Catherine Zeta-Jones

Zeta-Jones in 2005, 360b / Shutterstock.com

Birth Name: Catherine Zeta Jones

Place of Birth: Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales

Date of Birth: 25 September, 1969

Ethnicity: Welsh, smaller amounts of Irish and English

Catherine Zeta-Jones is a Welsh actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Chicago (2002). Her roles also include the films The Mask of Zorro, Entrapment, The Haunting, Traffic, Intolerable Cruelty, Ocean’s Twelve, No Reservations, and Side Effects, and television’s Catherine the Great, among other works.

Her father is of Welsh descent. Her mother is of Welsh, English, and Irish ancestry. She is married to American actor Michael Douglas, with whom she has two children.

Catherine’s paternal grandfather was named Bertram G. Jones (whose parents’ surnames were Jones and Johns). Bertram was born in Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales.

Catherine’s paternal grandmother was named Zeta Davies (whose parents’ surnames were Davies and Morgan). Catherine’s grandmother Zeta was born in Swansea.

Catherine’s maternal grandfather was William Edgar Fair (the son of Ernest George Fair and Edith Margaret Williams). William was born in Swansea. Ernest was born in Swansea, to English parents, from Devon, William Fair and Agnes Pugsley, with Agnes at least being from Barnstaple. Edith was the daughter of James Williams and Ruth Lewis.

Catherine’s maternal grandmother is named Kathleen/Catherine O’Callaghan. Catherine was born in Swansea.

Catherine is sometimes described on the internet as being of Greek ancestry. This is not accurate.

Source: Genealogy of Catherine Zeta-Jones – https://www.geni.com

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247 Responses

  1. me says:

    she looks welsh to me :) well welsh and irish lol

  2. Dude says:

    She never clarifies her dark kinky hair and dark eyes and that is because she is part Romany, Gypsy and is ashamed.

  3. Nick says:

    I could have sworn she was that native new zealander race. I’m not sure what they call them?

  4. Junior says:

    Are you sure she is not part Greek?, i heard something about it, she has to have some non Irish-Welsh origin, she doesn`t look from there at all.

    • LiL V4CH4 says:

      NAA.. SHE’S JUST WELSH AND IRISH. SOME OF THEM HAVE DARK FEATURES.. THAT’S WHY. LOLZ.! =D

      • Anonymous says:

        Could she be of what has long been refered to as “Black Irish” ancestry?

        • Me! says:

          “Black Irish” doesn’t mean African Irish.. that means White people from Ireland with dark hair colour and eye colour or dark hair and blue/ green eyes.. so as she is White she is probably party “Black Irish” :)

          • Wtf says:

            @me:they have change the definition of that phrase so many time s,you have no idea what it means now.However Ireland was invaded by Africans who did their thing there.

          • Paul. says:

            Oh my God.

            I am Irish. I live in Ireland. This whole “Black Irish” thing is utter bull, to be honest.
            How can you tell, from someone’s looks, what ethnic group they are? Really?

            I’ve heard so many descriptions about “Black Irish” and they’re all vastly different.
            What about an Irish person with green eyes and ginger hair? Or blonde hair and blue eyes? Or red hair and brown eyes? Or blonde and green eyes? Do they all get new names too?

            It’s just a bunch of stupid stereotyping. If you went up to an Irish person who had “dark hair and eyes with pale skin” and told them they were “Black Irish” they’d more than likely give you a look as if to say “what is this person talking about?” or probably laugh at you for thinking you know more about them than they do.

            Black Irish is an Americanism. It’s also stupid. (:

          • Alice says:

            @Wtf – Really? Africans invaded Ireland?? I’ve never read anything about this in Irish history or heard about it from any reputable historian. If there was some African dna in Ireland believe me we would all know about it as Irish genetics have been studied quite a bit. In every European population (even Scandinavia) there are dark eyed and dark haired people with olive skin. In the British Isles there are brunets, blonds and redheads all native to those countries.

  5. Natasha says:

    She looks like Michael Jackson in that picture,LOL.

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