Catherine Zeta-Jones Biography

Catherine Zeta-Jones is an Academy Award-winning Welsh actress known for such films as Traffic and Chicago. She's married to actor Michael Douglas.

Catherine Zeta-Jones was born on September 25, 1969, in Swansea, Wales. She began dancing when she was 4 years old. At age 15, she quit school to join a tour of The Pajama Game, and at 17, she had a major role in a London production of 42nd Street. In 1998, Zeta-Jones starred in The Mask of Zorro. More Hollywood films soon followed, including Entrapment (1999) with Sean Connery. The following year, Zeta-Jones appeared in the critically acclaimed Traffic, where she starred with Michael Douglas. She later won an Academy Award for her performance in Chicago (2002). In 2010, she received a Tony Award for her Broadway debut in A Little Night Music.