
Biography
Catherine Zeta-Jones, CBE, (born 25 September 1969) is a Welsh actress. She began her career on stage at an early age. After starring in a number of United Kingdom and United States television films and small roles in films, she came to prominence with roles in Hollywood movies such as the 1998 action film The Mask of Zorro and the 1999 crime thriller film Entrapment. Her breakthrough role was in the 2000 film Traffic, for which she earned her first Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture. Zeta-Jones subsequently starred as Velma Kelly in the 2002 film adaptation of the musical Chicago, a critical and commercial success, and received an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Later, she appeared in the 2003 romantic comedy film Intolerable Cruelty and 2004 crime comedy film Ocean's Twelve. Zeta-Jones landed the lead female role in the 2005 sequel of the 1998 film, The Legend of Zorro. She also starred in the 2008 biopic romantic thriller Death Defying Acts. In 2010, she won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Desiree in A Little Night Music. Description above from the Wikipedia article Catherine Zeta-Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2010
- Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Actress in a Musical · 2010
- Tony Award — Best Actress in a Musical · 2010
- Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year · 2005
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 2003
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- Academy Awards · 2003
- BAFTA Award — Best Actress in a Supporting Role · 2003
- Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture · 2003
- Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role · 2003
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award — Best Supporting Actress · 2002
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award — Best Cast · 2002
- Phoenix Film Critics Society Award — Best Supporting Actress · 2002
- Actor Awards · 2001
- Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture · 2001
- Jameson People's Choice Award — Best Actress · 1999
- Order of the British Empire
- Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Actress in a Musical · 2010 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Actress in a Musical · 2010 · nominated
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award — Best Cast · 2004 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 2003 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Actress in a Supporting Role · 2003 · nominated
- Online Film Critics Society Award — Best Supporting Actress · 2003 · nominated
- Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role · 2003 · nominated
- Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture · 2003 · nominated
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award — Best Supporting Actress · 2002 · nominated
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award — Best Cast · 2002 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy · 2002 · nominated
- Phoenix Film Critics Society Award — Best Supporting Actress · 2002 · nominated
- Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture · 2001 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture · 2000 · nominated
- Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Actress · 1999 · nominated
- Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Screen Couple/Ensemble · 1999 · nominated
- MTV Movie Award — Best Breakthrough Female Performance · 1999 · nominated
- MTV Movie Award — Best Fight · 1999 · nominated
- Saturn Award — Best Actress · 1998 · nominated
Filmography46 titles

Wednesday

Prodigal Son

The Darling Buds of May

Welcome to Wrexham

Tony Bennett: An American Classic

Feud

The Terminal

The Graham Norton Show

Chicago

High Fidelity

Traffic

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

Saturday Night Live

National Treasure: Edge of History

No Reservations

Side Effects

Ocean's Twelve

The Mask of Zorro

The Cinder Path

RED 2

The Rebound

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Cocaine Godmother

The Daily Show

The Return of the Native

Rock of Ages

Entrapment

The Legend of Zorro

Broken City

Death Defying Acts

Intolerable Cruelty

Titanic

Playing for Keeps

America's Sweethearts

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Haunting

The Phantom

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Lay the Favorite

Splitting Heirs

Dad's Army

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

The View

Blue Juice