Catherine Zeta-JonesCatherine Zeta-Jones as seen in the 2004 film The TerminalCatherine Zeta-Jones (born September 25, 1969) is an Academy Award-winning Welsh actress. Born Catherine Jones in Mumbles, Wales, her last name stems from two different grandmothers; one grandmother is named Catherine, while the other is "Zeta," named after a ship that her great-grandfather sailed on. She was born to a Welsh father and a mother of Irish Catholic extraction and has two other brothers, besides English she speaks Welsh fluently. As a child she had a tracheotomy leaving a scar. Zeta-Jones' stage career began in childhood. She sang and danced her way to local stardom as a part of a Catholic congregation's performing troupe before she was ten years of age, and by 1987 she was appearing in Forty-Second Street in the West End. Once the show closed, Zeta-Jones travelled to France, where she received the lead role in French director Phillippe De Broca's 1001 Nights (a.k.a. Sheherazade), her feature film debut. Her exotic good looks, teamed with her singing and dancing ability, suggested a promising future, but it was in a straight acting role, as Mariette in the successful television adaptation of H. E. Bates' The Darling Buds of May (1991), that she made her name. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the movie Chicago in 2003 (when she quoted the Welsh chant "Oggy Oggy Oggy" in her acceptance speech). Apart from her acting career, Zeta-Jones is also an advertising spokesperson for the mobile phone company T-Mobile. She is currently the global spokeswoman for cosmetics giant, Elizabeth Arden. She has also starred on the Lifetime Television event of Titanic, also starring Tim Curry and Peter Gallagher. Zeta-Jones is married to the actor Michael Douglas, with whom she has two children. Her son, Dylan Michael Douglas was born August 8, 2000. (Her American admirers like to think that he is named after Bob Dylan - a favourite of Douglas - while her British admirers like to think that Dylan Thomas, also born in Swansea, was the inspiration). Her daughter, Carys Zeta Douglas was born April 20, 2003. Zeta-Jones has determined that her children grow up aware of their Welsh heritage and has built a seaside dream home in her hometown of Swansea. Filmography
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Zeta-Jones has determined that her children grow up aware of their Welsh heritage and has built a seaside dream home in her hometown of Swansea. In 2003 he began a relationship with his Spooks co-star Keeley Hawes, and they are expecting their first child later in 2004. Her daughter, Carys Zeta Douglas was born April 20, 2003. He is currently filming a starring role as Mr Darcy in a new film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, due for release in 2005. (Her American admirers like to think that he is named after Bob Dylan - a favourite of Douglas - while her British admirers like to think that Dylan Thomas, also born in Swansea, was the inspiration). MacFadyen has also appeared in several films, most notably Enigma (2001), in which he was oddly cast as a battle-scarred submarine commander. Her son, Dylan Michael Douglas was born August 8, 2000. The series has also found a following on cable television in the United States, where it airs as MI5 on the A&E Network. Zeta-Jones is married to the actor Michael Douglas, with whom she has two children. A longer second season was screened in 2003, and a third season is due to air in the autumn of 2004. She has also starred on the Lifetime Television event of Titanic, also starring Tim Curry and Peter Gallagher. In 2002 he took his highest-profile role to date, when he was picked to star in Spooks, which went on to become a huge popular and critical success when screen on BBC One. She is currently the global spokeswoman for cosmetics giant, Elizabeth Arden. Also in 2001, he earned much critical acclaim for his starring role in the prestige BBC Two drama serial Perfect Strangers, which was written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff. Apart from her acting career, Zeta-Jones is also an advertising spokesperson for the mobile phone company T-Mobile. Further television drama work followed, including starring roles in the dramas Warriors (1999) and The Way We Live Now (2001), both for the BBC. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the movie Chicago in 2003 (when she quoted the Welsh chant "Oggy Oggy Oggy" in her acceptance speech). MacFadyen's major TV breakthrough came when he co-starred in a television adaptation of Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights, screened on the ITV network in 1998. E. Bates' The Darling Buds of May (1991), that she made her name. His Benedick was particularly memorable, played as an officer-class buffoon with a moustache and a braying laugh. Her exotic good looks, teamed with her singing and dancing ability, suggested a promising future, but it was in a straight acting role, as Mariette in the successful television adaptation of H. After having studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts from 1992 to 1995, MacFadyen quickly became a well-known actor on the British stage, due primarily to his work with the stage company Cheek by Jowl, for whom he played Antonio in The Duchess of Malfi, Charles Surface in The School for Scandal, and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing. Sheherazade), her feature film debut. Matthew MacFadyen (born 1974) is a British actor, best known for his role as MI5 agent Tom Quinn in the BBC television drama series Spooks. Once the show closed, Zeta-Jones travelled to France, where she received the lead role in French director Phillippe De Broca's 1001 Nights (a.k.a. She sang and danced her way to local stardom as a part of a Catholic congregation's performing troupe before she was ten years of age, and by 1987 she was appearing in Forty-Second Street in the West End. Zeta-Jones' stage career began in childhood. As a child she had a tracheotomy leaving a scar. She was born to a Welsh father and a mother of Irish Catholic extraction and has two other brothers, besides English she speaks Welsh fluently. Born Catherine Jones in Mumbles, Wales, her last name stems from two different grandmothers; one grandmother is named Catherine, while the other is "Zeta," named after a ship that her great-grandfather sailed on. Catherine Zeta-Jones (born September 25, 1969) is an Academy Award-winning Welsh actress. Ocean's Twelve (2004). The Terminal (2004). Intolerable Cruelty (2003). Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) (voice). Chicago (2002). America's Sweethearts (2001). Traffic (2000). High Fidelity (2000). The Haunting (1999). Entrapment (1999). The Mask of Zorro (1998). Titanic (1996) (TV). The Phantom (1996). Katharina die Große (1995) (TV). Blue Juice (1995). The Cinder Path (1994) (TV). The Return of the Native (1994) (TV). Splitting Heirs (1993). The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (1992) (voice). Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992). The Darling Buds of May (1991) (TV). Out of the Blue (1991). Les Mille et une nuits (1990). |