The journalist Sheila Johnston of "The Daily Telegraph", in 2010, described Zeta-Jones as "the ultimate self-made success" who "constantly made bold decisions, and scrubbed up very nicely into a luscious star who radiates a classic […] brand of big-screen glamour." Guy Adams of "The Independent" considers her personality to be "self-effacing and energetic" but takes note of her "steely core" in her off-screen persona. Zeta-Jones's success in her early Hollywood films "The Mask of Zorro" (1998) and "Entrapment" (1999) relied predominantly on her sex appeal, but she was later appreciated for her versatility.