Catherine Zeta-Jones

Catherine Zeta-Jones is a Welsh actress born in Swansea in 1969 who moved from child roles in West End musicals to international screen stardom. Trained in musical theatre at the Arts Educational Schools in London, she made her stage breakthrough in a 1987 production of 42nd Street and her screen debut in the French-Italian film 1001 Nights in 1990. She became widely known on British television in The Darling Buds of May, then relocated to Los Angeles and established herself in Hollywood through The Mask of Zorro and Entrapment. Her performance as Velma Kelly in the musical film Chicago won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and she later won a Tony Award for A Little Night Music on Broadway. She has also taken television parts, including Morticia Addams in Wednesday, and was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2010 for her film and humanitarian work. She is married to the actor Michael Douglas.