Catherine Zeta-Jones | AGE 51 | $150 Million

Her climb to a degree of prominence in Mach 2 is now a Hollywood legend. While tossing and turning in bed one night, Steven Spielberg turns on the television and is swooned by the exotic beauty in the made-for-TV film Titanic. He placed her in the highly coveted female lead part in The Mask Of Zorro, and the rest, as they say, is history.Catherine has always been a performer. She began her career as a tap dance champion at 11 and moved to London to perform in West End musicals.

However, after a string of setbacks with the goal of re-igniting her career, Catherine relocated to Los Angeles. Catherine held her own against Sean Connery in the heist thriller Entrapment and received glowing accolades for her work in Traffic. Her tenacity paid off in 2003 when she won an Academy Award for best supporting actress for her work as Velma Kelly in Chicago. Previously known as The Darling Dud, Catherine is now firmly entrenched on the Hollywood A-list.