Catherine Zeta-Jones facts for kids
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Catherine Zeta-Jones
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Catherine Zeta-Jones
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Catherine Jones
25 September 1969 |
| Nationality | British |
| Years active | 1990 – present |
| Television | The Darling Buds of May |
| Spouse(s) | Michael Douglas (m. 2000-present) |
| Children | Son and daughter |
| Parent(s) | David Jones Patricia (née Fair) |
Catherine Zeta-Jones CBE (born 25 September 1969) is an Academy Award-winning Welsh actress living in the United States. She started acting at in theatre when she was young. After this, she has many small role British and American television and movies. She became a famous actor once she start acting in Hollywood movies 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 2002 movie Chicago. She is the first and only Welsh actress to win that award.
In 2010 Zeta-Jones was given a CBE.
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.
Images for kids
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Mumbles, Swansea where Zeta-Jones was raised
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Zeta-Jones at the premiere of Entrapment at the 52nd Cannes Film Festival in 1999
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Zeta-Jones at the Drama Desk Award ceremony in 2010, where she won Outstanding Actress in a Musical for her role in A Little Night Music
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Olivia de Havilland, whom Zeta-Jones portrayed in the television series Feud (2017)
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Zeta-Jones in 2006
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Zeta-Jones with husband Michael Douglas at the Vanity Fair party for the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival
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Zeta-Jones at a Drama League Benefit Gala in 2010
