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Biography
| Born (Date & Place) | 12 November,1982 in Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Full Name | Anne Jacqueline Hathaway |
| Nicknames | Annie |
| Height | 5’8 |
| Age | 37 |
| Popular Movies/TV Series | Get Smart, The Devil Wears Prada, Rachel Getting Married, Love and other Drugs, The Princess Diaries, One Day
Shows- Modern Love (2019), Get Real (1999-2000), Lip Sync Battle (2015), Hit Record on TV (2014-15), Late Night with Jimmy Fallon(2009-2014) |
| Debut | The Princess Diaries (2001) |
| Awards/Honors | Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (2013)
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress (2013) BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (2013) Critic’s Choice Movie Awards for Best Actress (2009) Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance (2013) Critic’s Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Role (2013) Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress (2013) Prime time Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice- Over Performance (2010) Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie Actress – Comedy (2013) National Board of Review Award for Best Actress (2008) Satellite Award for Best Actress in Motion Picture- Comedy or Musical (2010) Satellite Award for Best Ensemble – Motion Picture- Romance (2012) Costume Designers Guild Award for Lacoste Spotlight Award (2013) Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress (2013) Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress (2012) Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Actor of the Year(2013) Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress (2008) Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress (2012) Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Solo Show (2016) Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress (2012) |
| Address | 1048 Irvine Avenue Suite
624 Newport Beach , USA |
| Family | Father- Gerald Hathaway
Mother- Kate McCauley Hathaway Brother- Michael Hathaway Thomas Hathaway Grandfather- Joe McCauley Spouse- Adam Shulman Son- Jonathan Rosebanks Shulman |
Overview
Anne Hathaway is an actor by profession. Hathaway is an American actress who was listed in one of the highest paid actress in 2015. It is proved that her films earned over $6 billion worldwide. She was appeared in the Forbes Celebrity 100 list in 2009. Hathaway started acting in her school where she used to act in various play. In her teenage she was casted for a television series ‘Get Real’ in 1999.
She debuted with her first comedy film ‘The Princess Diary’ in 2001. Anne is also the one who supports several charities and causes plus she is a board member of the Lollipop Theater Network . This is a organisation who brings films to sick children in hospital. She is a UN women goodwill ambassador. Hathaway was also included in the list of Breakthrough Stars of 2001 by People Magazine. Anne also appeared in one music video ‘super girl’ by Krystal Harris in 2001. Her acting skills are compared to great Judy Garland and Audrey Hepburn. Hathaway married Adam Shulman and now they have two children.
Early Life & Family
Anne Jacqueline Hathaway was born on 12 November 1982, in Brooklyn , New York , United States. Anne’s father , Gerald is an labor attorney and her mother is an actress. Her name was also named after Shakespeare’s wife. Hathaway is the second child with one younger and one older brother. Her mother performed in the film,’Les Miserable’ as Fantine and that was the moment where Anne became fascinated with the stage and grew interest in acting. Her mother, Kate quit acting to raise her children.
According to Anne, she was raised in a family with ‘really strong values’. In childhood, she thought of becoming a nun but later she kept acting on the top of her priority list. The family later got to know that Michael, her brother is an gay. Anne participated in many of the plays and also in soccer in her high school. In her teens, she struggled with anxiety and depression and she once said to her mom that “Do you remember that girl?
She has now gone, gone to sleep. She has said her piece and is gone.” She once revealed that when she was young she loved the challenge ‘you can’t do that because you are a girl’. Hathaway’s favorite actress is Meryl Streep and she also calls her as her idol. Earlier, she didn’t promised her career as an actor she thought of becoming an English teacher or a psychologist.
Relationship
Anne dated few celebrities from the industry. Her relationships with people includes Raffaello Follieri, Hugh Dancy, Scott Sartiano, James Holzier, Topher Grace and her husband Adam Shulman. Before marrying Adam, Hathaway dated an Italian fraudster, Raffaello Folleiri. They both met when she was 21 and through a mutual friend they got to know about each other in 2004. On their first date he got an hour late and that thing turned her down. But to apologize he sent her dozen of roses and then she forgave her.
According to Hathaway it was a love at first sight. They had successful four years of relationship and then he got arrested because of wire fraud. She also dated her co-star Hugh Dancy for two years. But they broke up because she wasn’t ready to have a serious relationship as she was focused on her career at the beginning. Anne dated Scott Satiano, James Holzier and Topher Grace for a year. Later she dated Adam Shulman who is an actor and an businessman. The reason they are together is that they both love and enjoy a low-key lifestyle.
On Shulman, Hathaway says that” I am so delighted by Adam. He is all the things you want a partner to be. I so find joy in his presence”. They tied wedlock on 2012 and are living happily with their two children.
Popular Movies/TV Series
Anne Jacqueline Hathaway debuted with her first film which was a Disney comedy and she was the protagonist ‘The Princess Diaries’ in 2001. Before debuting in the film, she did television series ‘get real’ in 1999-2000. Later she did her popular film, ‘the devil wears Prada’ in 2006, where she played a role of fashion magazine editor. Anne won Academy award for her another popular film, ‘Rachel getting married’ in 2008. Hathaway in the beginning of the career gave many romantic movies back to back.
It is said that Anne used to memorize all her lines and songs at the first read through. Her few films received mixed comments but mostly her popular films were appreciated by the critics and her audience. Anne is supremely grateful for her first film, she says that she got into this to push beyond her limits and extend her comfort zone.
This film was a brick wall at times for her career. Her many popular films include, ‘get smart’, ‘the dark knight rises’, ‘one day’, ‘colossal’, ‘becoming Jane’ etc. Hathaway’s popular and most talked series is ‘modern love’ (2019), ‘get real’ (1999-2000), ‘lip sync battle’ (2015), ‘hit record on TV’ (2014), ‘late night with Jimmy Fallon’ (2009-2014).
Controversies/Affairs
Anne Hathaway had been in few controversies. She was caught up in the issues because of her casting in few films and it is said that just because she is an talented actor the audience is tolerating her but finally she got a title of the most annoying actress in 2013.
She also had to loss weight for her film but she played fragile in it and she also said that her director didn’t like it much. The director felt that she took it too far and she confessed that he understood what I was doing and why I was doing it. Another instance was when she cut her hair to short.
It seemed like not all liked her new look. There are many actresses who has short hairs but people quite disliked her short hair look on her. Another issue was about changing dress in a last minute in an award function. She did so because Amanda Seyfried wore a very similar dress. People criticized her by saying if she learned nothing from Taylor Swift.
Personal Quotes (Maximum 4 quotes)
- “Loneliness is my least favorite thing about life. The thing that I am most worried about is just being alone without anybody to care for or someone who will care for me”.
- “We assume that we have come so far as compassionate citizens of the world if we do choose to read the news, yet the attitude towards life can be one where we put blinders on and forget that there are civil wars going on. It’s easy to forget that there are so many people starving to death every single day.”
- “I believe I have always been a big believer in equality. No one has ever been able to tell me I couldn’t do something because I was a girl”.
- “I have no aspirations of world domination through the pop charts. None at all”.
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