HTLS 2019: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Oscar-winning Welsh actor who redefined glamour

She also delivered an acclaimed performance in the drug drama Traffic, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe.

Catherine Zeta-Jones is a Welsh actor who has received numerous accolades, such as an Academy Award, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts award (BAFTA), and a Tony. After making a move to Hollywood from the stage and the British film industry where she worked for many years, she appeared in a slew of glamorous roles in films such as ‘The Mask of Zorro’ and ‘Entrapment’.

Catherine Zeta-Jones is a Welsh actor who has received numerous accolades, such as an Academy Award, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts award (BAFTA), and a Tony. (Illustrations: Mohit Suneja)

She also delivered an acclaimed performance in the drug drama Traffic, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe. She followed it up with an Oscar-winning performance in the 2002 hit musical Chicago. Zeta-Jones continues to work across a variety of genres, and has appeared in the black comedy Intolerable Cruelty, the rom-com No Reservations, the heist film ‘Ocean’s Twelve’ and the psychological thriller ‘Side Effects’.

In 2010, she won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in ‘A Little Night Music’. She has spoken publicly about her struggles with depression and bipolar disorder, and her husband Michael Douglas’ cancer diagnosis.