Catherine Zeta-Jones

Born : Catherine Zeta Jones, 25 September 1969 (1969-09-25) (age 39), Swansea, Wales, UK
Years active : 1984–present
Spouse(s) : Michael Douglas (2000-)
Catherine Zeta Jones (pronounced /ˈziːtə/ "zeeta"; born 25 September 1969) is a Welsh actress, presently based in the United States. She began her career on stage at an early age. After starring in a number of UK and US television films and small roles in films, she came to prominence with roles in Hollywood movies such as The Phantom, The Mask of Zorro, and Entrapment in the late 1990s. She won an Academy Award, BAFTA Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for portraying Velma Kelly in the 2002 film adaptation of Chicago. She is married to actor Michael Douglas.
Early life
Zeta-Jones was born Catherine Zeta Jonesin Swansea, South Wales. Her mother, Patricia (née Fair), was an Irish-Welsh seamstress, and her father, David "Dai" Jones (b. 1946), was a Welsh sweet factory owner. Zeta-Jones has two brothers, David and Lyndon. Her father's cousin is married to singer Bonnie Tyler, from nearby Neath, Wales. Her uncle owns Swansea's Škoda car dealership as well as Llanelli A.F.C. football club. Her name stems from those of her grandmothers — her maternal grandmother, Catherine Fair, and her paternal grandmother, Zeta Jones (1917 - 14 August 2008)
Zeta-Jones was raised Catholic. After her parents won £100,000 at bingo in the 1980s, they moved to St. Andrews Drive in Mayals, an upper-class area of Swansea. Zeta-Jones attended Dumbarton House School in Swansea.[citation needed] Zeta-Jones left school early to further her acting ambitions without obtaining O levels and went on to attend The Arts Educational Schools in Chiswick, west London, for a full-time three-year course in musical theatre.
Personal life
Zeta-Jones is married to actor Michael Douglas, exactly 25 years her senior. She claims that when they met, he used the line "I'd like to father your children." They were married at the Plaza Hotel in New York City on 18 November 2000. A traditional Welsh choir (Côr Cymraeg Rehoboth) sang at their wedding. Her Welsh gold wedding ring includes a Celtic motif and was purchased in the Welsh town of AberystwythThe couple have two children. Their son, Dylan Michael Douglas (named after Dylan Thomas), was born on 8 August 2000; Zeta-Jones's pregnancy was incorporated into Traffic. Their daughter, Carys Zeta Douglas, was born on 20 April 2003.
Her younger brother, Lyndon Jones, is her personal manager and producer for Milkwood Films. Zeta-Jones's parents recently moved from their Mayals property to a £2 million home two miles further west along the Swansea coast, paid for by their daughter.
Apart from her acting career, Zeta-Jones is also an advertising spokeswoman, currently the global spokeswoman for cosmetics giant Elizabeth Arden. She has appeared in numerous TV commercials for the phone company T-Mobile. She is also the spokeswoman for DiModolo jewelry.
Zeta-Jones lives predominantly with Douglas and the children in Bermuda, but they are regular visitors to the new family home in Swansea, Wales. They also maintain a residence on the north shore of the Spanish island of Majorca. They also have a cottage on the shore of Lake Tremblant in the resort town of Mont Tremblant, Quebec.
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