这位在《偷天陷阱》《佐罗传奇》中有过不俗表演的威尔士籍演员嫁给了年长她25岁的美国演员迈克尔-道格拉斯——他们的儿子2000年降生，英国影迷和美国影迷对其名字各有自己的解释——这为女星还是化妆品巨头的代言人……

Zeta-Jones' stage career began in childhood. She sang and danced her way to local stardom as a part of a Catholic congregation's performing troupe¹ before she was 10, and by 1987 she was starring in Forty-Second Street as Peggy Saywer in the West End. Once the show closed, Zeta-Jones travelled to France, where she received the lead role in French director Phillippe De Broca's 1001 Nights (a.k.a. Sheherazade), her feature film debut².

Apart from her acting³ career, Zeta-Jones is also an advertising⁴ spokeswoman for the mobile phone company T-Mobile. She is currently the global spokeswoman for cosmetics⁵ giant, Elizabeth Arden.

Zeta-Jones is married to actor Michael Douglas, with whom she has two children. Her son, Dylan Michael Douglas was born August 8, 2000. (Her American admirers like to think that he is named after Bob Dylan - a favourite of Douglas - while her British admirers like to think that Dylan Thomas, also born in Swansea, was the inspiration, although Dylan is a reasonably common Welsh firstname).

Her daughter, Carys Zeta Douglas was born April 20, 2003. Zeta-Jones has determined⁶ that her children grow up aware of their Welsh heritage and has built a seaside dream home in her hometown of Swansea.

重点词汇

stardom  n. 演员的身份          　congregation  n. 集会，（宗）圣会
troupe  n. 剧团                 　　　a.k.a. = as known as  又名……，也叫做……
debut  n. 初次登场              　　catholic  a. 天主教的
cosmetic  n. 化妆品             　　Welsh  a. （英国）威尔士的
heritage  n. 遗产，传统         　Swansea  n. 斯旺西（凯瑟琳家乡）