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. 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, the miniseries Catherine the Great and a larger part as the seductive Sala in The Phantom before landing her breakthrough role playing the fiery Elena opposite Anthony Hopkins and Antonio Banderas in The Mask of Zorro. She starred in many big-budget blockbusters like Entrapment, The Haunting and Traffic, 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.



Chicago (2002): $8,000,000.
Traffic (2000): $3,000,000

Is a trained singer and dancer. Became engaged to Michael Douglas in Aspen, Colorado. [31 December 1999] Her first child with fiance Michael Douglas, a boy named Dylan Michael was born on 8 August 2000 about 6 p.m. at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The baby weighed in at 7 pounds and seven ounces and measured 21-1/2 inches. Named after her grandmothers: Catherine Fair on her mother's side, and Zeta Jones on her fathers. Daughter-in-law of Kirk Douglas and Diana Douglas. Sister-in-law of Joel Douglas, Peter Douglas and the late Eric Douglas. Speaks Welsh fluently. Mother is Irish, father is Welsh. In the June 1998 of Yahoo! Internet magazine, she was listed as the number one actress being searched on Yahoo!. A traditional Welsh choir sang at her wedding. Hired as the spokeswoman for T-Mobile cellular communications [2003] Is an avid fan of musicals, paticularly the ones she saw as a child: Mary Poppins (1964) and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968). Ocean's Twelve (2004) reunited her with previous colleagues Steven Soderbergh, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts and Don Cheadle. Was born in Swansea but grew up in the small seaside town of Mumbles in Wales. Her friend, singer Bonnie Tyler, sang at her wedding. Both Zeta-Jones and Tyler come from the same region of Wales. Ranked #50 on VH1's 100 Hottest Hotties 21 October 2004 - Filed lawsuit against the Spice House, "Reno's Friendliest Topless Cabaret" for the unauthorized use of her photo on its website. In 1992 the Columbia single 'For All Time' peaked at #36 in the UK charts; In 1995 she spent a week on the UK chart at #72 with 'In the Arms of Love'. Named #82 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006). Was considered for the role of Jane Smith in Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005). In 2004, she began a two year $20 million contract to endorse T-Mobile. Was in consideration for the part of Satine in Moulin Rouge! (2001) but Nicole Kidman, who went on to receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance, was cast instead. The 2009 Sunday Times estimates her and husband Michael Douglas' net worth at $278 million.