Catherine Zeta Jones | Michael Douglas

Catherine Zeta Jones

Profession: Actress
Place/Date of Birth: Treboeth, Llangyfelach, Wales, 25 September 1969

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Catherine Zeta-Jones offered Charlotte Church a role in movie - Jan 12, 2006
Charlotte Church is "over the moon" after fellow Welsh star Catherine Zeta-Jones offered her a role in her movie. The screen beauty, who is married to Hollywood actor Michael Douglas, had already asked the pop babe to sing the theme song to ’Coming Home’ - about a struggling rugby team - but now also wants her to have a cameo role in the film.

An insider is quoted in the Daily Star newspaper as saying: "Catherine sees Charlotte as a younger version of herself. "She thinks she’s incredibly talented." It won’t be Charlotte’s first time on the big-screen. The 19-year-old beauty made her acting debut in the feature film ’I’ll Be There’ in 2003 - but vowed never to make another movie because her performance was so "dreadful". She confessed at the time: "I won’t be doing any more films. I think I was quite dreadful." "I watched it and I thought, ’Stick to singing, girl, stick to singing.’"

Catherine plays in movie version of TV classic Dallas - Sept 29, 2005
Catherine Zeta Jones has been hotly-tipped to play Sue Ellen Ewing in a movie version of TV classic ’Dallas’. The Welsh beauty is said to be the favourite to star as the long-suffering alcoholic wife of leading man JR Ewing, but faces tough competition from stars such as Demi Moore and Jennifer Lopez. John Travolta, Mel Gibson and Kevin Costner in the running to play JR, originally played by Larry Hagman in the 80s TV hit, according to media reports.

Earlier this month, it was revealed Zeta has splashed out a fortune - on bottled Welsh air. The raven-haired beauty allegedly forks out ?24 per bottle of air from her native Wales - and has it flown to her Los Angeles home. The patriotic actress then dishes it out to friends visiting her and husband Michael Douglas. Zeta Jones reportedly came up with the idea after learning a businessman was bottling the atmosphere in the Welsh Valleys. But entrepreneur John Gronow remained tight-lipped about whether the actress is a customer, saying: "I’m afraid I can’t talk about Ms Jones. I’m not allowed to."

Catherine is splashing out a fortune - on bottled Welsh air - Sept 05
Catherine Zeta Jones is reportedly splashing out a fortune - on bottled Welsh air. The raven-haired beauty allegedly forks out ?24 per bottle of air from her native Wales - and has it flown to her Los Angeles home. The patriotic actress then dishes it out to friends visiting her and husband Michael Douglas, according to a report in The Sun newspaper.

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Biography

Born on September 25 1969 in Swansea Catherine Zeta Jones, who grew up in Mumbles, was the daughter of a sweet factory owner. She left school to persue an acting career without gaining any formal qualifications, going on to star in 42nd Street in London’s West End in 1987. Soon after she appeared in her feature film debut, a French adaptation of 1001 Nights. However it was on the small screen that Catherine made her name in the UK, stealing the show in an ITV version of H.E Bates’ The Darling Buds of May.

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