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Catherine Zeta-Jones, (; born Catherine Zeta Jones; 25 September 1969) is a Welsh actress. She has received critical acclaim and numerous accolades throughout her career, including one Academy Award, one BAFTA Award, and three Screen Actor Guild Awards. She was named Hasty Pudding's Woman of the Year in 2005, and was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours. Zeta-Jones began her acting career at age 12, with the lead role in the stage musical ''Annie'', and subsequently pursued a career on theatre with appearances in productions, such as West End's ''42nd Street''. She made her movie debut in the 1991 French fantasy feature ''Les 1001 nuits'' and continued her film work with supporting roles in ''Christopher Columbus: The Discovery'' (1992) and ''Splitting Heirs'' (1993), while starring in the ITV series ''The Darling Buds of May'' from 1991 until 1993. She established her early film career in the United Kingdom and eventually transitioned into Hollywood mainstream movies, appearing in the action western ''The Mask of Zorro'' (1998) and the crime thriller ''Entrapment'' (1999), both of which were international commercial successes. Her performance in Steven Soderbergh's ''Traffic'' (2000) earned her significant critical praise and her first Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture. Zeta-Jones starred as Velma Kelly in the film adaptation of the musical ''Chicago'' (2002), another critical and commercial success. For the film, she received the Academy Award and the British Academy Film Award for Best Supporting Actress, plus two Screen Actors Guild Awards and her second Golden Globe Award nomination, for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. She then appeared in the romantic comedy ''Intolerable Cruelty'' (2003), the crime film ''Ocean's Twelve'' (2004) and reprised her starring role in the sequel of the 1998 film, ''The Legend of Zorro'' (2005). Parts in the smaller-scale features ''Death Defying Acts'' (2008) and ''The Rebound'' (2009) were followed by a 3-year hiatus from screen acting. During that time, she returned to the stage and portrayed Desiree in ''A Little Night Music'' (2010), for which she won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical. She has since done further film work in the musical comedy ''Rock of Ages'' and the psychological thriller ''Side Effects'' (2013). == Early life == Catherine Zeta-Jones was born in Swansea on 25 September 1969,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Catherine Zeta-Jones Biography (1969-) )〕 to David Jones, a sweet-factory owner,〔 and his wife Patricia (''née'' Fair), a seamstress. Her father is of Welsh descent, and her mother is of Welsh and Irish ancestry. She was named after her grandmothers, Zeta Jones and Catherine Fair. She has two brothers who both help with her production company, Milkwood Films.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Catherine Zeta-Jones biography )〕 Zeta-Jones grew up in the prosperous Swansea suburb of Mumbles. At the age of 5, she was sent to the Hazel Johnson School of Dance to make use of her energy. By the time she was 11, she was a British tap-dancing champion. She was educated at Dumbarton House School, a co-educational independent school in Swansea, but left early to further her acting ambitions without obtaining O-levels. She then attended the independent Arts Educational Schools in Chiswick, London, for a full-time, three-year course in Musical Theatre. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Catherine Zeta-Jones」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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