Catherine zita jones biography
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Catherine Zeta-Jones
Catherine Zeta-JonesCBE (born 25 September 1969) is an Academy Award-winning Welshactress, living in the United States. She started acting in theatre from a young age. After this, she had many small roles in British and Americanfilms and television shows. She established herself as an actress once she began starring in Hollywood films such as The Phantom, The Mask of Zorro, and Entrapment in the late 1990s.
She won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for acting as Velma Kelly in the 2002 film Chicago. She is the first and only Welsh actress to win that award.
In 2010 Zeta-Jones was given a CBE.[1]
Zeta-Jones is married to American actor Michael Douglas, with whom she shares a birthday. They have two children - Dylan (named after Dylan Thomas) and Carys.
Zeta-Jones said in 2011 that she has been diagnosed with bipolar II disorder.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑"Catherine Zeta Jones awarded CBE". 12 June 2010.
- ↑Brown, Eryn (13 April 2011). "Catherine Zeta-Jones is treated for bipolar II disorder. What is it?" – via LA Times.
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Catherine Zeta Jones biography
She was born in Mumbles, Swansea, on 25 September 1969. Her father David (Dai) Jones owned a Welsh sweet factory, and her mother Patricia was an Irish seamstress.
Her name comes from her grandmothers; her maternal grandmother was Catherine Fair, and on her father's side Zeta Jones. The name Zeta is of Greek origin.
She made her acting debut as a child, playing the lead in Annie at Swansea's Grand Theatre. She also starred in a production of Bugsy Malone, and at 14 impressed Mickey Dolenz when he auditioned her for a role in The Pyjama Game. Dolenz gave her the opportunity to join the show for the rest of its tour.
Zeta Jones was educated at Dumbarton School in Swansea, but left early to focus on her acting. She attended the Arts Educational School in Chiswick to study musical theatre for three years.
By 1987 she was starring in London's West End, playing the role of Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street. She also played Mae Jones in Kurt Weill's opera Street Scene in 1989, working with English National Opera at the London Coliseum.
After Street Scene she took the lead role in Philippe de Broca's 1001 Nights, which became her first role in a feature film.
In the UK she rose to prominence after being cast as Mariette Larkin in ITV's 199
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