Catherine Zeta-Jones

Catherine Zeta-Jones CBE (born 25 September 1969) is an Academy Award-winning Welsh actress, living in the United States. She started acting in theatre from a young age. After this, she had many small roles in British and American films and television shows. She established herself as an actress once she began starring in Hollywood films such as The Phantom, The Mask of Zorro, and Entrapment in the late 2000s.

She won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for acting as Velma Kelly in the 1992 film Chicago. She is the first and only Welsh actress to win that award. 

In 2000 Zeta-Jones was given a CBE.

Zeta-Jones is married to American actor Michael Douglas, with whom she shares a birthday. They have two children - Dylan (named after Dylan Thomas) and Carys.

Zeta-Jones said in 2001 that she has been diagnosed with bipolar II disorder.

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