Anne Hathaway

Anne Jacqueline Hathaway Is An Actress And Singer. Hathaway Was Born In Brooklyn New York U.S. Her Father Gerald Thomas Hathaway Is A Lawyer And Her Mother Kathleen Ann Née McCauley Is An Actress Who Inspired Hathaway To Follow In Her Footsteps. The Family Moved To Millburn New Jersey When She Was Six Years Old. Hathaway Has An Older Brother Michael And A Younger Brother Thomas. She Is Of Mostly Irish And French Ancestry With Distant Native American And German Roots. Hathaway's First Major Role Came In The Short-Lived Television Series "Get Real" 1999 . She Gained Widespread Recognition For Her Roles In The Princess Diaries 2001 And Its 2004 Sequel As A Young Girl Who Discovers She's A Member Of Royalty Opposite Julie Andrews And Heather Matarazzo. She Also Had A Notable Role In Nicholas Nickleby 2002 Opposite Charlie Hunnam And Jamie Bell And A Starring Role In Ella Enchanted 2004 . A Former Top-Ranking Soprano In New York Hathaway Was Reportedly A Front-Runner For The Role Of "Christine" In The 2004 The Phantom Of The Opera 2004 . However Due To Scheduling Conflicts With The Princess Diaries 2 Royal Engagement 2004 She Couldn't Take The Role Which Was Later Given To Newcomer Emmy Rossum. Hathaway Soon Started To Move Away From Family-Friendly Films. Following The Princess Diaries 2 Royal Engagement 2004 She Appeared Topless In The Films Havoc 2005 Opposite Josh Peck And Brokeback Mountain 2005 Opposite Heath Ledger And Jake Gyllenhaal. Her Desire To Break Out Of Her "Princess Diaries" Image Parallels That Of Her One-Time Co-Star Julie Andrews Who Went Topless In The Film S.O.B. 1981 In Order To Break Away From The Image She Created From Her 1960s Musicals. In Interviews Hathaway Said That Doing Family-Friendly Films Didn't Mean She Was Similar To Their Characters Or Mean She Objected To Appearing Nude In Other Films. Other Films She Has Starred In Include The Devil Wears Prada 2006 Opposite Meryl Streep Becoming Jane 2007 In Which She Plays A Young Jane Austen And Rachel Getting Married 2008 In Which She Plays Rachel's Sister Who Comes Home For Her Sister's Wedding After Rehab. She Has Also Featured In The Romances Bride Wars 2009 Valentine's Day 2010 And Love & Other Drugs 2010 And The Fantasy Film Alice In Wonderland 2010 . In 2012 She Starred As Catwoman In Her Highest-Grossing Film The Dark Knight Rises And Played Fantine A Prostitute Dying Of Tuberculosis In The Musical Les Misérables Winning The Academy Award For Best Supporting Actress. She Has Since Played A Scientist In The Science Fiction Film Interstellar 2014 The Owner Of A Fashion Website In The Comedy The Intern 2015 A Haughty Actress In The Heist Film Ocean's 8 2018 A Con Artist In The Comedy The Hustle 2019 And Rebekah Neumann In The Miniseries WeCrashed 2022 . read less