Catherine Zeta-Jones
This multitalented, raven-haired Wales-born performer was just a child when she began her career as the title character in the stage musical Annie. Zeta-Jones starred in a number of other London stage...
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09/24/1969
Swansea, Wales |
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| Reportedly turned down movie producer Jon Peters' 1996 marriage proposal because she wanted to be known as an actress rather than just a Hollywood wife. |
| Shares a birthday with her husband, Michael Douglas, who is 25 years her senior. Although the two both starred in Traffic (2000), due to the nature of the narrative they did not have any scenes |
| Her name is derived from both her grandmothers, one named Catherine, the other Zeta, which was the name of ship her great-grandfather had sailed on. |
| First gained attention as the eldest daughter in the British TV series The Darling Buds of May. (1991-93) |
| Had a tracheotomy as a child, which left a scar. |
