Who plays Morticia in Wednesday?

Catherine Zeta-Jones plays the role of Morticia Addams in Wednesday.

The Netflix show Wednesday garnered worldwide attention with its first season, released on November 16, 2022. It became popular because people were excited to see the modernized version of Wednesday Addams and her family, created by Charles Addams. The show revolves around Wednesday Addams, who solves murder mysteries with the help of her psychic abilities. Its second season is set to be released in 2025 on Netflix.

Morticia Addams is the mother of Wednesday. Her character is portrayed as an elegant, witty, and mysterious person. Morticia’s role is played by Catherine Zeta-Jones in the show. Let’s take a look at her career and the character she plays on Wednesday.

Who plays Morticia in Wednesday?

Catherine Zeta-Jones plays the role of Morticia Addams in the show. She is a Welsh actress, born on September 25, 1969, in Swansea, South Wales. She started doing stage performances at a young age. She did her musical theatre course from Arts Educational Schools. She made her film debut with 1001 Nights by director Philippe de Broca in 1990. After the failure of 1001 Nights, she achieved success by starring in the TV series The Darling Buds of May from 1991 to 1993.

In 1998, she got her breakthrough role when she starred in The Mask of Zorro directed by Martin Campbell. She is best known for her work in The Mask of Zorro (1998), Entrapment (1999), Traffic (2000), Chicago (2002), Ocean's Twelve (2004), The Terminal (2004), No Reservations (2007), Side Effects (2013), Red 2 (2013), etc. One of her recent appearances was in the Netflix show Wednesday in 2022 and she will be reprising her role as Morticia Addams in the 2nd season. Over the span of her long career, she has won many awards including Academy Awards, 3 Screen Actors Guild Awards, 2 Critics' Choice Movie Awards, British Academy Film Awards, etc.

She got married to American actor Michael Douglas in a high-profile ceremony in New York on 18 November 2000. They met each other at the Deauville American Film Festival in France in 1998. The couple has 2 children together: a son, Dylan Michael, born in 2000, and a daughter, Carys Zeta, born in 2003.

Who is Morticia Addams?

Morticia Addams is the wife of Gomez Addams and the mother of Wednesday Addams and Pugsley Addams. She has psychic abilities and sends her daughter to Nevermore Academy, a school for outcasts that she also attended 30 years ago. She is the matriarch of the Addams family, which makes Wednesday feel that she is always under her mother’s shadow. Morticia and Wednesday don't share a strong bond because of their emotionally unavailable behavior.

She was one of the top students at Nevermore Academy, but she has a dark past related to her time at the school, which she kept secret for many years. She met her husband at the school, and they have a strong relationship, often displaying their affection publicly. While investigating the series of murders taking place in Jericho, Wednesday finds out about Morticia’s dark past and her involvement in the murder mystery. In the first season, Morticia has fewer appearances, but it is expected that Season 2 will feature more of her character to highlight the family dynamics of Wednesday.