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Biography #2 (for Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas)
CATHERINE ZETA-JONES won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the Oscar-winning Best Picture [[Chicago]], in which she starred with Renee 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 portrayal of the murderous Velma Kelly 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 fellow castmates, won a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Motion Picture Cast.
This fall, Zeta-Jones will star opposite {252@George Clooney} in the Coen brothers' comedy [[Intolerable Cruelty]], in which she plays a gold-digging Beverly Hills divorcee.
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.
Zeta-Jones first gained international recognition with her standout performance in the action adventure hit [[The Mask of Zorro]], in which she starred opposite {225@Antonio Banderas} and {1075@Anthony Hopkins}. She next played an undercover insurance investigator trying to trap a thief, played by {2869@Sean Connery}, in {35781@Jon Amiel}'s romantic thriller [[Entrapment]]. She more recently starred as a diva movie star in {35284@Joe Roth}'s directorial debut feature [[America's Sweethearts]], with {1419@Julia Roberts}, {1108@Billy Crystal} and {260@John Cusack}.
Bio courtesy DreamWorks for "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas"
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