Catherine Zeta Jones was born on 25 September 1969 in Swansea, South Wales, to David Jones, the owner of a sweet factory, and his wife Patricia (née Fair), a seamstress. Her father is Welsh and her mother is of Irish Catholic descent.
@villinelle applauded: "The highlight of the baftas for me was seeing catherine zeta-jones and knowing she hasn't lost her welsh accent." And @HannaFlint said: "I know Catherine Zeta Jones is Welsh but I don't remember her sounding this Welsh. Love to hear it."
Her birth name was simply Catherine Jones, but she added her paternal grandmother's name ("Zeta") so as to stand out from the many other young women with the exact same name. She showed an interest early on in entertainment. She starred on stage in "Annie", "Bugsy Malone" and "The Pajama Game".
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However, she is far from being Latina and she is from Welsh and Irish descent. “This happens to be the third Hispanic I've played,” she said to ET. “I played the lead in Zorro, and I screen-tested with six Hispanic women, and I got the role. I don't know what to say.”
Michael's paternal grandparents were emigrants from Chavusy in the Russian Empire (present-day Belarus). His mother was from Devonshire Parish, Bermuda, and had English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, French, Belgian, and Dutch ancestry.
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Catherine Zeta-Jones has revealed that her 'beautiful cousin' Gemma has died. Taking to Instagram on Wednesday night, the Welsh actress, 51, paid tribute to her 'extraordinary' cousin in an emotional post after she passed away on 13 February.
Douglas went on to marry actress Catherine Zeta-Jones and the Hollywood power couple share two children: son Dylan, 23, and daughter Carys, 20. "My career was the most important thing in my life, followed by marriage and children," Douglas told AARP The Magazine in 2010.
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Does Catherine Zeta-Jones have an American accent?
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She was named after her grandmothers, Catherine and Zeta. Catherine Jones is, obviously, a very common name which is already registered with acting unions. Catherine-Zeta would be cumbersome in daily speech so she double barrelled it as a surname.
