Friday 31 July 2009











Anne Hathaway Profile

Name - Anne Hathaway

Birth Date - November 12, 1982

Birth Place - Brooklyn, New York, USA

Nationality - American

Height - 5' 8"

Profession - actress

Education - Millburn Highschool, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (major in
English)

Relationship - Raffaello Follieri (property developer)

Father - Gerald Hathaway (attorney)

Mother - Kate McCauley (actress)

Brother - Tom Hathaway

Claim to fame - feature debut as the awkward teenager, Mia Thermopolis, in Disney's The Princess Diaries (2001)

Anne Hathaway Biography

Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) is an American film and stage actress. Anne Hathaway made her acting debut in the 1999 television series Get Real, but Anne Hathaway's first prominent role was in Disney's family comedy The Princess Diaries (2001), which established her career. Anne Hathaway continued to appear in Disney films in the next three years, and Anne Hathaway the lead roles in Ella Enchanted and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (both 2004).
Anne Hathaway took more creative control over her career in 2005 and co-starred in the adult-themed Havoc and Brokeback Mountain, both requiring extensive nude scenes, as well as The Devil Wears Prada (2006), in which Anne Hathaway starred opposite Meryl Streep. That film has become the highest-grossing film of Anne Hathaway's career. Becoming Jane, in which Anne Hathaway stars as Jane Austen, was released in 2007.

Anne Hathaway's acting style has been compared to that of Judy Garland and Audrey Hepburn, and Anne Hathaway cites Hepburn as her favorite actress and Streep as her idol. People magazine named her one of 2001's breakthrough stars and in 2006 she was listed as one of the world's 50 Most Beautiful People.

Anne Hathaway was born in Brooklyn, New York to Gerald Hathaway, a lawyer, and Kate McCauley, an actress who inspired Hathaway to follow in her footsteps. Anne Hatha way was not named after the wife of playwright William Shakespeare. Anne Hathaway's has an older brother, Michael, and a younger brother, Thomas. Anne Hathaway has mainly Irish and French ancestry, with more distant German and Native American roots. Anne Hathaway was raised in the Catholic religion with what she considers "really strong values", and wanted to be a nun during her childhood. However, at fifteen, she decided not to become a nun after learning that her brother Michael was gay. Although she was raised as a Catholic, Anne Hathaway felt that she could not be part of a religion that disapproved of her brother's sexual orientation.

Anne Hathaway was raised in Short Hills, New Jersey and graduated from Millburn High School where she was in many school plays. Anne Hathaway spent several semesters studying at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York before transferring to New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Anne Hathaway referred to her college enrollment as one of her best decisions because she enjoyed being with others who were trying to successfully "grow up". Anne Hathaway was a member of the Barrow Group Theater Company's acting program and the first teenager admitted. She is a trained stage actress and has stated that she prefers appearing on stage to film roles.
Anne Hathaway, a soprano, performed twice in 1998 with the All Eastern U.S. High School Honors Chorus at Carnegie Hall and has performed in plays at Seton Hall Prep in West Orange. Three days after performing at Carnegie Hall, she was cast in the short-lived 1999 television series Get Real.

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