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Following the success of ''Chicago'', Zeta-Jones voiced the princess Marina in ''[[Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas]]'' (2003), an animated film featuring [[Brad Pitt]] as the voice of [[Sinbad the Sailor]]. She was drawn to the project to give her young children an opportunity to "hear [her] and get a sense of [her] on film".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/arts/sites/catherine-zeta-jones/pages/sinbad.shtml |title=Wales&nbsp;— Arts&nbsp;— Catherine Zeta Jones&nbsp;— Catherine Zeta Jones interview: Sinbad: Legend Of The Seven Seas |publisher=BBC |date=28 November 2008 |accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref> However, the film proved to be a [[box office bomb]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sinbad.htm |title=Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Holson |first=Laura M. |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/21/business/animated-film-is-latest-title-to-run-aground-at-dreamworks.html |title=Animated Film Is Latest Title To Run Aground At DreamWorks |work=The New York Times |date=21 July 2003 |accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref> Also in 2013, Zeta-Jones starred alongside [[George Clooney]] in the [[Coen Brothers]]' black comedy ''[[Intolerable Cruelty]]''. A box office success,;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=intolerablecruelty.htm |title=Intolerable Cruelty (2003) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref> the film saw her play the role of a serial divorcee who is drawn towards a divorcee attorney (Clooney). Writing for ''[[Empire magazine|Empire]]'' magazine, critic Damon Wise labelled the film a "dazzling screwball comedy" and felt that Zeta-Jones showed an "an admirable facility for old-school quickfire patter",<ref>{{cite news|last=Wise|first=Damon|url=http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/ReviewComplete.asp?FID=9453 |title=Empire's Intolerable Cruelty Movie Review |work=Empire |date=1 January 2011|accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref> and other reviewers picked up the chemistry between her and Clooney for praise.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/intolerable_cruelty/reviews/?page=4&sort= |title=Intolerable Cruelty&nbsp;— Movie Reviews |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref>
Following the success of ''Chicago'', Zeta-Jones voiced the princess Marina in ''[[Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas]]'' (2003), an animated film featuring [[Brad Pitt]] as the voice of [[Sinbad the Sailor]]. She was drawn to the project to give her young children an opportunity to "hear [her] and get a sense of [her] on film".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/arts/sites/catherine-zeta-jones/pages/sinbad.shtml |title=Wales&nbsp;— Arts&nbsp;— Catherine Zeta Jones&nbsp;— Catherine Zeta Jones interview: Sinbad: Legend Of The Seven Seas |publisher=BBC |date=28 November 2008 |accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref> However, the film proved to be a [[box office bomb]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sinbad.htm |title=Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Holson |first=Laura M. |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/21/business/animated-film-is-latest-title-to-run-aground-at-dreamworks.html |title=Animated Film Is Latest Title To Run Aground At DreamWorks |work=The New York Times |date=21 July 2003 |accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref> Also in 2013, Zeta-Jones starred alongside [[George Clooney]] in the [[Coen Brothers]]' black comedy ''[[Intolerable Cruelty]]''. A box office success,;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=intolerablecruelty.htm |title=Intolerable Cruelty (2003) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref> the film saw her play the role of a serial divorcee who is drawn towards a divorcee attorney (Clooney). Writing for ''[[Empire magazine|Empire]]'' magazine, critic Damon Wise labelled the film a "dazzling screwball comedy" and felt that Zeta-Jones showed an "an admirable facility for old-school quickfire patter",<ref>{{cite news|last=Wise|first=Damon|url=http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/ReviewComplete.asp?FID=9453 |title=Empire's Intolerable Cruelty Movie Review |work=Empire |date=1 January 2011|accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref> and other reviewers picked up the chemistry between her and Clooney for praise.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/intolerable_cruelty/reviews/?page=4&sort= |title=Intolerable Cruelty&nbsp;— Movie Reviews |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref>


In 2004, Spielberg approached her to play an insecure air hostess in his directorial comedy-drama ''[[The Terminal]]'', a film about a man ([[Tom Hanks]]) who is trapped at the [[JFK International Airport]] when he is denied entry into the Unites States. Having established a reputation in playing strong-willed women, Spielberg offered her the part to prove "how sweetly fragile she becomes when her life is in shambles".<ref name="usaweekend"/> Critic [[A. O. Scott]], however, thought that Spielberg was "content to use her for her looks rather than for the arch, self-mocking wit that is her secret weapon as a comic actress".<ref>{{cite news|last=Scott|first=A. O.|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C00E2DA1639F93BA25755C0A9629C8B63 |title=An American's Paradise Lost and Found|work=The New York Times|date=18 June 2004|accessdate=7 April 2016}}</ref> Commercially, ''The Terminal'' performed well.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=terminal.htm |title=The Terminal (2004) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref> Her next film appearance in the year was in [[Steven Soderbergh]]'s ''[[Ocean's Twelve]]'', the sequel to ''[[Ocean's Eleven (2001 film)|Ocean's Eleven]]'' (2001), where she reunited with George Clooney, Brad Pitt and [[Julia Roberts]], playing [[Europol]] agent Isabel Lahiri.<ref>{{cite web|last=Travers |first=Peter |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/oceans-twelve-20041210 |title=Ocean's Twelve |work=Rolling Stone |date=10 December 2004 |accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.darkhorizons.com/features/828/catherine-zeta-jones-for-ocean-s-twelve |title=Catherine Zeta-Jones for "Ocean's Twelve" &#124; Feature |publisher=Dark Horizons |date=1 December 2004 |accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref> The sequel earned dividing comments from reviewers and was highly profitable with $362.7 million made globally.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/oceans_twelve/ |title=Ocean's Twelve (2004) |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=oceanstwelve.htm |title=Ocean's Twelve (2004) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref> The cast members were nominated for the [[Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349903/awards?ref_=tt_awd|title=Awards for Ocean's Twelve|publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]]|accessdate=7 February 2013}}</ref>
In 2004, Spielberg approached her to play an insecure air hostess in his directorial comedy-drama ''[[The Terminal]]'', a film about a man ([[Tom Hanks]]) who is trapped at the [[JFK International Airport]] when he is denied entry into the Unites States. Having established a reputation in playing strong-willed women, Spielberg offered her the part to prove "how sweetly fragile she becomes when her life is in shambles".<ref name="usaweekend"/> Critic [[A. O. Scott]], however, thought that Spielberg was "content to use her for her looks rather than for the arch, self-mocking wit that is her secret weapon as a comic actress".<ref>{{cite news|last=Scott|first=A. O.|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C00E2DA1639F93BA25755C0A9629C8B63 |title=An American's Paradise Lost and Found|work=The New York Times|date=18 June 2004|accessdate=7 April 2016}}</ref> Commercially, ''The Terminal'' performed well.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=terminal.htm |title=The Terminal (2004) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref> She next reteamed with Soderbergh to film ''[[Ocean's Twelve]]'', a sequel to the caper film ''[[Ocean's Eleven (2001 film)|Ocean's Eleven]]'' (2001), which also reunited her with stars Clooney, Pitt, and Roberts. She starred as Isabel Lahiri, an [[Europol]] agent, and the love-interest of Pitt's character.<ref>{{cite news|last=Susman|first=Gary|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2004/02/11/zeta-jones-completes-cast-oceans-twelve |title=Zeta-Jones completes the cast of ''Ocean's Twelve''|work=Entertainment Weekly |date=11 February 2004 |accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref> Paul Clinton of [[CNN]] noted on how her much her sex-appeal benefited the film, but Ken Tucker of ''[[New York Magazine]]'' argued that her character was redundant to the plot.<ref>{{cite web|last=Clinton|first=Paul|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/09/review.oceans/index.html?iref=newssearch|title=Review: 'Ocean's Twelve' high-spirited fun|publsiher=CNN|date=10 December 2004 |accessdate=7 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Tucker|first=Ken|url=http://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/reviews/10584/|title=Half-Baked Dozen|work=[[New York Magazine]] |accessdate=7 April 2016}}</ref> Despite dividing critics, the sequel earned over US$360 globally.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/oceans_twelve/ |title=Ocean's Twelve (2004) |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=oceanstwelve.htm |title=Ocean's Twelve (2004) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref>


===2005–11: Screen absence and theatre===
===2005–11: Screen absence and theatre===

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Catherine Zeta-Jones
CBE
Zeta-Jones at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival.
Born
Catherine Zeta Jones

(1969-09-25) 25 September 1969 (age 54)
Swansea, Wales
NationalityWelsh
OccupationActress
Years active1981–present
Spouse
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(m. 2000)​
Children2
AwardsFull list
Websitecatherinezetajones.com

Catherine Zeta-Jones, CBE (/ˈziːtə/; born Catherine Zeta Jones; 25 September 1969) is a Welsh actress.[1][2] She is the recipient of several awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Tony Award. Zeta-Jones was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2010.[3]

Zeta-Jones began her acting career at age 12, as the titular character of the stage musical Annie. Following appearances in such theatre productions as West End's 42nd Street, she made her film debut in the unremarkable French fantasy feature Les 1001 nuits (1991). She garnered wider recognition as a series regular on the television series The Darling Buds of May (1991–1993), but her starring roles in the British films Splitting Heirs (1993) and Blue Juice (1995) were largely panned. She transitioned into mainstream Hollywood with leading roles in the action film The Mask of Zorro (1998) and the crime thriller Entrapment (1999), both of which were commercial successes.

Zeta-Jones went on to establish herself in Hollywood with her portrayal of a vengeful pregnant woman in Steven Soderbergh's Traffic (2000) and a murderess in the musical Chicago (2002). The latter won her the Academy Award and the BAFTA Award, among other accolades. She also found success in the romantic comedy Intolerable Cruelty (2003), the crime film Ocean's Twelve (2004), and the comedy-drama The Terminal (2004). Parts in the smaller-scale features Death Defying Acts (2008) and The Rebound (2009) were followed by a three-year hiatus from screen acting. During that time, she returned to the stage and portrayed an ageing actress in A Little Night Music (2010), which won her the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical.[4] Zeta-Jones returned to film with supporting parts in the musical comedy Rock of Ages (2012), the psychological thriller Side Effects (2013), and the action film RED 2 (2013).

Zeta-Jones' struggle with depression and bipolar II disorder has been well-documented by the media. She is married to the actor Michael Douglas with whom she has two children.

Early life and initial stage career

Catherine Zeta-Jones was born in Swansea on 25 September 1969, and raised in the suburban area of Mumbles.[a][5] Her father, David Jones, is a sweet-factory owner, and her mother, Patricia (née Fair), is a seamstress.[6][7][8] Her father is Welsh, and her mother is of Welsh–Irish ancestry.[9] She was named after her grandmothers, Zeta Jones and Catherine Fair.[10] She has two brothers, David and Lyndon, who worked as an electrician and a sales representative, respectively, before joining Zeta-Jones' production team.[11][12] The family came from a modest economic background, but their fortunes improved when they won 50,000 pounds in a bingo competition.[12] Zeta-Jones was a hyperactive child, and her mother sent her to channel her energy through dance at the Hazel Johnson School of Dance when she was four years old.[13] She was educated at the Dumbarton House School, a private school in Swansea.[11]

Zeta-Jones participated in stage shows at her school from a young age, and came to attention locally when she was featured in a local newspaper for winning a Junior Star Trail talent competition, in which she sang a Shirley Bassey song.[14][15] In her early teens, she became a tap-dancing champion, and by the age of 12 she was picked to play one of the orphan girls in a West End production of the musical Annie.[14][16] She also played the lead role of Annie in a Swansea production of the musical.[7] Two years later, she played the lead role of Tullulah in a West End production of Bugsy Malone.[14] When she was 15, Zeta-Jones opted out of school without obtaining O-levels, choosing instead to move to London to pursue a full-time acting career, and perform in a touring production of the play The Pajama Game.[14][17]

Describing her teenage years in London, Zeta-Jones said, "I would queue up for auditions and then change my costume or put on a different leotard and audition again. It might take me two tries, but I always got the job. I figured out what they wanted".[16] She went on to attend the independent Arts Educational Schools in Chiswick, London, for a three-year course in musical theatre.[18] In 1984, Zeta-Jones was picked as the second understudy to the lead actress in a West End production of 42nd Street. During one of the performances, both the star and the first understudy were unavailable, resulting in Zeta-Jones stepping in to play the role of Peggy Sawyer—a chorus girl who becomes a star. The producer, impressed by her ability, let her play the role for the next two years.[19][20][21] Her next role was with the English National Opera at the London Coliseum in 1989, as Mae Jones in Street Scene, an opera by Kurt Weill.[18][22]

Career

1990–1996: Film debut and career struggles

Zeta-Jones made her film debut in director Philippe de Broca's French-Italian film 1001 Nights (1990). An adaptation of the Persian fable One Thousand and One Nights, the film recounts the tale from the perspective of Sheherazade (Zeta-Jones), one of the brides of King Sharir (Thierry Lhermitte).[23] The film received little success but garnered attention for featuring Zeta-Jones in the nude.[24] Greater success came to her when she starred in the British television series The Darling Buds of May from 1991 to 1993. Adapted from H. E. Bates' novel of the same name, the period comedy-drama saw Zeta-Jones portray the role of Mariette, the eldest, voluptuous daughter of the Larkin family.[25][19] The series was highly successful in Britain and garnered Zeta-Jones wide public recognition; she said: "Literally, with one hour of television my life completely changed. I couldn't go anywhere".[26]

Following a brief appearance as Beatriz Enríquez de Arana in the largely panned Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992),[27] Zeta-Jones took on the part of an aspiring duchess in Splitting Heirs (1993), a farcical period drama from director Robert Young about two children (Eric Idle and Rick Moranis) who are separated at birth. Reviews for the film were negative, though critic Vincent Canby of The New York Times was appreciative of her comic timing.[28][29] The year 1994 saw Zeta-Jones play the melancholic Eustacia Vye in the television movie The Return of the Native, an adaptation of the novel of the same name (1878) by Thomas Hardy, and the wife of Lloyd Owen's character in the television war drama The Cinder Path.[30][31] She was then cast as the eponymous protagonist of the 1995 television biopic Catherine the Great. In a mixed review, critic Lisa Nesselson of Variety found the miniseries to be "brightly colored" but "wooden and hollow", though wrote that Zeta-Jones "imparts a certain grace and resolve to her sovereign-in-the-making".[32] Zeta-Jones next starred as the pragmatic girlfriend of Sean Pertwee's character in Blue Juice (1995), a stoner comedy, which critic Leonard Maltin described as a "superficial and predictable" production.[33]

Dismayed for being typecast as the romantic interest in British films, Zeta-Jones decided to shift base to Los Angeles. She remarked, "There was all this fuss about who I was and wasn't dating. I was a pretty face and a big bust and nothing else. People in the business believed what they read about me. So I decided to move away and start again."[34] She believed that the anonymity she faced in America helped her get roles solely on merit and not for her public image.[26][34] She earned the part of Sala, the hench-woman to the villainous Drax (Treat Williams) in the action film The Phantom (1996), starring Billy Zane in the titular role.[35] A reviewer for Variety considered Zeta-Jones to be a standout in her part, but the film received a negative critical reception and earned little at the box office.[35][36] The television miniseries Titanic (1996), however, was better received.[34] Co-starring Peter Gallagher and George C. Scott, the series saw Zeta-Jones portray the lead role of Isabella Paradine, a young mother engaged in an extramarital affair on the RMS Titanic.[37]

1998–2004: Widespread success

Steven Spielberg took notice of Zeta-Jones in Titanic and recommended her to director Martin Campbell, who was directing The Mask of Zorro (1998) for his production company. Campbell eventually hired her as the leading lady over Izabella Scorupco, who was his original choice for the part.[38] Co-starring Anthony Hopkins and Antonio Banderas, the film tells the story of Zorro (Hopkins), a Latin warrior who sets out to avenge the death of his wife and find his lost daughter Eléna (Zeta-Jones). She found similarities between her "volatile" Celtic personality and the temperament of the Latin warrior she played, and in preparation she studied dancing, riding, sword-fighting and took diction lessons in Spanish.[39][40] Filming the action and dance sequences wearing heavy corsets in the humid Mexican desert proved to be a challenge for Zeta-Jones, but she found the experience "worth suffering for".[38] The Mask of Zorro was positively received by the critics and earned over US$250 million worldwide.[41][42] Writing for Rolling Stone, critic Peter Travers commented that "Zeta-Jones needs no lessons in being gorgeous – and turns the battle into a delicious game of strip-fencing".[43] She was nominated for the MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance for the role.[44]

Zeta-Jones at the premiere of Entrapment at the 52nd Cannes Film Festival in 1999

Zeta-Jones' first release of 1999 was the caper film Entrapment, in which she played opposite Sean Connery as an insurance agent on the lookout for an art thief. Despite a negative critical reception, the film was a commercial success;[45][46] Janet Maslin of The New York Times thought that the film provided Zeta-Jones a platform to "show off her slithery skills" and Desson Howe of The Washington Post called on viewers to "appreciate what she brings to the movie".[47][48] Later that year, Zeta-Jones appeared alongside Liam Neeson and Lili Taylor in The Haunting, a remake of the 1963 movie of the same name about a team of paranormal experts who look into strange occurrences in an ill-fated mansion. The horror feature was panned upon release but found a significant audience.[49][50]

After taking the supporting part of one of star John Cusack's romantic interests in the comedy-drama High Fidelity (2000), Zeta-Jones starred in Steven Soderbergh's Traffic (2000).[51] In Traffic, an ensemble thriller on drug abuse starring Michael Douglas and Benicio del Toro, she played Helena Ayala, the pregnant wife of a drug lord who takes over the business when her husband is arrested. Initially written by Soderbergh as a mother of two, he changed the part to that of a pregnant woman on Zeta-Jones' suggestion, to accommodate her own pregnancy.[52] Highly profitable at the box office and critically acclaimed,[53][54] Traffic was described by the Dallas Observer as "a remarkable achievement in filmmaking, a beautiful and brutal work".[55] Edward Guthman of the San Francisco Chronicle found Zeta-Jones to be a standout among the ensemble and labelled her "sensational" in a scene in which she confronts a Tijuana dealer, adding that "through sheer conviction, she electrifies a moment that could have been absurd".[56] The ensemble of Traffic won the SAG Award for Outstanding Cast and Zeta-Jones was nominated for her first Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.[57][58]

The romantic comedy America's Sweethearts was Zeta-Jones' sole film project of 2001. She starred as a shrewd movie star in it, opposite Julia Roberts who featured as her character's under-confident sibling. Critic Roger Ebert compared the film unfavorably to the musical Singin' in the Rain, but thought that Zeta-Jones was aptly "chilly and manipulative" in her part.[59] The following year, Zeta-Jones starred alongside Renée Zellweger as the murderous vaudevillian Velma Kelly in Chicago (2002), a film adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name from director Rob Marshall. She based her character's look and mannerisms on the actress Louise Brooks, and as the script did not provide a backstory to Kelly, she worked to convey her character's "flamboyance" and "desperation" through "little looks and nuances".[60] The film and her performance garnered critical acclaim.[61] William Arnold of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer felt that the actress made "a wonderfully statuesque and bitchy saloon goddess", and David Edelstein of Slate magazine wrote that she has "a smoldering confidence that takes your mind off her not – always – fluid dancing – although she's a perfectly fine hoofer, with majestic limbs and a commanding cleavage" and particularly praised her rendition of the song "All That Jazz".[62][63] Chicago earned US$306 million worldwide, and was the recipient of the Academy Award for Best Picture.[64] For her performance, Zeta-Jones won the Academy Award, SAG Award, and the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress, among others awards and nominations.[65]

Following the success of Chicago, Zeta-Jones voiced the princess Marina in Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003), an animated film featuring Brad Pitt as the voice of Sinbad the Sailor. She was drawn to the project to give her young children an opportunity to "hear [her] and get a sense of [her] on film".[66] However, the film proved to be a box office bomb.[67][68] Also in 2013, Zeta-Jones starred alongside George Clooney in the Coen Brothers' black comedy Intolerable Cruelty. A box office success,;[69] the film saw her play the role of a serial divorcee who is drawn towards a divorcee attorney (Clooney). Writing for Empire magazine, critic Damon Wise labelled the film a "dazzling screwball comedy" and felt that Zeta-Jones showed an "an admirable facility for old-school quickfire patter",[70] and other reviewers picked up the chemistry between her and Clooney for praise.[71]

In 2004, Spielberg approached her to play an insecure air hostess in his directorial comedy-drama The Terminal, a film about a man (Tom Hanks) who is trapped at the JFK International Airport when he is denied entry into the Unites States. Having established a reputation in playing strong-willed women, Spielberg offered her the part to prove "how sweetly fragile she becomes when her life is in shambles".[26] Critic A. O. Scott, however, thought that Spielberg was "content to use her for her looks rather than for the arch, self-mocking wit that is her secret weapon as a comic actress".[72] Commercially, The Terminal performed well.[73] She next reteamed with Soderbergh to film Ocean's Twelve, a sequel to the caper film Ocean's Eleven (2001), which also reunited her with stars Clooney, Pitt, and Roberts. She starred as Isabel Lahiri, an Europol agent, and the love-interest of Pitt's character.[74] Paul Clinton of CNN noted on how her much her sex-appeal benefited the film, but Ken Tucker of New York Magazine argued that her character was redundant to the plot.[75][76] Despite dividing critics, the sequel earned over US$360 globally.[77][78]

2005–11: Screen absence and theatre

Zeta-Jones in 2005.

Following her Oscar win for Chicago and her starring roles in mostly acclaimed and commercially successful movies, Zeta-Jones' career trajectory the subsequent years had been less noteworthy, as she withdrew from screen acting several years to focus on her family life, and her less frequent acting appearances were in smaller-scale and less successful features.[79][80] Her only film release of 2005 was The Legend of Zorro, the sequel to The Mask of Zorro, where she reprised her role of Elena opposite Antonio Banderas. According to an IGN interview with Zeta-Jones, the follow-up was always "in the conversation" between her, Banderas and the movie's director, recalling that the 1998 original instalment "wasn't just professionally important, but personally" for her, as Michael Douglas, who would later become her husband, first noticed her through that movie.[81] The Legend of Zorro received negative reviews from critics,[82] with Zeta-Jones and Banderas' on-screen attraction garnering mixed reactions. James Berardinelli felt the chemistry between the two leads had "evaporated during the intervening years" but Variety and Slate magazine praised it in particular while reviewing the movie.[83][84][85] The movie's opening weekend at the North American and foreign box office was "decisively unspectacular", according to Box Office Mojo,[86] and eventually grossed US$142 million internationally, on a production budget of US$75 million.[87] She later received a People's Choice Award nomination for her role.

She did not appear in any feature film in 2006, and come back to the big screen when she starred opposite Aaron Eckhart and Abigail Breslin in 2007's romantic comedy-drama No Reservations, an American remake of the German film Mostly Martha (2001). She played a hard-edged chef named Kate, whose life is turned upside down when she decides to take in her young niece following a tragic accident that killed her sister. The film garnered mixed or average reviews,[88] but Roger Ebert found Catherine "convincing" in her role,[89] and Claudia Puig of USA Today newspaper wrote that she "shines as a character that finely balances off-putting reserve with sympathetic appeal".[90] It performed decently at the box office (grossing US$92 million worldwide) and marked Zeta-Jones' last commercially successful movie of the decade.[91]

She starred alongside Guy Pearce and Saoirse Ronan in Death Defying Acts, a biography about legendary escapologist Harry Houdini at the height of his career in the 1920s. The movie had its premiere screening at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival and received mixed reviews from critics, who moslty concluded that it was "pretty but dull, with unconvincing turns" from leads Zeta-Jones and Pearce.[92] However, she was singled out for her portrayal by ViewLondon, noting that "Zeta Jones also pulls off an extremely impressive Edinburgh accent and it's great to see her in a decent role for once".[93] Acquired primarily for the home video market, the Weinstein Co. eventually gave the movie a 2008 release in just two theatres in the US[94] It grossed US$8 million around the globe on a budget of US$20 million.[95][96] She followed with the starring role in the romantic comedy The Rebound, in which she played a 40-year-old mother of two, who falls in love with a younger man, played by Justin Bartha. The movie premiered theatrically in a number of countries throughout 2009–10,[97] and was originally scheduled to be released in the United States on 25 December 2010 but was cancelled due to the film's distributor shutting down.[98] It ended up going direct-to-video on 7 February 2012.[98]

At the red carpet of the 55th Drama Desk Awards ceremony on 23 May 2010.

She made her Broadway debut in Trevor Nunn's revival of A Little Night Music with Angela Lansbury, beginning December 2009. Set in Sweden at the turn of the twentieth century, it follows three lovestruck couples as they lose, and find, each other during a long midsummer night on a country estate.[99] Reviews towards the play were polarising, with Zeta-Jones earning a very similar response; The Telegraph remarked that she "loads every word, gesture and facial expression with a knowing sassiness".[100] However, The New York Times observed, "swapping arch banter, sung or spoken, doesn't come naturally to Ms Zeta-Jones".[101][102] For her performance, she received an Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk Award, as well as a Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical.[103] Meanwhile, she took a three year break from film roles to focus on her husband, who was suffering from throat cancer at the time, and seek treatment for bipolar disorder.[79][104]

2012–present

Her next movie appearance was in Stephen Frears' comedy Lay the Favorite, which also starred Bruce Willis and Rebecca Hall. It premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival,[105] and received a release in selected theatres on 7 December 2012. Her role was the sharp-tongued wife of Willis' character, named Tulip Heimowitz, who was jelous of an aspiring Las Vegas cocktail waitress (played by Hall), when she falls in with her husband.[106] The movie received mainly negative reviews, and was a commercial disappointment with only US$1.5 million grossed, based on a US$20 million production budget. ViewLondon felt she "manages to make Tulip a more layered and interesting character than you first suspect",[107] while Los Angeles Times concluded that the actress was "far too shrill to amuse".[108]

Zeta-Jones was cast to appear as a supporting character in the musical film Rock of Ages, co-starring Tom Cruise and Alec Baldwin.[109] In the picture, she portrayed Patricia Whitmore, the main antagonist and a religiously conservative wife of a mayor. Her role was solely based on US Republican candidate Michele Bachmann, and Catherine once recalled: "I even put my hair like hers. She was trying to run for president when I was shooting and I used to watch her on TV and go, 'Oh, you’ve got to be kidding me'".[79] The movie was released on 15 June 2012, receiving mixed reviews and underperforming at the box office.[110][111] Later that year, she also appeared with Gerard Butler in the comedy Playing for Keeps, portraying Denise, a former sportscaster who is attracted to Butler's character.[112] The film bombed commercially with a total gross of US$24 million, and received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics who, according to aggregate-site Rotten Tomatoes, called it "a dispiriting, lowest-common-denominator Hollywood rom-com".[113]

Her first 2013 release was the crime thriller Broken City, directed by Allen Hughes and where she co-starred with Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe. The film centres on a private detective (played by Wahlberg) who is hired by the mayor of New York (Crowe) to uncover the identity of the lover of his wife (who is played by Zeta-Jones).[114] As with Zeta-Jones' previous projects, it went largely unnoticed at the box office,[115][116] and also garnered negative reviews.[117] However, the actress was singled out for her part. The Hollywood Reporter noted that she "looks like class itself and nicely underplays",[118] and Globe and Mail observed that the actress "does a fair, if incongruous, impersonation of a forties vamp".[119] She subsequently appeared in Steven Soderbergh's Side Effects (their third collaboration),[120] opposite Channing Tatum, Jude Law and Rooney Mara.The film, where she played Dr. Victoria Siebert, concerns the ramifications of an event following a young woman being prescribed antidepressant drugs, in particular the fictional new drug Ablixa (alipazone).[121] Critical reaction towards the movie was unanimously positive.[122] Toronto Star found her performance to be "electric",[123] and Express.co.uk concluded that "there was an enjoyably silky turn" from her.[124] It was released on 8 February 2013 and was a moderate commercial success, with a gross total of US$63 million on a production budget of US$30 million.[125][126]

She next appeared as Russian agent Katya in the action comedy sequel RED 2,[127] which opened on 19 July 2013. In the film, she co-starred with Helen Mirren, Mary-Louise Parker, John Malkovich, and Bruce Willis. Zeta-Jones was drawn to appear in the project as she was initially attracted to its "concept [...] the action, the humour, the tongue-in-cheek quality of it", as she once described it to The Telegraph.[128] The movie also gave her the chance to work for the third time with Willis, with whom she had always loved working. "When I watched the [movie] the other day for the first time, it just kind of jumps from the screen how much fun we're having and the audience will have a lot of fun watching it."[129] The movie received mixed reviews. Daily Mail found the actress "over-the-top" and "unfunny" as her character,[130] but USA Today positively pointed out her and co-star Parker calling them "terrific".[131] Upon its release, the crime caper feature grossed US$148 million worldwide, from a budget of US$84 million.[132]

Zeta-Jones starred opposite Bill Nighy and Toby Jones in the British war comedy film Dad's Army,[133][134][135] playing Rose Winters, a glamorous journalist sent to report on the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon.[136] The movie was given a 5 February 2016 release in the UK, where it topped the box office chart on its opening weekend and received a divided critical response.[137][138][139] Variety magazine felt Zeta-Jones "hits the required single note with some spirit, but is generally underused",[140] and similarly, The Sun noted that her appeareance "does little but give [Nighy and Jones' characters] affections to fight over and sidelines everyone else".[141] Her next project is crime biopic The Godmother, about former drug lord Griselda Blanco, known as the Cocaine Godmother.[142] Principal photography took place on 4 November 2015 in Puerto Rico,[143] and a theatrical release is scheduled for 2016.

Personal life

Marriage

Zeta-Jones with husband Michael Douglas at the Vanity Fair party for the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival.

Zeta-Jones met actor Michael Douglas, with whom she shares a birthday and who is 25 years her senior, at the Deauville Film Festival in France in August 1998,[144] after being introduced by Danny DeVito.[145][146] According to Catherine, when they met, he told her that "I'd like to father your children".[147] They began dating in March 1999 and eventually became engaged on 31 December 1999; they were married at the Plaza Hotel in New York City on 18 November 2000, after Douglas' divorce was finalised. A traditional Welsh choir sang at their wedding.[148] Her Welsh gold wedding ring includes a Celtic motif and was purchased in the Welsh town of Aberystwyth.[149] Mick Hucknall from the band Simply Red, who previously dated Zeta-Jones, also performed at their wedding.[150]

Zeta-Jones and Douglas have two children, son Dylan Michael (born 8 August 2000) and daughter Carys Zeta (born 20 April 2003).[151][152] The family resides in Bedford, New York.[153]

In August 2013, People claimed that Douglas and Zeta-Jones began living separately in May 2013, but had not taken any legal action towards separation or divorce.[154] A representative for Zeta-Jones subsequently confirmed that they "are taking some time apart to evaluate and work on their marriage."[155] It was reported on 1 November that the couple had reconciled and moved back in together.[156]

Health

In April 2011, Zeta-Jones sought treatment for bipolar II disorder, checking herself into Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, Connecticut.[157][158] Zeta-Jones checked into a health care facility again in April 2013 for further treatment related to her bipolar disorder.[159]

In the media

With the recognition found in Traffic and Chicago that helped her establish a successful acting career, Zeta-Jones became an advertising spokeswoman for high-profile brands outside the screen. She was named the public face and global spokeswoman for cosmetics giant Elizabeth Arden in 2002.[160] Chosen to be the firm's face as she "personifies the essence" of the brand, according to executive vice-president for marketing Ron Rolleston, she was described as "the epitome of personal style, elegance and sophistication".[160] Around the same time, she started an endorsement deal with phone company T-Mobile, headlining numerous television commercials and campaigns,[161] in conjunction with the launch of brand in the US[162][163] She told Sunday Times during an interview at the time, that her deal, for which she reportedly earned more than US$20 million, was something she "could not – and should not – refuse. Everyone asked, 'Why is she doing this?' I'm also a businesswoman. Catherine Zeta-Jones is a brand name".[164] In 2005, Zeta-Jones renewed her contract with the firm,[165] but it came to an end in the fall of 2006 when T-Mobile phased her out.[166] However, she came back in an advertising campaign for the brand in the spring of 2009.[167]

She also appeared in a Alfa Romeo commercial,[168] and later on, became the spokeswoman for Di Modolo jewellery. The campaign, in which she was featured, debuted in the November 2007 issues of fashion and lifestyle publications, including W and Town and Country.[169]

In 1991, she graced the cover of UK's Radio Times, and in subsequent years, with her profile signicantly raised for The Mask of Zorro and Entrapment, she landed on the covers of American magazines and publications such as Maxim, Entertainment Weekly, Details and Allure in the late 1990s.[170][171][172][173] Since then, the list has grown to include other magazines like Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Vanity Fair, In Style and Esquire.[174][175][176][177][178][179] Zeta-Jones was named the "Most Outrageously Beautiful Woman" in 1998 by Movieline and also appeared on the 1999 cover of the magazine.[180][181] She was chosen as one of the "Most Beautiful People" in 1998 by People and then appeared four more times in the 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2004 editions of the same list.[182] She ranked #68 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World" 2005 special supplement and was also listed as #82 in 2006.[183] She has, in addition, ranked #50 on VH1's "100 Hottest Hotties", and listed at #57, #5 and #36 on AskMen.com's 99 "most desirable" women list, in 2002, 2001 and 2003, respectively.[184]

Throughout the years, Zeta-Jones has became a subject of parody and satire, due to her celebrity status and high-profile marriage to Michael Douglas; British comedians Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders parodied her in 2007, on their sketch comedy television show French & Saunders (1987–2010), and she was also parodied by Debra Stephenson in the BBC comedy sketch show The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson (2009–2011).[185] A 2006 episode of satirical British television show Star Stories (2006–2008) was entitled 'Catherine Zeta-Jones — Her Quest To Prove Herself... And Also Find Love', about a ficticuous life story of Zeta-Jones,[186] and she was once again parodied later by comedian Mo Collins during an episode of MADtv.[187] Catherine appeared as a singing fairy in one of four YouTube spoof shorts directed by Jimmy Kimmel for the Jimmy Kimmel Live! post-Oscar special in February 2014.[188] The segment, called David After Dentist Double Rainbow Oh My God! in 3D, also starred Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen and Samuel L. Jackson.[189][190]

Filmography and awards

Main article: List of roles and awards of Catherine Zeta-Jones

Notes

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