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CATHERINE ZETA-JONES won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of the murderous Velma Kelly in the Oscar-winning Best Picture [[Chicago]], in which she starred with {363@Renée Zellweger} and {291@Richard Gere}. She also won Screen Actors Guild (SAG), BAFTA and Critics Choice Awards, and received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her acting, singing and dancing performance in the musical. In addition to Zeta-Jones' individual awards, the entire cast of [[Chicago]] won the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Motion Picture Cast.

Zeta-Jones had previously earned a Golden Globe nomination for her work in {986@Steven Soderbergh}'s drama [[Traffic]], and, along with her castmates, won a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Motion Picture Cast.

More recently, Zeta-Jones starred opposite {252@George Clooney} in the Coen brothers' comedy [[Intolerable Cruelty]], in which she played a gold-digging Beverly Hills divorcee. Later this year, she will be reteamed with Clooney in [[Ocean's Twelve]], the sequel to [[Ocean's Eleven]], which also reunites her with her [[Traffic]] director Steven Soderbergh.

Zeta-Jones first gained international recognition with her standout performance in {35339@Martin Campbell}'s action adventure hit [[The Mask of Zorro]], in which she starred as Elena, the daughter of the elder Zorro, played by {1075@Anthony Hopkins}, and the love interest of the younger Zorro, played by {225@Antonio Banderas}. She is next set to reprise her role in [[Zorro 2]], which brings her together again with Banderas under the direction of Campbell.

Zeta-Jones' additional film credits include {35781@Jon Amiel}'s romantic thriller [[Entrapment]], opposite {2869@Sean Connery}; {4305@Jan De Bont}'s [[The Haunting]]; {35179@Stephen Frears}' [[High Fidelity]]; and {35284@Joe Roth}'s directorial debut feature [[America's Sweethearts]], with {1419@Julia Roberts}, {1108@Billy Crystal} and {260@John Cusack}. She also voiced the role of Marina in [[{342017@Sinbad}: Legend of the Seven Seas]], opposite {1803@Brad Pitt}.

Born in Wales, Zeta-Jones began her career on the stage, starring in the West End production of [[42nd Street]]. She then landed a leading role in the hit Yorkshire Television series [[The Darling Buds of May]], based on the novels of H.E. Bates.

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