Anne Hathaway

Biography of Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway is an award-winning American actress, singer, and producer. She has acted in several movies like "The Princess Diaries", "The Devil Wears Prada" and "Becoming Jane".

Anne Hathaway was born on November 12, 1982 in Brooklyn, New York, USA, the daughter of Kate McCauley and Gerald Thomas Hathaway. Her father is a lawyer, while her mother is a former stage actress. Hathaway has two brothers.>

A young Anne loved watching her mother perform. Subsequently, she was inspired to become an actress. She was only eight years old when she told her parents about her future plans. She also contemplated becoming a nun, but later scrapped the idea.

She was a confident girl, blessed with a good voice. After receiving her elementary education from "Brooklyn Heights Montessori School" and "Wyoming Elementary School", she enrolled in "Millburn High School", where she became active in theater productions.

She studied at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, before transferring to New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study. She also studied at the 'American Academy of Dramatic Arts' and became the first teenager to be admitted to 'Barrow Group Theatre's acting program.

Anne Hathaway got her first big break when she was cast as Meghan in the TV series "Get Real" in 1999. Although the series lasted only one season, she got noticed for her performance.

In 2001, she was cast in the lead role of Mia Thermopolis in the "Disney" production comedy film The Princess Diaries, which was based on Meg Cabot's 2000 novel of the same name. The film became a huge success and reached number three at the box office. She then appeared in the film's sequel, "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement," in 2004.

During the early years of her career, she appeared in a number of family-oriented films such as "Nicholas Nickleby" (2002) and became known as a role model for children. However, the talented actress wanted to avoid being typecast and she began to take on different kinds of roles.

In 2005, she starred in the romantic drama film "Brokeback Mountain", which is about the complex emotional and sexual relationship between two men. Anne Hathaway played the role of Lureen, a wife whose husband is in love with a man.

One of her acclaimed roles came in 2007 when she played Jane Austen in the landmark biopic "Becoming Jane." The film depicts the complicated love story between Jane and Thomas Langlois Lefroy.

In 2008, she played Kym, a young woman in drug rehab in the drama film "Rachel Getting Married." Her role was emotionally intense and she was praised for her performance. Her performance also earned her several awards and nominations.

In the following years, she was seen in many romantic comedy movies, such as "Bride Wars" (2009), "Valentine's Day" (2010), and "Love and Other Drugs" (2010).

She played a poor factory worker struggling to raise a child in the period drama film "Les Misérables" in 2012. The film was both a critical and commercial success and Hathaway was appreciated for her performance. The same year, she played the role of Selina Kyle in the movie "The Dark Knight Rises".

Some of her other movies are "Don Jon" (2013), "Song One" (2014), "Rio 2" (2014) and "Interstellar" (2014).

Her only theatrical release in 2015 was the highly acclaimed movie "The Intern." The film follows a 70-year-old man's internship at an online fashion website headed by Hathaway's character, Jules Ostin. The following year, she repeated her role as the White Queen in the movie "Alice Through the Looking Glass."

After a two-year break, she returned to the big screen with the movie "Ocean's 8", a spin-off of the "Ocean's Eleven" franchise. In the movie, she was seen alongside artists like Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, and Rihanna.

The year 2019 saw Anne in movies, such as "Serenity" and "The Hustle". Both films received negative reviews, with the latter performing better in terms of box office collections. In the same year, she was signed to play prominent roles in movies, such as "The Last Thing He Wanted", "The Witches" and "Sesame Street".

She received much acclaim for playing the role of a woman facing the guilt of causing her brother's death in the drama film 'Rachel Getting Married' in 2008. Her moving performance as a drug addict, whose careless action leads to death his brother's. , earned him several awards.

Her role as Fantine in the 2012 movie "Les Misérables" is also, without a doubt, one of her best performances. In the film, she portrayed a poor factory worker struggling to raise his illegitimate child. Although Anne was initially considered inexperienced enough for her role, she silenced her detractors with her impeccable performance.

Her role in the 2014 science fiction film "Interstellar," directed by Christopher Nolan, received praise from critics. Her performance as an astronaut earned her a "Best Actress" nomination at the 2015 "Saturn Awards".

Anne Hathaway got engaged to actor Adam Shulman in 2011 and married him in September 2012. They have a son named Jonathan Rosebanks Shulman who was born in 2016. In July 2019, the actress announced through a social media post that she was expecting her second child with Adam Shulman

Hathaway was appointed UN ambassador in 2016 for her advocacy for gender equality.

She is an LGBT activist and supports same-sex marriage. She is also involved in charities such as "The Creative Coalition", "The Step Up Women's Network", "St. Jude Children's Research Hospital" and "The Human Rights Campaign".

This beautiful actress struggled with depression and anxiety in her teens and she turned to vegetarianism for a few years.