Catherine Zeta Jones
- Profession: Actress
- Place/Date of Birth: Treboeth, Llangyfelach, Wales, 25 September 1969
She won the Best Supporting Actress award at The BAFTA’s for her performance as Velma Kelly in Chicago. Catherine thrilled the audience with her acceptance speech - especially when she bellowed ’Oggie oggie oggie - oi oi oi! at the surprised audience!
Catherine said after the ceremony ’We lost the rugby so it’s to give the Welsh something to smile about!’ She also thanked her ’wonderful’ husband - and Michael Douglas was seen getting teary eyed in the audience. He later said how proud he was of his wife "I’m so elated, I can’t tell you - I saw how much effort Catherine put into Chicago. I am really proud of her." Ahh.....!
What a great support! - 17/02/03
Catherine has bagged herself another award for her role as murderess Velma Kelly in the musical Chicago - best supporting actress of the year!
The award is from the US ShoWest 2003, and is due to be presented at a gala ceremony to close the trade show in Las Vegas on March 6.
Welsh roots - 11/02/03 Courtesy of Heat Magazine
Catherine Zeta Jones is returning to Wales to star as a hairdresser in a new film. She revealed, "It’s called Coming Out and is about a gay person who inherits a rugby club full of macho players. Its like Billy Elliot meets The Full Monty."
Oh boy-o.
Zeta baby - 15/01/03
Catherine Zeta Jones is reportedly bringing out a new range of designer babywear.
The London Evening Standard says she has teamed up with former Welsh rugby player Ray Williams to create the range, called Zeta. It is believed Zeta bibs and baby-grows will be launched to coincide with the birth of her second baby in March. She already has a son Dylan, two, with husband Michael Douglas.
Tree trouble - 07/01/03 Courtesy of Heat Magazine
Catherine Zeta Jones has had problems building her dream home because of a tree.
Work has ground to a halt on the ?1 million sprawling mansion near Swansea in Wales 9 Catherine’s home town) because the council needs to grant permission for a 60-year-old sycamore tree to be cut down. We’re rooting for them!
Mystic Cat - 26/11/02 Courtesy of Heat Magazine
Catherine ZJ’s biographer Cliff Goodwin claims the star still regularly consults a Welsh psychic.
Goodwin explains, "He told her she would land a big TV part and soon after she got her role in The Darling Buds Of May. He told her she was pregnant even before she had discovered it."
Douglas diet - 05/11/02
She may be nearly four months pregnant, but Catherine Zeta Jones is taking care not to pile on the pounds.
She’s watching what she eats to avoid adding the three stones she gained during her first pregnancy. She’s doing 30 minutes of exercise each day, and eating plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables, carbohydrates and small amounts of protein. Courtesy of Heat Magazine
Catherine spars with small French Spa! - 29/10/02
How much is Catherine Zeta Jones annoyed? Oh - about ?3.2 million pounds worth.
A small French Spa quoted in a magazine that Catherine liked their products. Since Catherine is the face of Elizabeth Arden - these quotes put her in breach of her ?800,000 a year contract and Catherine is so angry that she has hit them with a lawsuit that runs into millions.
The French Spa has retracted the quote but Catherine is still adament that they cough up.
Catherine - queen of the castle - October 2002
Rumours are spreading that Catherine Zeta Jones is on the verge of buying a 17th century castle in the Vale of Glamorgan near Cardiff.
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She went on to appear in numerous little noticed films and series’, including a made for TV film, Titanic, and comic book movie The Phantom, alongside Billy Zane. It was around this time that she was picked to star with Antonio Banderas in The Mask of Zorro and Sean Connery in Entrapment. These films would make Catherine in to the Hollywood star we know today.
In 2000 she starred in Stephen Soderburgh’s Traffic with her future husband Michael Douglas. When they married later that year there was much critcism of the age difference (Douglas being 25 years her senior), however their marriage continues to go from strength to strength and they now have two children, Dylan (born in 2000) and Cerys (born in 2003).
Between babies and awards ceremonies CZJ has made a real name for herself as a leading lady in films such as The Terminal, Ocean’s Eleven and America’s Sweethearts. She has also won an Oscar for her all-singing, all-dancing part in musical Chicago whilst also working as spokeswoman for Elizabeth Arden.
updated September 2006
March 2008