Known for Acting
Catherine Zeta-Jones, CBE, (born 25 September 1969) is a Welsh actress. She began her career on stage at an early age. After starring in a number of United Kingdom and United States television films and small roles in films, she came to prominence with roles in Hollywood movies such as the 1998 action film The Mask of Zorro and the 1999 crime thriller film Entrapment. Her breakthrough role was in the 2000 film Traffic, for which she earned her first Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture. Zeta-Jones subsequently starred as Velma Kelly in the 2002 film adaptation of the musical Chicago, a critical and commercial success, and received an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Later, she appeared in the 2003 romantic comedy film Intolerable Cruelty and 2004 crime comedy film Ocean's Twelve. Zeta-Jones landed the lead female role in the 2005 sequel of the 1998 film, The Legend of Zorro. She also starred in the 2008 biopic romantic thriller Death Defying Acts. In 2010, she won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Desiree in A Little Night Music. Description above from the Wikipedia article Catherine Zeta-Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born
September 25, 1969 (age 57)
Birthplace
Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Filmography
47 films, 34 shows


The Gallerist
2026 · 1h 28m · US
A desperate gallerist conspires to sell a dead body at Art Basel Miami.


Cocaine Godmother
2017 · 1h 40m · US
At the age of 17, Griselda Blanco, made her way to the U.S. with a fake passport with her first husband Carlos. Living in Queens with her three sons, Griselda became enticed by the money the drug world offered, and quickly became embroiled with local drug runners. Griselda masterminded the use of beautiful women, the elderly and children as the mules and created false-bottom suitcases to smuggle cocaine from Colombia.


Dad's Army
2016 · 1h 40m · FR
A cinema remake of the classic sitcom Dad's Army (1968). The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.


Chicago in the Spotlight: A Retrospective with the Cast and Crew
2014 · 2h 13m · US
Stars, director and producers of Chicago (2002) are interviewed about the film with a decade of hindsight.


RED 2
2013 · 1h 56m · US
Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.


Side Effects
2013 · 1h 46m · US
A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.


Broken City
2013 · 1h 49m · US
In a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor. Billy's relentless pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise toughness, makes him an unstoppable force - and the mayor's worst nightmare.


Playing for Keeps
2012 · 1h 46m · US
A former sports star who's fallen on hard times starts coaching his son's soccer team in an attempt to get his life together.


Lay the Favorite
2012 · 1h 34m · FR
A former stripper's talent with numbers lands her a job with a professional gambler who runs a sports book in Las Vegas.


Rock of Ages
2012 · 2h 3m · US
A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.


Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009 · 1h 40m · CZ
Why did Milos Forman have to make certain films the way he did? Where does his inner strength come from? What is the story of his life?


The Rebound
2009 · 1h 35m · US
Upon discovering her husband's infidelity, Sandy leaves the suburbs and moves into the city. There, she befriends Aram, a guy whose wife only married him so she could get a green card. Sandy hires Aram to be her nanny, and it isn't long until Aram and Sandy find out they get along wonderfully and start to date. But is their relationship real or is it, in fact, just a rebound for both of them?


Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008 · 1h 51m · US
The history of Hollywood musical movies, from the very beginning until the 21st century, hosted by Shirley Jones.


His Highness Hollywood
2008 · 1h 34m · US
Ian Halperin poses as a gay wannabe actor and member of the Israeli royal family to get an inside look at the Hollywood industry in this companion film to his well-received book, Hollywood Undercover: Revealing the Sordid Secrets of Tinseltown. Along the way, he receives a promise from the Church of Scientology to cure his homosexuality and gets the inside scoop from numerous luminaries -- including Brad Pitt, Jay Leno and Leonardo DiCaprio.


Death Defying Acts
2007 · 1h 37m · AU
On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.


No Reservations
2007 · 1h 44m · US
Master chef Kate Armstrong runs her life and her kitchen with intimidating intensity. However, a recipe for disaster may be in the works when she becomes the guardian of her young niece while crossing forks with the brash sous-chef who just joined her staff. Though romance blooms in the face of rivalry, Kate needs to look outside the kitchen to find true happiness.


Tony Bennett: An American Classic
2006 · 42m · US
A celebration of the life of musical icon Tony Bennett on the occasion of his 80th birthday. The special charts Bennett’s career by faithfully re-creating venues from his past. Bennett is joined for each number by the artists that collaborated with him on his Duets album.


The Legend of Zorro
2005 · 2h 10m · US
Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Don Alejandro de la Vega and his wife, Elena, to take action.


A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2005 · 1h 32m · US
Kirk Douglas achieved the kind of cinematic stardom that dreams are made of. As the torch was passed to his talented son Michael, it became obvious to everyone that the Douglas dynasty would continue to thrive…


Ocean's Twelve
2004 · 2h 5m · US
Despite pulling off one of the biggest heists in Las Vegas history and splitting the $160 million take, each of the infamous Ocean's crew have tried to go straight, lay low and live a legit life... but that's proven to be a challenge. Casino owner Terry Benedict demands that Danny Ocean return the money, plus millions more in interest. Unable to come up the cash, the crew is forced to come together to pull off another series of heists, this time in Rome, Paris, and Amsterdam – but a Europol agent is hot on their heels.


The Terminal
2004 · 2h 8m · US
An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.


Sinbad and the Cyclops Island
2003 · 8m · US
Marina, Sinbad and his crew are resting on a small island. They soon find out they're not alone.


Intolerable Cruelty
2003 · 1h 40m · US
A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.


Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003 · 1h 45m · US
Documentary looking at how nudity has been used in the movies, sometimes shrewdly and other times without thought.


Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
2003 · 1h 26m · US
The sailor of legend is framed by the goddess Eris for the theft of the Book of Peace, and must travel to her realm at the end of the world to retrieve it and save the life of his childhood friend Prince Proteus.


Making of Chicago
2002 · 28m
TV Special celebrating the Oscar winning film 'Chicago' directed by Rob Marshall and interviews included the stars of the film - Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C.Reilly and Rob Marshall illustrated with clips from 'Chicago'. The presenter and interviewer was Mariella Frostrup and the program was shown on Channel 4 and Film 4 in early 2003 when the film was generally released in the U.K.


Chicago
2002 · 1h 53m · US
Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.


Unmasking Zorro
2001 · 45m · US
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film The Mask of Zorro (1998), including a brief history of the iconic character.


America's Sweethearts
2001 · 1h 42m · US
In the midst of a nasty public breakup of married movie stars, a studio publicist scrambles to put a cap on the escalating situation as the couple's latest film has found it's only print kidnapped by the director.


Traffic
2000 · 2h 27m · US
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy wife must learn her husband's ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle.


The Many Faces of Zorro
2000 · 2h · US
An enjoyable trip that includes all Zorro's movies, from Douglas Fairbanks to Antonio Banderas with interesting comments of fencing and whip handling trainers. Includes interviews with Banderas, Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Z. Jones.


Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'
2000 · 19m · US


High Fidelity
2000 · 1h 53m · UK
After his long-time girlfriend dumps him, a thirty-year-old record store owner seeks to understand why he is unlucky in love while recounting his "top five breakups of all time".


The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
1999 · 1h 22m · US
Receiving orders to assist the British in an attack on the ancient Middle Eastern desert town of Beersheba, Indy goes undercover with a beautiful lady spy. Relying on his wits and her tantalizing skill at belly dancing, the daring duo works desperately to defuse the explosives placed in the city's vital water wells by the occupying Turks. The story culminates in a spectacular cavalry charge by the gallant soldiers of the Australian Lighthorsemen Regiment, whose very survival hinges on the success of Indy's mission.


Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999 · 2h 41m · US
A TV special celebrating the 25th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts return to perform their signature monologues and present a look back at some of the best comedy skits and musical numbers of the past two and a half decades.


The Haunting
1999 · 1h 53m · US
Dr. David Marrow invites three distinct individuals to the eerie and isolated Hill House to be subjects for a sleep disorder study. The unfortunate guests discover that Marrow is far more interested in the sinister mansion itself — and they soon see the true nature of its horror.


Entrapment
1999 · 1h 52m · UK
Two thieves, who travel in elegant circles, try to outsmart each other and, in the process, end up falling in love.


The Mask of Zorro
1998 · 2h 18m · US
It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as the legendary romantic hero, Zorro. Having escaped from prison he transforms troubled bandit Alejandro into his successor, in order to foil the plans of the tyrannical Don Rafael Montero who robbed him of his freedom, his wife and his precious daughter.


The Phantom
1996 · 1h 40m · US
The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a rich madman from obtaining three magic skulls that would give him the secret to ultimate power.


Catherine the Great
1996 · 3h · AT
Trapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess proves a skillful political infighter and rises to become Catherine the Great.
The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
1996 · 26m · US
HBO First Look's episode on The Phantom


Blue Juice
1995 · 1h 30m · UK
JC is the hero of the Cornish surfing community. Staring thirty hard in the face, he fears that the wave that has carried him through a prolonged adolescence is heading for the rocks as his girlfriend pressures him for commitment and his friends contemplate growing up.


The Return of the Native
1994 · 1h 41m · UK
Eustacia Vye, an exquisite beauty despairing at her boring life on an English moor, sets up a fateful lovers' triangle when she uses her wiles to entice two men, a dashing suitor and a successful man who made his name abroad and returned to his home on the heath.


Splitting Heirs
1993 · 1h 27m · UK
A member of the English upper class dies, leaving his estate and his business to an American, whom he thinks is his son who was lost as a baby and then found again. An Englishman who thinks he is an Indian comes to believe that he is actually the heir. He comes to hate the American who is his boss, his friend, and the man who has stolen the woman after whom he lusts.


Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
1992 · 2h · FR
Genoan navigator Christopher Columbus has a dream to find an alternative route to sail to the Indies, by traveling west instead of east, across the unchartered Ocean sea. After failing to find backing from the Portugese, he goes to the Spanish court to ask Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand for help. After surviving a grilling from the Head of the Spanish Inquisition Tomas de Torquemada, he eventually gets the blessing from Queen Isabella and sets sail in three ships to travel into the unknown. Along the way he must deal with sabotage from Portugese spies and mutiny from a rebellious crew.


Out of the Blue
1991 · 1h 19m · UK
Alan makes films in the warehouse studio where he lives, with the help of his friends Rudy and Liz. Even Rudy's girlfriend, Julie, finds herself caught up in his plans. But when Alan falls in love with a beautiful young girl, Chirsty, and decides to create the perfect romance between them, life begins to imitate the film fantasy which has become an obsession for him.


1001 Nights
1990 · 1h 38m · DE
Sheherazade has been married to a ruler who wants many wives, but only one at a time. Consequently, as soon as he has bedded them, he has them put to death. In most retellings, the girl staves off this unfortunate conclusion by putting off the connubial event for a thousand and one nights, telling irresistible stories instead. In this one, she gets hold of a magic lamp.