Catherine Zeta-Jones has never lacked for star power. At nine, she appeared in a West End production of Annie; at 10, she won a talent competition with a Shirley Bassey song; and by 11, she was a tap-dancing champion.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s all I ever wanted: to be onstage,\u201d Zeta-Jones told The New York Times<\/a> in 2009. (At the time, she was shortly to appear as Desir\u00e9e Armfeldt in the first Broadway revival of A Little Night Music.) As a teenager in London, she went on, \u201cI would queue up for auditions and then change my costume or put on a different leotard and audition again. It might take me two tries, but I always got the job.\u201d<\/p>\n Those early breakthroughs would eventually give way to a glittering career on stage and screen, spanning fizzy romantic comedies, thrilling blockbusters, and a truly staggering turn in Rob Marshall\u2019s Chicago\u2014affirming Zeta-Jones\u2019s status as one of modern Hollywood\u2019s vanishingly rare triple threats. (She is also\u2014and this cannot be overstated\u2014a delight on Instagram<\/a>.)<\/p>\n