- 2002
Zeta-Jones Pitches T-Mobile
Zeta-Jones endorses cell phone carrier T-Mobile for a contract that garners her more than $20 million. "It was a deal that you could not – and should not – refuse. Everyone asked, 'Why is she doing this?' I'm also a businesswoman. Catherine Zeta-Jones is a brand name," she tells the Sunday Telegraph. She also endorses cosmetics brand Elizabeth Arden.
- 2003
She Had It Coming
While eight months pregnant with her second child, Zeta-Jones wins an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for Chicago. Zeta-Jones tells In Style that winning the Oscar was a childhood dream come true: "I was the only person staying up in Wales until 4 in the morning to watch the Oscar ceremony...That day was put aside for me--I was obsessed. But when it actually happens to you it's an out-of-body experience." On April 20, she welcomes daughter Carys Zeta Douglas.
- 2004
Joining Ocean's Twelve
Zeta-Jones joins Brad Pitt (left), George Clooney and Julia Roberts for Ocean's 12, playing an Interpol-type agent wise to the gang. "Let's face it: When it comes to leading men, I've scored big-time," she tells In Style. The film opens at No. 1, grossing $362 million worldwide.
- 2005
The Litigious Life
After suing a strip club for putting her picture on its website ("I view it as theft: people steal my image to make money for themselves"), Zeta-Jones goes against an alleged stalker obsessed with Douglas, who sent her death threats. "This will affect me for the rest of my life," Zeta-Jones says in a letter read in court. Dawnette Knight, 35, pleads no contest, and is sentenced to a three-year prison term and a 10-year restraining order.
More Swordplay
Zeta-Jones reprises her star-making role in The Legend of Zorro. "It was a big movie for me in many ways," she tells Harper's Bazaar. "This sounds ridiculous, but when I saw Antonio in his Zorro outfit again, I got tears in my eyes. I said, 'Oh, my God! There you are.'" The sequel earns $142 million worldwide.
- 2007
No Reservations
The No Reservations star graces the cover of In Style, where she discusses family and fame: "Years ago if someone said they were doing a movie in Romania, I was, like, 'What time is my flight?' I couldn't see beyond the script. Now, I'm like, 'Script? I'll figure that out after dealing with the people I love more than anything in the world.'" Next up: the Harry Houdini film Death Defying Acts with Guy Pearce.
Photo Credits
BIOGRAPHY (top to bottom): John Lazar/WireImage; Warner Bros; Kobal Collection/Wireimage
- Name
- Catherine Zeta-Jones
- Birth Date
- September 25, 1969
- Birth Place
- Swansea, Wales
- Heart Monitor
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Michael Douglas, husband (1998 to present)
Jon Peters, ex-boyfriend (1996)
Angus Macfadyen, ex-boyfriend (1995 to 1996; engaged)
John Leslie, ex-boyfriend (1991 to 1993)
