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Anne Hathaway

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Born
November 12, 1982 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Birth name
Anne Jacqueline Hathaway
Nickname
- Annie
Height
5′ 8″ (1.73 m)

Biography

Anne Jacqueline Hathaway was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Kate McCauley Hathaway, an actress, and Gerald T. Hathaway, a lawyer, both originally from Philadelphia. She is of mostly Irish descent, along with English, German, and French. Her 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 is 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 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 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.
- IMDb mini biography by: B -J - A

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Trademarks

Vibrant brown doe eyes
Often plays free-spirited women who attempt to remain independent but have difficulty doing so
Frequently works with director Christopher Nolan

Trivia

Is good friends with Les Misérables (2012) co-star Hugh Jackman. In fact, he suggested Anne for the role of Fantine which later she won every major award for and thanked him in her speeches.
Almost drowned when she nearly swept out to sea while vacationing in Oahu, Hawaii. She got caught up in a riptide, and while her husband, Adam Shulman, lay out of earshot on the beach, a fast-acting surfer came to her rescue. According the New York Post's Page Six, she began waving her arms and screaming as the waves engulfed her, catching the attention of the local man who ran down the beach to her aid with a boogie board.
Had done most of her own singing in Les Misérables (2012).
She befriended Emily Blunt on the set of The Devil Wears Prada (2006). They are fast friends now, Emily calls Anne 'her rock'.
Has the same name as William Shakespeare's wife, Anne Hathaway. She was named after her (her name was almost going to be Catherine Hathaway).

Quotes

I look my best after an entire hair and makeup team has spent hours perfecting me. When do I feel my best? When I haven't looked in a mirror for days, and I'm doing things that make me happy.
Kindness is really important to me in finding my own prince - so are patience and a sense of humor. Without those qualities he's no Prince Charming!
[on avoiding the hard partying young-star life style] I really don't drink, I don't do drugs. I feel like right now I've been given so many opportunities I don't want to mess it up with those things ... I think I was raised in a solidly upper-middle class family who had really strong values and excess was not one of the things that my family put up with.
[on working with Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada (2006)] She is just divine. As a human being, she has basically accomplished everything that I want to do ... It's not that she just gets inside the character, she's just absolutely at the center of all of her choices, of the truth of the character.
[on her character "Lureen" in Brokeback Mountain (2005)] She can act sweet, but she's fundamentally a predator.