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2	->''"I remember growing up knowing I wanted to be on the stage. I wanted to get to London as soon as possible and start auditioning for theater."''
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4	Catherine Zeta-Jones [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CBE]] (born Catherine Zeta Jones; 25 September 1969) is a Welsh actress.
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6	She began her career on stage at an early age. At the age of nine, she was selected to play one of the orphan girls in a [[Platform/BroadwayAndTheWestEnd West End]] production of the musical Theatre/{{Annie}} and at 12 years old she played the lead role of ''Annie'' in a Swansea production of the musical, paving her way to many other theatre roles.
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8	She first made a name for herself in the early 1990s when she starred in the [[Creator/{{ITV}} Yorkshire Television]] {{Dramedy}} series ''The Darling Buds Of May''. The series was a success and made her one of the United Kingdom's most popular television actors, but she was dismayed that it led to her being {{Typecast}} as the token pretty girl in British media and relocated to Los Angeles, believing that the anonymity she would have in America could help her get roles on merit and not due to her public image.
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10	In 1996 she starred on the Creator/{{CBS}} miniseries ''Series/{{Titanic\|1996}}'', which got her the attention of Creator/StevenSpielberg who recommended her to Creator/MartinCampbell who was then directing ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro''. Campbell cast her as the leading lady Elena Montero which was a big success and launched her Hollywood career.
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12	She is married to Creator/MichaelDouglas with whom she has a son and a daughter.
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15	!! Filmography
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18	[[folder:Live-Action Films]]
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20	* ''Les 1001 Nuits'' (1990) as Scheherazade (her debut role in film)
21	* ''Christopher Columbus The Discovery'' (1992) as Beatriz Enríquez de Arana
22	* ''Film/SplittingHeirs'' (1993) as Kitty Farrant
23	* ''Literature/TheReturnOfTheNative'' (1994) as Eustacia Vye
24	* ''Catherine The Great'' (1995) as UsefulNotes/CatherineTheGreat
25	* ''Film/{{The Phantom\|1996}}'' (1996) as Sala
26	* ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro'' (1998) as Elena Montero/de la Vega
27	** ''Film/TheLegendOfZorro'' (2005)
28	* ''Film/{{Entrapment}}'' (1999) as Virginia "Gin" Baker
29	* ''Film/{{The Haunting\|1999}}'' (1999) as Theodora
30	* ''Literature/HighFidelity'' (2000) as Charlie Nicholson
31	* ''Film/{{Traffic\|2000}}'' (2000) as Helena Ayala
32	* ''Film/AmericasSweethearts'' (2001) as Gwen Harrison
33	* ''Film/{{Chicago}}'' (2002) as Velma Kelly
34	* ''Film/IntolerableCruelty'' (2003) as Marilyn Rexroth
35	* ''Film/TheTerminal'' (2004) as Amelia Warren
36	* ''Film/OceansTwelve'' (2004) as Isabel Lahiri
37	* ''Film/{{No Reservations\|2007}}'' (2007) as Kate Armstrong
38	* ''Death Defying Acts'' (2007) as Mary [=McGarvie=]
39	* ''Film/TheRebound'' (2009) as Sandy
40	* ''Lay The Favorite'' (2012) as Tulip Heimowitz
41	* ''Film/RockOfAges'' (2012) as Patricia Whitmore
42	* ''Playing For Keeps'' (2012) as Denise
43	* ''Broken City'' (2013) as Cathleen Hostetler
44	* ''Film/SideEffects'' (2013) as Victoria Siebert
45	* ''Film/Red2'' (2013) as Katja Petrokovich
46	* ''[[Film/DadsArmy2016 Dad's Army]]'' (2016) as Rose Winters
47	* ''Cocaine Godmother'' (2018) as Griselda Blanco
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50	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
51	* ''The Darling Buds Of May'' (1991 – 1993) as Mariette
52	* ''Series/TheYoungIndianaJonesChronicles'' (1992) as Maya
53	* ''The Cinder Path'' (1994) as Victoria Chapman
54	* ''Series/{{Titanic\|1996}}'' (1996) as Isabella Paradine
55	* ''Series/{{Feud}}'' (2017) as Creator/OliviaDeHavilland
56	* ''Queen America'' (2018) as Vicki Ellis
57	* ''Series/{{Wednesday}}'' (2022) as [[Franchise/TheAddamsFamily Morticia Addams]]
58	* ''Series/NationalTreasureEdgeOfHistory'' (2022) as Billie Pearce
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61	[[folder:Theatre]]
62	* ''Theatre/{{Annie}}'' (1981) as Annie
63	* ''Film/BugsyMalone'' (1983) as Tallulah
64	* ''Theatre/ThePajamaGame'' (1985 – 1986) as Chorus girl
65	* ''Film/FortySecondStreet'' (1987) as Peggy Sawyer
66	* ''Theatre/StreetScene'' (1989) as Mae Jones
67	* ''Theatre/ALittleNightMusic'' (2009 – 2010) as Desirée Armfeldt
68	* ''The Childrens Monologues'' (2017) as Girl obsessed with math
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71	[[folder:Voice Acting]]
72	* ''WesternAnimation/SinbadLegendOfTheSevenSeas'' (2003) as Marina
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76	!!Tropes in Catherine Zeta-Jones's works include:
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78	* AwesomeDearBoy: She was offered the role of Roxie in ''{{Film/Chicago}}'' but she requested the slightly smaller part of Velma, just so she could sing "All That Jazz".
79	* TheCastShowOff: She's actually a trained singer and dancer, which she was all too happy to show off in ''Chicago''.
80	* DyeingForYourArt: Cut her long hair into a TwentiesBobHaircut for ''{{Film/Chicago}}''. The script didn't call for it but Catherine chose to do it so that the press wouldn't be able to accuse her of not doing her own dancing - as long hair could hide her face and make people think it was a double.
81	* FakeNationality: She rarely finds herself playing Welsh characters. After ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro'' people mistook her for Spanish for a while, and she was often cast as SpicyLatina characters, despite having no Latin ancestry herself. She has naturally played a lot of {{Fake American}}s in her time as well.
82	* HideYourPregnancy: She was actually a couple months pregnant in ''{{Film/Chicago}}''. When she started to show they would sometimes use a body double from the back and then shoot her from the waist up so you could not see the slight bump that started to appear in certain scenes.
83	* MsFanservice: Her beauty and sex appeal has always been a part of her roles. In 1998 she ranked first in ''People magazine'' "Most Beautiful People" and continued to be in the list from 2000 to 2004.
84	* NoStuntDouble: She performed most (some sources say all) of the climbing and gymnastics in ''Film/{{Entrapment}}'' herself.
85	* {{Omniglot}}: She speaks English, Welsh, French, and Spanish.
86	* PlaysGreatEthnics: She's Welsh, but because of her coloring she often gets cast as Hispanic or Middle Eastern characters. After playing SpicyLatina Elena so well in ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro'' she said that the movie instantly gave her a new ethnicity as people thought that she was Spanish for ages.
87	* RealLifeWritesTheHairstyle: She had to wear a wig for ''Film/AmericasSweethearts'' as her hair was still short from filming ''Chicago''. Her short hair makes a brief appearance in the FilmWithinAFilm ''Time Over Time'' which is conveniently set in the 1920s.
88	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: She was cast in ''Film/Traffic2000'' while pregnant, so they rewrote her character to be pregnant as well.
89	* StarMakingRole: While ''The Darling Buds Of May'' brought her to the attention of the British public, it was ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro'' that turned her into an international household name.
90	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
91	** In ''Film/BrassedOff'', she was considered for the role of Gloria.
92	** She was considered for the role of Felicity Shagwell in ''Film/AustinPowers'' before Creator/HeatherGraham was cast.
93	** She was a contender to play Satine in ''Film/MoulinRouge'' before Creator/NicoleKidman got the part.
94	** She was considered for two roles that Creator/AngelinaJolie got, Lara Croft in ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaider'' and Jane Smith in ''Film/MrAndMrsSmith2005''.
95	** She was the first choice for Claudia in the film version of ''Theatre/NineMusical''. The part was quite small, and she wanted it expanded. When Rob Marshall refused, she backed out and Nicole Kidman was again cast instead.
96	** She was the first choice to play Creator/VivienLeigh in ''Film/MyWeekWithMarilyn'', but declined the role. Creator/JuliaOrmond was cast instead.
97	** In ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'', Creator/MichaelDouglas hoped she would get the role of his character's wife, Janet, before Creator/MichellePfeiffer was chosen.

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