She was born in Smyrna, Georgia, to Betty Lou Bredemus and Walter Grady Roberts, one-time actors and playwrights, and is of English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, German, and Swedish descent.
She went to North Shore High School and later graduated from Columbia University with a degree in theater.
Kate has been nominated several times for the show.
In that span of time, she enjoyed an amazing film renaissance at age 80, something unheard of in a town that worships youth and nubile beauty.
Her grandfather was author Finis L.
Dismayed at being typecast as the token pretty girl in British films, Zeta-Jones relocated to Los Angeles.