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Catherine Zeta-Jones was born on 25 September 1969, in Swansea, West Glamorgan,
Wales, UK, the daughter of Dai Jones, who formerly worked for a candy factory, and
Pat Jones. Her brother David Jones (b. 1967) is a development executive and brother
Lyndon Jones (b.1972) works at her production company. Catherine showed an interest
early on in entertainment.
She starred on stage in "Annie", "Bugsy Malone" and "The Pajama Game". At 15 she
had the lead in the British revival of "42nd Street". She was originally cast as
the second understudy for the lead role in the musical but when the star and first
understudy became sick the night the play's producer was in the audience, she was
given the lead for the rest of the musical's production.
She first made a name for herself in the early 1990s when she starred in the
Yorkshire Television comedy/drama series "The Darling Buds of May" (1991). The show
was a smash hit and made her one of the United Kingdom's most popular television
actresses.
She subsequently played supporting roles in several films including Christopher
Columbus: The Discovery (1992), the miniseries Catherine the Great (1995) (TV) and
a larger part as the seductive Sala in The Phantom (1996) before landing her
breakthrough role playing the fiery Elena opposite Anthony Hopkins and Antonio
Banderas in The Mask of Zorro (1998).
She starred in many big-budget blockbusters like Entrapment (1999), The Haunting
(1999) and Traffic (2000), for which many believed she was robbed of an Oscar
nomination for best supporting actress. In November 2000 she married actor Michael
Douglas.
She gave birth to their son Dylan Michael in August 2000.
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