Name: Anne Whitney Hathaway
Nickname: Anne
Birth Date: November 12, 1982
Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York
“I was 17 years old when I was cast in The Princess Diaries . That film landed, and it landed big. And so I became identified with a role that wasn't really me. I've never had any problem with going to the lengths of what a film demands. You can tell that by my eyebrows in The Princess Diaries .”
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Anne Whitney Hathaway was born on November 12, 1982,
in Brooklyn, New York. She is an American film
actress.
Hathaway's first major role came in the short-lived television series Get Real. She gained widespread recognition for her roles in The Princess Diaries and its 2004 sequel as a young girl who discovers she's a member of royalty.
She also had a notable role in the 2002 film production of Nicholas Nickleby, and a starring role in 2004's Ella Enchanted. A former top-ranking soprano in New York, Hathaway was purportedly a front-runner for the role of "Christine" in the 2004 film adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera. However, due to scheduling conflicts with Princess Diaries 2, 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 Princess Diaries 2, she appeared topless in the films Havoc and Brokeback Mountain. 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. 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.
In 2006, she will star in The Devil Wears Prada, opposite Meryl Streep, and Becoming Jane, where she'll play a young Jane Austen.
Hathaway shares her name with Anne Hathaway, the wife of William Shakespeare. She has Irish ancestry on her father's side and is a graduate of Millburn High School. She also spent several semesters studying at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York before transferring to New York University. Since 2004, Hathaway's been in a relationship with real estate developer Raffaello Follieri. She has two brothers and she will be a bridesmaid in her brother Michael's wedding when he marries his boyfriend in 2006. |
Anne is in the film Brokeback Mountain.
Used her real voice to sing in Ella Enchanted.
Named after Shakespeare's wife Anne Hathaway.
She was nominated for a 2000 Teen Choice TV Award for “Get Real”.
The cast of “Nicholas Nickleby” received a National Board of Review (NBR) Award for Best Acting by an Ensemble in 2002.
Although she was born in New York City, she grew up in New Jersey.
She was nominated for a 2002 MTV Movie Award in the Breakthrough Female Performance category for “The Princess Diaries”.
She shared a Camie (Character and Morality in Entertainment Awards) Award for “The Other Side of Heaven” in 2003.
Although she was under consideration for the role of Christine in the “Phantom of the Opera” movie, she had to turn it down due to her obligation to “Princess Diaries 2”.
In 2005 she transferred to New York University.
Teen People Magazine had her on their 2002 list of “25 Hottest Stars Under 25”.
Director Garry Marshall once described Anne as “…a combination Julia Roberts, Audrey Hepburn and Judy Garland."
She was the first teenager admitted to the acting program at The Barrow Group in New York.
Anne: My parents used to get very nervous when i was in high school because I would get a test back with a 98% and all I could see was the 2% that I missed.
Her mother is accomplished stage actress Kate McCauley.
She attended Vassar, majoring in English.
She received a “Paper Mill's Rising Star Award” nomination for the best high school performance by an actress in the state of New Jersey.
She was nominated for a 2002 Teen Choice Film Award for her part in “The Princess Diaries”.
Parents Gerard and Kate attended La Salle University in Philadelphia during the 1970s graduating one year apart.
Her performance as Lili in the City Center Encores production of ‘Carnival’ in 2002 won her the Clarence Derwent Award.
She is 5' 8" tall.
Accidentally fell off of her chair during her audition for the role of the klutzy princess in The Princess Diaries. She was hired on the spot.
She was named on People Magazine's list of “Breakthrough Stars of 2001”.
Grew up in Milburn, New Jersey, and attended Milburn High School.
Her New Zealand filmed project The Other Side of Heaven (2001), was delayed in post production so it would be released after The Princess Diaries (2001) to capitalize on her popularity from that film.
Was not available for role of Christine Daae in Phantom of the Opera due to contractual obligation to Disney for Princess Diaries 2: The Royal Engagement. The two movies had overlapping filming schedules.
Teen People Magazine had her on their 2002 list of “25 Hottest Stars Under 25”.
She made the Dean's list in her first year at Vassar.
Friends call her "Annie".
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