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==Personal life== The success of ''The Darling Buds of May'' (1991β93) made Zeta-Jones a celebrity in Britain, and her personal life has since been chronicled by the media.<ref name="steely"/> Her relationships in the early 1990s with television personality [[John Leslie (TV presenter)|John Leslie]], singer [[David Essex]], and pop star [[Mick Hucknall]] were heavily publicised by the British press.<ref name="steely"/> In the mid-1990s, she was briefly engaged to Scottish actor [[Angus Macfadyen]].<ref name="steely"/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Lane |first1=Harriet |title=Review: Ain't Miss Behaving |work=The Observer |date=25 May 2003 |page=5}}</ref> In a 1995 interview with the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'', she described her lifestyle thus: "I drink, I swear, I like sex".<ref name="steely"/> [[File:Catherine Zeta-Jones Michael Douglas 2012 Shankbone.jpg|thumb|Zeta-Jones with her husband [[Michael Douglas]] in 2012]] Zeta-Jones met American actor [[Michael Douglas]], with whom she shares her birthday and who is twenty-five years her senior, at the [[Deauville American Film Festival]] in France in August 1998, after being introduced by [[Danny DeVito]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/celebritynews/10271748/In-pictures-Catherine-Zeta-Jones-and-Michael-Douglas.html |title=In pictures: Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=28 August 2013 |access-date=14 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150824052948/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/celebritynews/10271748/In-pictures-Catherine-Zeta-Jones-and-Michael-Douglas.html |archive-date=24 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/goodlife/11723693/Celebrity-couples-with-large-age-gaps.html?frame=3367545 |title=Celebrity couples with large age gaps |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=17 July 2015 |access-date=14 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150824071637/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/goodlife/11723693/Celebrity-couples-with-large-age-gaps.html?frame=3367545 |archive-date=24 August 2015}}</ref> They became engaged on 31 December 1999, and married at the [[Plaza Hotel]] in New York City on 18 November 2000 after Douglas's divorce was finalised.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/1024590.stm |title=Zeta Jones: Chorus girl to Hollywood player |publisher=BBC News |date=17 November 2000 |access-date=14 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724081040/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/1024590.stm |archive-date=24 July 2015 }}</ref> The high-profile ceremony, which cost an estimated Β£1.5 million, was labelled the "wedding of the year" by the BBC.<ref name="wedding">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/18/newsid_4441000/4441692.stm |title=2000: Hollywood meets Wales in 'wedding of year' |publisher=BBC News |date=18 November 2000 |access-date=27 July 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612214338/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/18/newsid_4441000/4441692.stm |archive-date=12 June 2015 }}</ref> They signed a Β£1 million deal with ''[[OK!]]'' magazine to release photographs of the event, and the rest of the press were not permitted to enter.<ref name="wedding"/> In spite of this, journalists for ''Hello!'' magazine surreptitiously took pictures of the ceremony, and the couple successfully sued the publication for invasion of privacy.<ref name="wedding"/><ref>{{cite book|last1=Horsey |first1=Kirsty |last2=Rackley |first2=Erika |title=Tort Law |url=https://archive.org/details/tortlaw0000hors |url-access=registration |year=2013 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-966189-3 |page=[https://archive.org/details/tortlaw0000hors/page/460 460] }}</ref> They have two children: son Dylan Michael (born August 2000)<ref>{{cite news|title=Pass Notes: No: 1697: Dylan Douglas |work=The Guardian |date=11 August 2000 |page=3}}</ref> and daughter Carys Zeta (born April 2003).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Davies |first1=Hugh |last2=Savill |first2=Richard |title=To Zeta Jones with love β a baby girl called Carys |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=23 April 2003 |page=9}}</ref> The family lived in [[Bermuda]] until 2009, and {{as of|2016|lc=y}}, live in rural New York state.<ref name="torture"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Driscoll |first=Rob |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/catherine-zeta-jones-teaching-husband-10814353 |title=Catherine Zeta-Jones on teaching husband Michael Douglas about British TV classic Dad's Army |publisher=[[Media Wales]] |date=1 February 2016 |access-date=30 May 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305191108/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/catherine-zeta-jones-teaching-husband-10814353 |archive-date=5 March 2016}}</ref> They also have a coastal estate near [[Valldemossa]], [[Mallorca]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Catherine Zeta-Jones shows off her hidden talents in Mallorca |url=https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2021/08/04/87713/catherine-zeta-jones-shows-off-her-hidden-talents-majorca.html |website=Majorca Daily Bulletin |date=4 August 2021 |access-date=8 August 2021 |archive-date=8 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808132406/https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2021/08/04/87713/catherine-zeta-jones-shows-off-her-hidden-talents-majorca.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2010, Douglas was diagnosed with [[tongue cancer]] and Zeta-Jones thus faced an emotionally turbulent time, saying: "When you get sideswiped like that [with the illness] it's an obvious trigger for your balance to be a little bit off β not sleeping, worry, stress."<ref name="torture"/> This trigger led to Zeta-Jones experiencing [[Major depressive disorder|depression]], and despite initial apprehension, she went public with her bipolar disorder diagnosis.<ref name="torture"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/celebritynews/9677936/Catherine-Zeta-Jones-speaks-out-about-her-battle-with-manic-depression.html |title=Catherine Zeta-Jones speaks out about her battle with manic depression |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=14 November 2012 |access-date=27 July 2015 |first=Anita |last=Singh |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915024223/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/celebritynews/9677936/Catherine-Zeta-Jones-speaks-out-about-her-battle-with-manic-depression.html |archive-date=15 September 2015}}</ref> She sought treatment by checking into hospital in 2011, and again in 2013.<ref name="torture"/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Lewis|title=Zeta-Jones in clinic suffering depression |work=[[The Independent]] |date=14 April 2011 |page=22}}</ref> Owing to the stress of both their illnesses, the couple decided to live separately in 2013, though without taking legal action towards separation or divorce.<ref>{{cite news|title=Zeta-Jones: couples too quick to give up on marriage |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=2 February 2016 |page=9}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/catherine-zeta-jones-michael-douglas-taking-some-time-apart--2013288 |title=Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas "Taking Some Time Apart" |work=[[Us Weekly]] |date=28 August 2013 |access-date=28 August 2013 |first=Allison |last=Takeda |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828155537/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/catherine-zeta-jones-michael-douglas-taking-some-time-apart--2013288 |archive-date=28 August 2013}}</ref> They reconciled in 2014, with Douglas saying they were "stronger than ever".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/646987/michael-douglas-and-catherine-zeta-jones-have-officially-reconciled-we-re-back-stronger-than-ever |title=Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones Have Officially Reconciled: "We're Back, Stronger Than Ever" |publisher=[[E! News]] |date=17 April 2015 |access-date=8 April 2016 |first=Zach |last=Johnson |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508202818/http://www.eonline.com/news/646987/michael-douglas-and-catherine-zeta-jones-have-officially-reconciled-we-re-back-stronger-than-ever |archive-date=8 May 2016}}</ref>
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