# List of roles and awards of Catherine Zeta-Jones
**Catherine Zeta-Jones** (born 1969 in Swansea, Wales) is a Welsh actress whose screen and stage roles have drawn honors including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Tony Award.[1](https://goldenglobes.com/person/catherine-zeta-jones/) • [2](https://catherinezetajones.com/biography/) Her award record is dominated by two projects: the film musical *Chicago* (2002), for which she won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress as Velma Kelly, and the Broadway revival of [Stephen Sondheim](https://www.edgepedia.org/stephen-sondheim)'s *A Little Night Music*, which brought her the 2010 [Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical](https://www.edgepedia.org/tony-award-for-best-actress-in-a-musical) in her Broadway debut.[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001876/awards/) • [4](https://www.tonyawards.com/winners/year/2010/category/any/show/any/) • [2](https://catherinezetajones.com/biography/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Academy Award | Best Actress in a Supporting Role, *Chicago*, at the 75th Academy Awards (2003 ceremony)[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001876/awards/) • [5](https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2003) |
| Other *Chicago* honors | BAFTA Film Award, Critics' Choice Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress, all for *Chicago*[2](https://catherinezetajones.com/biography/) |
| Tony Award | Best Actress in a Musical, *A Little Night Music*, 2010, for her Broadway debut as Desirée Armfeldt[4](https://www.tonyawards.com/winners/year/2010/category/any/show/any/) • [2](https://catherinezetajones.com/biography/) |
| Golden Globe nominations | Best Supporting Actress for *Traffic* (2001) and Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical for *Chicago* (2003)[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001876/awards/) |
| SAG ensemble wins | Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture for *Traffic* (2001) and *Chicago* (2003)[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001876/awards/) |
| National honor | Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours List, for services to the film industry and charity[2](https://catherinezetajones.com/biography/) |
| IMDb tally | 19 wins and 40 nominations across the award bodies listed on her IMDb awards page[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001876/awards/) |
## Breakthrough roles of the late 1990s
Zeta-Jones first gained international recognition in the action adventure film *The Mask of Zorro* (1998), opposite [Antonio Banderas](https://www.edgepedia.org/antonio-banderas) and [Anthony Hopkins](https://www.edgepedia.org/anthony-hopkins).[2](https://catherinezetajones.com/biography/) The role brought her a Saturn Award nomination for Best Actress, an MTV Movie Award nomination for Best Breakthrough Female Performance, and a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Female Newcomer.[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001876/awards/) She followed it with the heist film *Entrapment* (1999), playing insurance investigator Virginia "Gin" Baker opposite [Sean Connery](https://www.edgepedia.org/sean-connery).[6](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/entrapment) *Entrapment* earned her the European Film Awards People's Choice Award for Best European Actress and a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress in an Action film, but also a Razzie nomination for Worst Actress shared with her performance in *The Haunting* (1999).[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001876/awards/)
## Traffic and the road to Chicago
In [Steven Soderbergh](https://www.edgepedia.org/steven-soderbergh)'s *Traffic* (2000), she played the wife of a drug runner, a performance that brought a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress.[2](https://catherinezetajones.com/biography/) • [3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001876/awards/) The film's cast, which included [Michael Douglas](https://www.edgepedia.org/michael-douglas), Don Cheadle, and Benicio Del Toro, won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture.[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001876/awards/)
**Chicago (2002).** Returning to her musical theater roots, she played the murderous vaudevillian Velma Kelly in [Rob Marshall](https://www.edgepedia.org/rob-marshall)'s screen adaptation of *Chicago*, alongside [Renée Zellweger](https://www.edgepedia.org/renee-zellweger), Richard Gere, and [Queen Latifah](https://www.edgepedia.org/queen-latifah).[7](https://www.biography.com/actors/catherine-zeta-jones) At the 75th Academy Awards, held March 23, 2003, she won Best Actress in a Supporting Role, one of six Oscars taken by the film from 13 nominations, including Best Picture.[5](https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2003) • [8](https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2003/Z?qt-honorees=1) Her fellow nominees in the category were Kathy Bates, Julianne Moore, Queen Latifah, and Meryl Streep.[5](https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2003) The same performance won the BAFTA Film Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, the Critics' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, with an additional Golden Globe nomination in the Comedy or Musical category.[2](https://catherinezetajones.com/biography/) • [3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001876/awards/) She also shared in the SAG ensemble award for *Chicago* and was named Supporting Actress of the Year at the ShoWest Convention.[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001876/awards/)
## Later film roles
After *Chicago*, her starring roles included the Coen Brothers' dark comedy *Intolerable Cruelty* (2003) with [George Clooney](https://www.edgepedia.org/george-clooney), Steven Soderbergh's *Ocean's Twelve* (2004), and [Steven Spielberg](https://www.edgepedia.org/steven-spielberg)'s *The Terminal* (2004) opposite [Tom Hanks](https://www.edgepedia.org/tom-hanks).[2](https://catherinezetajones.com/biography/) *Ocean's Twelve* brought a Critics' Choice nomination for Best Acting Ensemble shared with the cast.[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001876/awards/) Later work included the musical *Rock of Ages* (2012), for which she received an Irina Palm Award for Worst British Supporting Actress, and the Lifetime tele-film *Cocaine Godmother* (2017), in which she played drug lord Griselda Blanco; the role drew a Women's Image Network Award nomination in 2019.[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001876/awards/) • [2](https://catherinezetajones.com/biography/)
## Stage work and the Tony Award
Zeta-Jones began her career on the stage in London and on British television, including the Yorkshire Television series *The Darling Buds of May*, based on the novels of H.E. Bates.[2](https://catherinezetajones.com/biography/) Her Broadway debut came in December 2009 as Desirée Armfeldt in the Menier Chocolate Factory revival of *A Little Night Music*, directed by [Trevor Nunn](https://www.edgepedia.org/trevor-nunn) and co-starring [Angela Lansbury](https://www.edgepedia.org/angela-lansbury).[9](https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/culture-monster-blog/story/2009-12-14/catherine-zeta-jones-in-broadways-a-little-night-music-what-did-the-critics-think) New York critics were divided: Ben Brantley of *The New York Times* praised her "decent voice" and "vulpine self-possession" while faulting her "Send in the Clowns," and David Rooney of *Variety* called her "bewitching, confident and utterly natural," while other reviewers found the casting uneven.[9](https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/culture-monster-blog/story/2009-12-14/catherine-zeta-jones-in-broadways-a-little-night-music-what-did-the-critics-think) At the 64th Tony Awards in 2010 she won Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for the role.[4](https://www.tonyawards.com/winners/year/2010/category/any/show/any/) At that year's ceremony she sang "Send in the Clowns" from the show.[10](https://www.tonyawards.com/history/year-by-year/2010/)
## Television work and recent recognition
Her television roles have drawn nominations across several bodies: a Hollywood Critics Association Television Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama for *Prodigal Son* (2021), a Children's and Family Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Performance for *National Treasure: Edge of History* (2023), and a Saturn Award and Astra TV Award nomination for Best Guest Actress for playing Morticia Addams in *Wednesday* (2024).[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001876/awards/) She has continued in the role of Morticia Addams, with further episodes listed through 2025.[11](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001876)
## Honors and legacy
In 2010, alongside her Tony win, she was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to the film industry and charity.[2](https://catherinezetajones.com/biography/) Her Oscar-winning *Chicago* performance has remained a reference point in retrospective rankings of supporting-actress winners, and the film's six Oscars at the 75th ceremony, including hers, marked one of the musical's strongest awards showings.[5](https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2003) • [8](https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2003/Z?qt-honorees=1) With the Oscar, BAFTA, and Tony, her record spans film, British awards, and the American stage, anchored by musical performances in both media.[2](https://catherinezetajones.com/biography/)
## References
1. [Catherine Zeta-Jones, Golden Globes Awards Database](https://goldenglobes.com/person/catherine-zeta-jones/)
2. [Biography, Catherine Zeta-Jones official site](https://catherinezetajones.com/biography/)
3. [Catherine Zeta-Jones, Awards, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001876/awards/)
4. [Winners 2010, Actress (Musical), Tony Awards](https://www.tonyawards.com/winners/year/2010/category/any/show/any/)
5. [The 75th Academy Awards, Oscars.org](https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2003)
6. [Entrapment, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/entrapment)
7. [Catherine Zeta-Jones, Biography.com](https://www.biography.com/actors/catherine-zeta-jones)
8. [2003 Academy Awards by film, Oscars.org](https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2003/Z?qt-honorees=1)
9. [Catherine Zeta-Jones in Broadway's 'A Little Night Music': What did the critics think?, Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/culture-monster-blog/story/2009-12-14/catherine-zeta-jones-in-broadways-a-little-night-music-what-did-the-critics-think)
10. [Year by Year 2010, Tony Awards](https://www.tonyawards.com/history/year-by-year/2010/)
11. [Catherine Zeta-Jones, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001876)
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