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Hollywood Hot Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones

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Biography of Catherine Zeta Jones

Date of Birth

25 September 1969, Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales, UK

Birth Name

Catherine Jones

Nickname

Cathy

Cath

Height

5' 6½" (1.69 m)

Catherine Zeta-Jones was born on 25 September 1969, in Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales, UK, the daughter of Dai Jones, who formerly worked for a candy factory, and Pat Jones. Her brother David Jones (b. 1967) is a development executive and brother Lyndon Jones (b.1972) works at her production company. Catherine showed an interest early on in entertainment. She starred on stage in "Annie", "Bugsy Malone" and "The Pajama Game". At 15 she had the lead in the British revival of "42nd Street". She was originally cast as the second understudy for the lead role in the musical but when the star and first understudy became sick the night the play's producer was in the audience, she was given the lead for the rest of the musical's production. She first made a name for herself in the early 1990s when she starred in the Yorkshire Television comedy/drama series "The Darling Buds of May" (1991). The show was a smash hit and made her one of the United Kingdom's most popular television actresses. She subsequently played supporting roles in several films including Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992), the miniseries Catherine the Great (2000) (TV) and a larger part as the seductive Sala in The Phantom (1996) before landing her breakthrough role playing the fiery Elena opposite Anthony Hopkins and Antonio Banderas in The Mask of Zorro (1998). She starred in many big-budget blockbusters like Entrapment (1999), The Haunting (1999) and Traffic (2000), for which many believed she was robbed of an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress. In November 2000 she married actor Michael Douglas. She gave birth to their son Dylan Michael in August 2000.

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Hollywood Hot Actress Renée Zellweger

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Biography of Renée Zellweger

Date of Birth

25 April 1969, Katy, Texas, USA

Birth Name

Renée Kathleen Zellweger

Nickname

Zelly

Height

5' 4" (1.63 m)

Renée Kathleen Zellweger was born on April 25, 1969, in Katy, Texas, USA to parents Emil Erich Zellweger, a Swiss-born engineer who married Renée's mother Kjellfrid Irene Andreassen, a Norwegian-born former nurse and midwife in 1963. Renée also has a brother named Drew Zellweger, a marketing executive born on February 15, 1967. Renée got interested in acting in high school while working on the drama club. She also took an acting class at the University of Texas (Austin), where she began looking towards acting as a career. After graduation, she wanted to continue acting, but Hollywood is a tough town to break into, so Renée decided to stay in Texas, and auditioned for roles around Houston, where she managed to grab roles in such films as Reality Bites (1994) and Empire Records (1995).

While on the set for the sequel, The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1994), she befriended Matthew McConaughey, another Hollywood up-and-comer. He was working on a project at the time that Renée was interested in, auditioned for, and won the role in the film Love and a .45 (1994), which earned her enough critical praise that she decided to move to Los Angeles. Another role in The Whole Wide World (1996) followed which led to her big break. Cameron Crowe was busy casting his next film, Jerry Maguire (1996), starring Tom Cruise. Crowe was considering such actresses as Cameron Diaz, Bridget Fonda, Winona Ryder, and Marisa Tomei, when he heard of Zellweger's performance in The Whole Wide World (1996). He auditioned Zellweger and was sure he'd found his Dorothy Boyd.

Renée followed her huge success with a few small independent films and after receiving further critical praise, she felt confident enough to reenter the world of big-budget Hollywood films. She starred opposite Meryl Streep in the tear-jerker One True Thing (1998). She also took a role in Me, Myself & Irene (2000), opposite Jim Carrey, and soon after began dating Carrey. The two denied their relationship at first, but finally gave in and admitted it; today they are no longer together. Also in 2000, she starred in the title role in Nurse Betty (2000), where she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical. In 2001, she received even more critical and commercial success in the title role in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001). She received her first Academy Award nomination for her role, which was followed by her second Oscar-nominated role in the musical Chicago (2002). She then again wowed audiences with her fierce yet warm portrayal of Ruby Thewes in the film adaptation of Cold Mountain (2003), which won Zellweger an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, which was her first Academy Award.

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Hollywood Hot Actress Natalie Wood

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Biography of Natalie Wood

Natalie Wood was a remarkable beauty who appeared in over 56 movies for the silver screen and television and was nominated for numerous Oscars throughout her career. Perhaps most well known for appearing as James Dean’s love interest in the cult classic “Rebel Without a Cause,” Wood’s career was illustrious and blossoming until the time of her untimely death.

Wood, born Natalia Zakharenko on July 20, 1938 in San Francisco, Calif., starred in multiple films as a child and received her big break in the entertainment industry in 1947s “Miracle on 34th Street” when she became an instant child movie star at the age of four. Wood played Susan Walker and is still remembered today as the little girl who doubted Santa Claus in the classic Christmas film.

Wood was unique in the fact that despite being a successful actress as a young child, she was still able to make an easy transition through adolescence without ever being out of work. Before the public knew it, Wood had blossomed from a pigtail-wearing kindergartener to a beautiful teenager, capable of playing the love interest of many. She appeared in 18 films as a child. Her sister, Lana Wood, was also an actress and most notably a Bond girl, and eventually became a Playboy Playmate.

The beautiful screen legend retained her star status as a teenager and made a smooth transition to grown-up roles, thanks to films such as 1955s “Rebel Without a Cause,” in which she starred alongside James Dean. As Jim Stark and Judy, the on-screen couple personified the feelings of the restless mid-50s American youth, and the classic film truly became a movie for all time. As an on-screen film companion of James Dean and an off-screen companion of the incomparable Elvis Presley, Wood was admired and envied by many young girls of the day for both her relationships and her glamour.

Her next film, The Searchers(1956), helped Wood to remain her superstar status as a teen actress as she starred alongside cowboy legend John Wayne. The Searchers was an epic Western film which told the story of Ethan Edwards, a bitter, middle-aged loner and Civil War veteran who spends many of his years “searching” for his abducted niece. The film turned out to be very influential in the movie world, inspiring other Western films, science fiction movies and even Bollywood films throughout the years.

The acting career of Wood continued to blossom, as she was adept at both comedy and serious drama. Some of her most well-known parts include her roles as Maria in the 1961 classic musical “West Side Story” and as Deanie in the critically acclaimed 1961 film “Splendor in the Grass.” Other significant films in which Wood starred include “Gypsy” (1962) and “Love With the Proper Stranger” (1963).

After filming "This Property is Condemned" (1966), she stayed away from films for the following three years. She finally returned to acting to play the role of Carol Sanders in "Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice"(1969). Following that film, she made few appearances on television, but spent most of her time with her family and friends. Her only major role until 1980 was in the television mini-series "From Here to Eternity."

Wood began filming for a film called "Brainstorm" in 1981, though the film was not released in 1983 and she unfortunately, did not live to see final version of the movie. The film was a science-fiction movie about a deranged husband and wife team who co-invent a special computer device which allows sensations and higher brain functions to be scanned directly from the brain.

Wood was sailing off of Santa Catalina Island with her husband Robert Wagner and their friend, Christopher Walken, when she disappeared one evening, supposedly while trying to get into a dinghy. Wood’s body washed ashore the next morning and the cause of death which cut her successful and family-oriented life short was determined as drowning.

In addition to Wagner, Wood was survived by her two daughters, Natasha Gregson Wagner, from her previous marriage to Richard Gregson, and Courtney Wagner, her daughter with Robert Wagner. Additional survivors included her stepdaughter Katie Wagner, her sister Lana, and her mother.

During her career, Wood was nominated for three Academy Awards and seven Golden Globes. Wood won the Golden Globe for “Most Promising Newcomer-Female” in 1957 alongside Carroll Baker and Jayne Mansfield, and took home the Golden Globe for “Best TV Actress-Drama” in 1980 for “From Here to Eternity.”

The Russian and French brunette bombshell will always be remembered for her acting capabilities, her ability to ease into adult roles from her pigtailed years as a child actor and her unfortunate death that was mourned by the world.

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Hollywood Hot Actress Evan Rachel Wood

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Biography of Evan Rachel Wood

Date of Birth

7 September 1987, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Birth Name

Evan Rachael Wood

Nickname

Evie

Height

5' 7" (1.70 m)

Evan Rachel Wood was born on September 7, 1987, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her father is Ira David Wood III, and her mother is Sara Wood. She has two older brothers: Dana, a musician, and Ira David Wood IV. Evan and her brothers sometimes performed at Theatre In The Park in Raleigh, North Carolina, where her father is the executive director and founder of the theatre.

At age 5, Evan lost out to Kirsten Dunst for the child lead in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994). She moved to Los Angeles with her mom and brother, Ira, in 1996 and has had success ever since, appearing in a TV series, TV-movies, and the big screen film Practical Magic (1998). She starred in the comedy S1m0ne (2002) as Al Pacino's daughter, followed by Thirteen (2003), with Holly Hunter.

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Hollywood Hot Actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead

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Biography of Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Date of Birth

28 November 1984, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA

Nickname

MEW

Mary

Height

5' 8½" (1.74 m)

Mary Elizabeth Winstead was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. She grew up in Salt Lake City and North Carolina many years of her life and actually had an ambition to become a ballerina, for which she attended Joffrey Ballet School in Chicago at the age of 11 and started taking acting lessons too.

Her theatre credits include "The Nutcracker" and the Broadway production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" with Donny Osmond.

Her most notable roles are in movies such as Sky High (2005), Final Destination 3 (2006), The Ring Two (2005) and the horror remake, Black Christmas (2006).

On the small screen, Winstead is probably best known for her role as "Jessica Bennett" in the popular NBC daytime drama "Passions" (1999), for which she received nominations from the Hollywood Reporters' Young Star Awards and the Young Artist Awards for her performance on the show. Other television credits include the CBS series "Wolf Lake" (2001), the MTV original telepic Monster Island (2004) (TV) and guest roles in popular shows such as "Touched by an Angel" (1994), "Tru Calling" (2003) and "Promised Land" (1996). She ia a distant cousin of Ava Gardner.

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