Editing Catherine Zeta-Jones (section)

==Media image==
[[File:Zeta-Jones close-up.jpg|thumb|left|Zeta-Jones at a [[Drama League of New York|Drama League]] Benefit Gala in 2010]]
Zeta-Jones's beauty and sex appeal have been picked up by various media outlets, including ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine, which placed her at number one on their "Most Beautiful People" listing in 1998.<ref name="most beautiful">{{cite news|last=Wang |first=Julia |url=http://www.people.com/people/catherine_zeta-jones/biography/ |title=Catherine Zeta-Jones Biography |work=People |access-date=14 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724080256/http://www.people.com/people/catherine_zeta-jones/biography/ |archive-date=24 July 2015}}</ref> She continued to feature on the list from 2000 to 2004.<ref name="most beautiful"/> In 2003, ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' labelled her "the most beautiful woman on the planet".<ref>{{cite news|last=Hiscock |first=John |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3647329/I-owe-it-all-to-Zorro.html |title=I owe it all to Zorro |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=21 October 2005 |access-date=8 April 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422063849/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3647329/I-owe-it-all-to-Zorro.html |archive-date=22 April 2016}}</ref> In 2011, she was named the most beautiful British woman by a poll conducted by the television network [[QVC]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-catherine-zeta-jones-named-most-beautiful-british-woman-1561153 |title=Catherine Zeta-Jones named most beautiful British woman |work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |date=1 July 2011 |access-date=8 April 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812035850/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-catherine-zeta-jones-named-most-beautiful-british-woman-1561153 |archive-date=12 August 2016}}</ref> She was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) by the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom]] in [[2010 Birthday Honours|2010]] for her film and charity work.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=59446 |date=12 June 2010 |page=7 |supp=y}}</ref> In 2019, she was honoured with the [[Freedom of the City]] of Swansea.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-49087213|title=Catherine Zeta-Jones: Swansea freedom for Hollywood star|publisher=BBC News|date=24 July 2019|access-date=27 July 2019|url-status=live|archive-date=10 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010095900/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-49087213}}</ref>

The journalist Sheila Johnston of ''The Daily Telegraph'', in 2010, described Zeta-Jones as "the ultimate self-made success" who "constantly made bold decisions, and scrubbed up very nicely into a luscious star who radiates a classic […] brand of big-screen glamour."<ref name="valley"/> Guy Adams of ''[[The Independent]]'' considers her personality to be "self-effacing and energetic" but takes note of her "steely core" in her off-screen persona.<ref name="steely"/> Zeta-Jones's success in her early Hollywood films ''The Mask of Zorro'' (1998) and ''Entrapment'' (1999) relied predominantly on her sex appeal, but she was later appreciated for her versatility.<ref name=nytimes/><ref name="Communications1998"/><ref name="bbc2003">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2656615.stm |title=Zeta Jones' many talents |date=20 January 2003 |publisher=[[BBC Online]] |access-date=17 September 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031010211213/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2656615.stm |archive-date=10 October 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Catherine-Zeta-Jones |title=Catherine Zeta-Jones |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica Online]] |access-date=17 September 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011174505/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Catherine-Zeta-Jones |archive-date=11 October 2016}}</ref>

Zeta-Jones's career graph and marriage to Douglas have been a subject of satire. A 2006 episode of the satirical British television show ''[[Star Stories]]'' (2006–2008) was entitled ''Catherine Zeta-Jones—Her Quest to Prove Herself&nbsp;... And Also Find Love'', about a fictitious life story of Zeta-Jones.<ref>{{cite web|title=Star Stories&nbsp;— Catherine Zeta-Jones |url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/star-stories/on-demand/40703-003 |publisher=Channel 4 |access-date=3 June 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723081131/http://www.channel4.com/programmes/star-stories/on-demand/40703-003 |archive-date=23 July 2015}}</ref> Addressing her perceived media image, she remarked in a 2004 interview with ''[[USA Weekend]]'': "The biggest misconception of me is that I'm some die-hard, ambitious, do-anything-to-get-anything kind of person, I'm not. I'm very shy socially."<ref name="usaweekend"/> Zeta-Jones is protective of her public image, and the use of her likeness is carefully controlled. As well as taking legal action against ''[[Hello! (magazine)|Hello!]]'' magazine, she sued a [[Nevada]]-based topless club for including her image on their advertising.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ebersole |first1=Leo |title=See You in Court |work=Chicago Tribune |date=25 October 2004 |page=54}}</ref> In 2003, the celebrity biographer Cliff Goodwin wrote an [[unauthorised biography]] of the actress, entitled ''Catherine Zeta Jones: The Biography'', but the publication was indefinitely postponed after her lawyers issued threats of legal action against both Goodwin and his publisher.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/3349465.stm |title=Zeta biography plans shelved |publisher=BBC News |access-date=8 April 2016 |date=26 December 2003 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422141054/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/3349465.stm |archive-date=22 April 2016 }}</ref>