Catherine Zeta Jones Back to Catherine's page Biography Catherine was born on the 25th September 1969 to an Irish mother and Welsh father in Swansea SW Wales. She has two brothers. She started singing and dancing at 4 with the drama group at the local church. At 10 she starred in the play 'Annie' and was featured in a production of 'Bugsy Malone'. In 1983 her stage career began to take off, whilst performing in a musical featuring Monkees star Mickey Dolenz she impressed the producer so much that he offered her the leading part in the London production of 'The Pyjama Game'. She moved to London in 1984 and won a roll in the musical '42nd Street'. Originally cast as the 2nd understudy to the leading lady, good fortune gave her the chance to play the character for real. Again her talent impressed the producer so much so that she began to play the lead. In 1990, when the 3 year run of 42nd Street ended, she moved to France. It was here that she made her film debut in Philip de Broca's 'Scheherazade'. She moved back to Britain the following year to take up an offer of a part in the TV series 'The Darling Buds of May'. The comedy drama series was an enormous success and threw Catherine into the limelight as never before. The media attention Catherine received at this time was extreme so she decided to try her hand in L.A. Her first Hollywood movie, 'The Phantom' was released, although not a great success Catherine continued to work in the US and had a part in the TV mini-series 'Titanic'. It was her performance in this which caught the eye of Steven Spielberg. He asked to meet her and screen tested her for a part in the movie The Mask of Zorro, which she won. The film went on to be a great success. In August 2000 she had a baby boy, Dylan Michael 7lb 7oz, before marrying Michael Douglas on the 18 November 2000 in New York. This site was created and is maintained by John Robinson © 1995 This page first published 1 April 2000 .