Anne Hathaway
American actress (born 1982)
Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) is an American actress. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Her films have grossed over $6.8 billion worldwide.
Hathaway graduated from Millburn High School in New Jersey, where she acted in several plays, including Once Upon a Mattress. As a teenager, she was cast in the television series Get Real (1999–2000), 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 garnered 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) and Love & Other Drugs (2010).
In 2012, Hathaway starred as Selina Kyle in The Dark Knight Rises, her first of three collaborations with director Christopher Nolan.
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