Editing Catherine Zeta-Jones (section)

=== 2001–2004: Established actress ===
The romantic comedy ''[[America's Sweethearts]]'' was Zeta-Jones's sole film release of 2001. She starred as a shrewd film star, opposite [[Julia Roberts]] who featured as her character's under-confident sibling. The critic [[Roger Ebert]] compared the film unfavourably to the musical ''[[Singin' in the Rain]]'' (1952), but thought that Zeta-Jones was aptly "chilly and manipulative" in her part.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/americas-sweethearts-2001 |title=America's Sweethearts |publisher=RogerEbert.com |date=20 July 2001 |access-date=7 April 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408065234/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/americas-sweethearts-2001 |archive-date=8 April 2016}}</ref> The following year, she starred as the murderous nightclub singer [[Velma Kelly]] in ''[[Chicago (2002 film)|Chicago]]'' (2002), a film adaptation of the [[Chicago (musical)|stage musical of the same name]] from director [[Rob Marshall]]. She based her character's look and mannerisms on the actress [[Louise Brooks]], and as the script did not provide a backstory to Kelly, she worked to convey the character's "flamboyance" and "desperation" through "little looks and nuances".<ref>{{cite news|last=Gans |first=Andrew |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/diva-talk-a-chat-with-chicago-films-velma-kelly-catherine-zeta-jones-com-110659 |title=Diva Talk: A Chat with "Chicago" Film's Velma Kelly, Catherine Zeta-Jones |work=[[Playbill]] |date=20 December 2002 |access-date=7 April 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420230829/http://www.playbill.com/article/diva-talk-a-chat-with-chicago-films-velma-kelly-catherine-zeta-jones-com-110659 |archive-date=20 April 2016}}</ref> The film and her performance received critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/chicago |title=Chicago |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=9 December 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204051830/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/chicago |archive-date=4 December 2010 }}</ref> William Arnold of the ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]'' believed that Zeta-Jones had made "a wonderfully statuesque and bitchy saloon goddess", and [[David Edelstein]] of ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' wrote that she has "a smoldering confidence that takes your mind off her not-always-fluid dancing{{snds}}although she's a perfectly fine hoofer, with majestic limbs and a commanding cleavage" and particularly praised her rendition of the song "[[All That Jazz (song)|All That Jazz]]".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/movies/101635_chicago27q.shtml |title=Chichi 'Chicago': The musical makes a movie comeback |work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] |date=27 December 2002 |access-date=17 October 2009 |first=William |last=Arnold |archive-date=24 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324154308/https://www.seattlepi.com/ae/movies/article/Chichi-Chicago-The-musical-makes-a-movie-1104032.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/movies/2002/12/cell_block_tango.html |title=Cell Block Tango |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |first=David |last=Edelstein |date=27 December 2002 |access-date=9 December 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506132108/http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/movies/2002/12/cell_block_tango.html |archive-date=6 May 2012}}</ref> ''Chicago'' grossed $306&nbsp;million worldwide, and was the recipient of the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=chicago.htm |title=Chicago |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=9 December 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517233920/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=chicago.htm |archive-date=17 May 2011 }}</ref> For her performance, she won the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Academy Award]], [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role|SAG Award]], and the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|BAFTA Award]] for Best Supporting Actress, among other awards and nominations.<ref name="singing"/>

[[File:Catherine Zeta-Jones Feb05.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.8|Zeta-Jones at the [[Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year]] award ceremony in 2005]]
Following the success of ''Chicago'', Zeta-Jones voiced the part of Princess Marina in ''[[Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas]]'' (2003), an animated film featuring [[Brad Pitt]] as the voice of [[Sinbad the Sailor]]. She was drawn to the project to give her young children an opportunity to "hear [her] and get a sense of [her] on film",<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/arts/sites/catherine-zeta-jones/pages/sinbad.shtml |title=Wales&nbsp;— Arts&nbsp;— Catherine Zeta Jones&nbsp;— Catherine Zeta Jones interview: Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas |publisher=BBC News |date=28 November 2008 |access-date=14 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926130129/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/arts/sites/catherine-zeta-jones/pages/sinbad.shtml |archive-date=26 September 2009 }}</ref> but the film proved to be a [[box office bomb]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sinbad.htm |title=Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=14 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905212757/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sinbad.htm |archive-date=5 September 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Holson |first=Laura M. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/21/business/animated-film-is-latest-title-to-run-aground-at-dreamworks.html |title=Animated Film Is Latest Title to Run Aground at DreamWorks |work=The New York Times |date=21 July 2003 |access-date=14 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725112928/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/21/business/animated-film-is-latest-title-to-run-aground-at-dreamworks.html |archive-date=25 July 2015}}</ref> Also in 2003, Zeta-Jones starred alongside [[George Clooney]] in the [[Coen brothers]]{{'}} black comedy ''[[Intolerable Cruelty]]''. A commercial success, the film saw her play the role of a serial divorcée who is drawn towards a divorce lawyer (Clooney).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=intolerablecruelty.htm |title=Intolerable Cruelty (2003) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=14 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910153149/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=intolerablecruelty.htm |archive-date=10 September 2015 }}</ref> Writing for ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'', the critic Damon Wise labelled the film a "dazzling screwball comedy" and felt that Zeta-Jones had shown "an admirable facility for old-school quickfire patter".<ref>{{cite news|last=Wise |first=Damon |url=https://www.empireonline.com/reviews/ReviewComplete.asp?FID=9453 |title=Empire's Intolerable Cruelty Movie Review |work=Empire |date=1 January 2011 |access-date=14 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003152600/http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/ReviewComplete.asp?FID=9453 |archive-date=3 October 2013}}</ref> Other reviewers praised her onscreen chemistry with Clooney.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/intolerable_cruelty/reviews/ |title=Intolerable Cruelty&nbsp;— Movie Reviews |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=14 August 2015 |archive-date=5 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205071223/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/intolerable_cruelty/reviews/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2004, Spielberg approached her to play an insecure air hostess in his comedy ''[[The Terminal]]'', a film about a man ([[Tom Hanks]]) who is trapped at the [[JFK International Airport]] when he is denied entry into the United States. Spielberg was intent on her playing against type as a strong-willed woman, with a vulnerability in her character,<ref name="usaweekend"/> but the critic [[A. O. Scott]] felt that it came across as using her for "her looks rather than for the arch, self-mocking wit that is her secret weapon as a comic actress".<ref>{{cite news|last=Scott |first=A. O. |author-link=A. O. Scott |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C00E2DA1639F93BA25755C0A9629C8B63 |title=An American's Paradise Lost and Found |work=The New York Times |date=18 June 2004 |access-date=7 April 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419222712/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C00E2DA1639F93BA25755C0A9629C8B63 |archive-date=19 April 2016}}</ref> Commercially, ''The Terminal'' performed well.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=terminal.htm |title=The Terminal (2004) |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=14 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150821024158/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=terminal.htm |archive-date=21 August 2015 }}</ref> She next worked with Soderbergh to film ''[[Ocean's Twelve]]'', a sequel to his heist film ''[[Ocean's Eleven (2001 film)|Ocean's Eleven]]'' (2001), which also reunited her with stars Clooney, Pitt, and Roberts. The production, which was filmed in several European countries, saw Zeta-Jones play Isabel Lahiri, a [[Europol]] agent, and the love interest of Pitt's character.<ref>{{cite news|last=Carter |first=Kelly |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2004-06-27-oceans-twelve_x.htm |title=No escaping fascination with 'Ocean's Twelve' |work=[[USA Today]] |date=27 June 2004 |access-date=11 April 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104104922/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2004-06-27-oceans-twelve_x.htm |archive-date=4 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Susman |first=Gary |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2004/02/11/zeta-jones-completes-cast-oceans-twelve |title=Zeta-Jones completes the cast of ''Ocean's Twelve'' |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=11 February 2004 |access-date=14 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010023617/http://www.ew.com/article/2004/02/11/zeta-jones-completes-cast-oceans-twelve |archive-date=10 October 2016}}</ref> [[Paul Clinton]] of [[CNN]] noted that her sex appeal benefited the film.<ref>{{cite web|last=Clinton |first=Paul |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/09/review.oceans/index.html |title=Review: 'Ocean's Twelve' high-spirited fun |publisher=CNN |date=10 December 2004 |access-date=7 April 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420013026/http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/09/review.oceans/index.html |archive-date=20 April 2016}}</ref> Conversely, [[Ken Tucker]] of ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine argued that her character was redundant to the film's plot.<ref>{{cite news|last=Tucker |first=Ken |url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/reviews/10584/ |title=Half-Baked Dozen |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |access-date=7 April 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423095825/http://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/reviews/10584/ |archive-date=23 April 2016}}</ref> Despite dividing critics, the sequel grossed over $360&nbsp;million globally.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/oceans_twelve/ |title=Ocean's Twelve (2004) |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=14 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822064420/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/oceans_twelve/ |archive-date=22 August 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=oceanstwelve.htm |title=Ocean's Twelve (2004) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=14 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817115858/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=oceanstwelve.htm |archive-date=17 August 2015 }}</ref>