Catherine Zeta-Jones steps away from mainstream Hollywood: ‘I don’t have to prove anything to anybody’

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landed an Oscar for best supporting actress in the 2003 film “Chicago.”“It’s actually the beginning, because there’s the precedent, with your name being preceded with the Academy Award-winning Catherine Zeta-Jones,” she explained to fans at the festival, according to the outlet.

The “America’s Sweethearts” star said that at one point in her Hollywood career, she hit a crossroad and had to choose between winning an Oscar or a best actress Tony. “To be acknowledged by the Broadway lights, that was wonderful.

But the Academy Award was something that was totally unexpected. It blew my mind,” she added. Zeta-Jones, who portrayed Morticia Addams in Tim Burton’s 2022 television series “Wednesday,” went on to say how being a child star at the age of 10 was beneficial for her when she rose to Hollywood fame.

The Welsh actress took the crown home in a national talent contest in her pre-teen years and recalled tap dancing at the age of 4. “I started very young too in the theater.