Catherine Zeta-Jones British Actress Known for The Terminal

Catherine Zeta-Jones, born 25 September 1969 in Swansea, is a British actress. Audiences know her from The Terminal (2004) and Chicago (2002).

Early life

Schooling on record includes Dumbarton House School and Arts Educational Schools.

Career

Her first listed screen credit dates to 1990, with Les 1001 Nuits. Work from the 1990s includes The Mask of Zorro (1998, as Elena de la Vega) and Entrapment (1999). Traffic (2000) and Ocean's Twelve (2004) are among her 2000s credits. In the 2010s, she appeared in RED 2 (2013) and Side Effects (2013). The 2020s brought Wednesday (2022, as Morticia Addams) and The Gallerist (2026).

The list below counts 29 films and 7 TV series from 1990 to 2026. Drama is the most frequent genre among her listed titles (9), followed by comedy (6) and crime (6). Of her three titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, The Terminal (2004) has the highest, at $219 million.

Anthony Hopkins appears in two of her listed titles. Other co-stars who recur in her credits are George Clooney (two titles) and Antonio Banderas (two titles). Steven Soderbergh directed three of her titles on record. Stephen Frears is credited as director on two of them, including High Fidelity (2000) and Lay the Favorite (2012). The Instagram account had 5.7M followers when last counted in May 2025.

Recognition

Among her honours is the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, won in 2003 for Chicago. Other wins include the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (2003) for Chicago and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (2010). Among her nominations is the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture in 2000 for Traffic. In all, Catherine Zeta-Jones has won 13 awards and received 21 nominations.

Personal life

She has been married to Michael Douglas since 2000. She has 2 children on record.