002).

In 2002, Zeta Jones was chosen to be the face of cosmetics company Elizabeth Arden. In April 2003 she gave birth to her second child.

As well as having their two children, Dylan and Carys, Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas have six labradors.

Asked the key to a successful marriage, Catherine Zeta-Jones replied: "Every woman and every man should have his or her own bathroom. The end."

Her film roles since 2003 have included The Terminal, Ocean's Twelve and No Reservations. Catherine Zeta Jones regularly practices pilates and yoga.

Hollywood superstar Catherine Zeta Jones may be on the movie A-list, but when it comes to the good life it seems it is the simple things that make her happy - designer shoes, the quiet life and her relationship with hubby Michael Douglas.

while the Oscar-winner has swapped Mumbles for the glamorous world of films, one of her pet hates is the cinema capital of the world, Los Angeles.

Though, She became actor now lives in Bermuda, she says she misses her friends and family back home in Wales.

Catherine reveals her pet likes and dislikes in the August edition of Cosmopolitan magazine. And shoes are one of things she lists as making her happy - especially those by designer Christian Louboutins.

In November 2000 she married actor Michael Douglas. She gave birth to their son Dylan Michael in August 2000.

The actress's screen time, however, began to diminish at about that point, given her decision to shift priorities and hone in on raising a family with Douglas; her film appearances grew decidedly less frequent, and she thus found time to give birth to a baby girl named Carys Zeta Douglas in April of 2003.

Filmography of Catherine Zeta-Jones

No Reservations (2007) .... Kate
The Terminal (2004) .... Amelia Warren
Smoke & Mirrors (2004) .... Colette
Ocean's Twelve (2004) .... Isabel Lahiri
The Terminal (2004) .... Amelia Warren
Intollerable Cruelty (2003) .... Marylin Rexroth
Chicago (2002) .... Velma Kelly OSCAR WIN !
America's Sweethearts (2001) .... Gwen Harrison
Traffic (2000) .... Helena Ayala
High Fidelity (2000) .... Charlie Nicholson
The Haunting (1999) .... Theodora
Entrapment (1999) .... Virginia "Gin" Baker
The Mask of Zorro (1998) .... Elena de la Vega
Titanic (TV mini series) (1996) .... Isabella Paradine
The Phantom (1996) .... Sala

Catherine the Great (TV) (1995) .... Catherine

Blue Juice (1995) .... Chloe
The Cinder Path (TV) (1994) .... Victoria Chapman

The Return of the Native (TV) (1994) .... Eustacia Vye

Splitting Heirs (1993) .... Kitty

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992) .... Beatriz

The Darling Buds of May(TV Series) (1991-1994) .... Mariette Larkin
Out of the Blue (1991) .... Chirsty
Sheherazade (1990) .... title role