Catherine Zeta-Jones CBE is a Welsh actress. Known for her versatility, she is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Tony Award. In 2010, she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her film and humanitarian work.
Catherine Zeta-Jones biography
She was raised in Swansea’s Mumbles neighbourhood. Zeta-Jones’ mother enrolled her in the Hazel Johnson School of Dancing when she was four years old because of her hyperactive nature.
She received her education at Swansea’s Dumbarton House School, a private institution. The family had a low income before winning £100,000 in a bingo game, which allowed them to pay for their daughter’s dance and ballet tuition.
Zeta-Jones began performing in school plays at a young age, and she caught the attention of the local media when her performance of a Shirley Bassey song won the Junior Star Trail talent contest.
She frequently travelled to London with a dance group where she attended theatre auditions. In the original West End production of the musical Annie, Zeta-Jones was cast as July, one of the orphan girls, when she was nine years old. In her early teens, she won the national tap dance championship.
In a Swansea production of the musical that took place at the Swansea Grand Theatre in 1981, she portrayed Annie in the title role.
Catherine Zeta-Jones siblings
Lyndon, her younger brother, was a sales representative before he decided to pursue a career in film production. She also has an older brother named David.
Catherine Zeta-Jones parents
Catherine Zeta Jones’s parents are David James Jones, the owner of a candy factory, and his wife Patricia Fair, a seamstress. Her father is Welsh and her mother is of Irish Catholic descent. She was named after her grandmothers, Zeta Jones (derived from the name of a ship that her great-grandfather sailed on) and Catherine Fair.
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