Growing up in Wales, Catherine Zeta-Jones fell in love with dancing and theatre. At age 15, she moved to London to take a shot at showbiz. By the early 1990s, she had made a name for herself in the TV series The Darling Buds of May before getting her big break in Hollywood opposite Antonio Banderas in The Mask of Zorro. A string of hits followed and in 2000, at the height of her fame, she married actor Michael Douglas when their son Dylan was 4 months old. Two years later, they welcomed daughter Carys and moved to Bermuda for several years to raise their family out of the spotlight.
In 2010, the family hit a rough patch, with Douglas, 78, receiving treatment for stage 4 throat cancer. After her husband’s recovery, Zeta-Jones checked into a facility to treat her bipolar II disorder. The strain took a toll and in 2013 the couple quietly separated. After one year apart, they reconciled and haven’t looked back. “My son has graduated from college and my daughter is in her second year of college and loving it, so it’s a lot of fun right now,” Zeta-Jones, 53, tells WHO. “We are empty nesters, but we are having a good time.” Professionally, the actress recently had a blast playing Morticia in Tim Burton’s Addams Family reboot, Wednesday.
What made you want to take on a role like Morticia Addams?
I just loved that she is this iconic matriarch and how her image is such a part of pop culture. My grandmother knows what Morticia Addams looks like, as does my 6-year-old niece. I love the original and how even back then it was like a celebration of acceptance
How did you react when you got the call from Tim Burton?
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