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Good looks were certainly a boon to the meteoric
ascent of Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones. Hollywood success
came to the actress when she caught the eye of Steven Spielberg
during a TV mini-series, Titanic. Her performance so
struck the famous producer that he immediately suggested her
for the female lead in the film The Mask of Zorro,
which he produced. The performance was so electrifying that
she then went on to star opposite Sean Connery in Entrapment
and opposite Liam Neeson and Lili Taylor in The Haunting.
Zeta-Jones had been acting professionally
for well over a decade, becoming equally reputed for her work
in theater, television, and film, before Zorro made her an
international sensation. Since the young age of fifteen, Zeta-Jones
was acting in British television, theater and film. Her work
made such a sensation that she was continually sought out
by the paparazzi. An incident where she ran her car into a
light post trying to flee the pursuing paparazzi prompted
her to make the decision to try her luck in Hollywood. Her
success in England didn't necessarily translate into success
in Hollywood though. Until she caught Spielberg's attention,
she was only successful in getting television work.
The only daughter of working class parents,
Zeta-Jones began acting at a very young age. The bug hit her
when she secured the lead in a local production of Annie.
She was just eleven. Born on September 25, 1969 in a small
fishing village called Mumbles, just outside Swansea in Wales.
She has two brothers Lyndon and David. Zeta-Jones was named
for her grandmothers Catherine and Zeta.
Success came quickly for Zeta-Jones after
she moved to London at the age of fifteen to pursue an acting
career. Fortune shined on her when she took over the lead
in a production of 42nd Street. Originally she was the second
understudy for the lead but one day both the star or the first
understudy bowed out. Zeta-Jones took over and delivered a
stunning performance. As luck would have it, the shows producer
chose that night to see the show for the first time. He immediately
insisted that Zeta-Jones be given the lead for the duration
of the show. From there she went on to secure leads in such
productions as The Darling Buds of May, Scheherazade, Bugsy
Malone, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and Street Scenes.
One word of caution, due to her successful
role in the Mask of Zorro, Zeta-Jones is an accomplished sword
wielder. During the filming of Mask of Zorro, Zeta-Jones got
in a lot of practice with the sword.
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