Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) is an American
actress. The recipient of many awards, including an Academy Award, a
Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe, she was one of the
highest-paid actresses in the world in 2015. Her films have earned
over $6.8 billion worldwide, and she appeared in the Forbes Celebrity
100 list in 2009.Hathaway graduated from Millburn High School in New
Jersey, where she acted in several plays. As a teenager, she was cast
in the television series Get Real (1999â€"2000) and made her
breakthrough as the protagonist in her debut film, the Disney comedy
The Princess Diaries (2001). Hathaway made a transition to adult roles
with the 2005 dramas Havoc and Brokeback Mountain. The comedy film The
Devil Wears Prada (2006), in which she played an assistant to a
fashion magazine editor, was her biggest commercial success to that
point. She played a recovering alcoholic in the drama Rachel Getting
Married (2008), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award
for Best Actress. She followed this with roles in the commercially
successful romantic films Bride Wars (2009), Valentine's Day (2010),
Love & Other Drugs (2010), and the fantasy film Alice in Wonderland
(2010).In 2012, Hathaway starred as Selina Kyle in her
highest-grossing film The Dark Knight Rises, the final installment in
The Dark Knight trilogy. That year, she also played Fantine, a
prostitute dying of tuberculosis, in the musical romantic drama Les
Misérables, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting
Actress. She went on to play a scientist in the science fiction film
Interstellar (2014), the owner of an online fashion site in the comedy
The Intern (2015), and a haughty actress in the heist film Ocean's 8
(2018). Hathaway has also won an Emmy Award for providing her voice in
The Simpsons, sung for soundtracks, appeared on stage, and hosted
events.
actress. The recipient of many awards, including an Academy Award, a
Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe, she was one of the
highest-paid actresses in the world in 2015. Her films have earned
over $6.8 billion worldwide, and she appeared in the Forbes Celebrity
100 list in 2009.Hathaway graduated from Millburn High School in New
Jersey, where she acted in several plays. As a teenager, she was cast
in the television series Get Real (1999â€"2000) and made her
breakthrough as the protagonist in her debut film, the Disney comedy
The Princess Diaries (2001). Hathaway made a transition to adult roles
with the 2005 dramas Havoc and Brokeback Mountain. The comedy film The
Devil Wears Prada (2006), in which she played an assistant to a
fashion magazine editor, was her biggest commercial success to that
point. She played a recovering alcoholic in the drama Rachel Getting
Married (2008), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award
for Best Actress. She followed this with roles in the commercially
successful romantic films Bride Wars (2009), Valentine's Day (2010),
Love & Other Drugs (2010), and the fantasy film Alice in Wonderland
(2010).In 2012, Hathaway starred as Selina Kyle in her
highest-grossing film The Dark Knight Rises, the final installment in
The Dark Knight trilogy. That year, she also played Fantine, a
prostitute dying of tuberculosis, in the musical romantic drama Les
Misérables, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting
Actress. She went on to play a scientist in the science fiction film
Interstellar (2014), the owner of an online fashion site in the comedy
The Intern (2015), and a haughty actress in the heist film Ocean's 8
(2018). Hathaway has also won an Emmy Award for providing her voice in
The Simpsons, sung for soundtracks, appeared on stage, and hosted
events.
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