Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982)Β is an American actress.Β Her accolades include anΒ Academy Award, aΒ British Academy Film Award, aΒ Golden Globe Award, and aΒ Primetime Emmy Award.Β Her filmsΒ have grossed over $6.8Β billion worldwide, and she appeared on theΒ ForbesΒ Celebrity 100Β list in 2009. She was among the world's highest-paid actresses in 2015.
Hathaway performed in several plays in high school. As a teenager, she was cast in the television seriesΒ Get RealΒ (1999β2000). She made her breakthrough by playing the lead role in theΒ DisneyΒ comedyΒ The Princess DiariesΒ (2001). After starring in several family films, includingΒ Ella EnchantedΒ (2004), Hathaway transitioned to mature roles with the 2005 dramaΒ Brokeback Mountain. The comedy-dramaΒ The Devil Wears PradaΒ (2006), in which she played an assistant to a fashion magazine editor, was her biggest commercial success. She played a recovering addict in the dramaΒ Rachel Getting MarriedΒ (2008), which earned her a nomination for theΒ Academy Award for Best Actress.
Hathaway had further commercial success in the comedyΒ Get SmartΒ (2008), the romancesΒ Bride WarsΒ (2009),Β Valentine's DayΒ (2010), Β Love & Other DrugsΒ (2010), and the fantasy filmΒ Alice in WonderlandΒ (2010). In 2012, she starred asΒ CatwomanΒ in her highest-grossing film,Β The Dark Knight Rises. She playedΒ Fantine, a prostitute dying ofΒ tuberculosis, in the musicalΒ Les MisΓ©rables, winning theΒ Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressΒ for the latter. She has since played a scientist in the science fiction filmΒ InterstellarΒ (2014), the owner of a fashion website in the comedyΒ The InternΒ (2015), a haughty actress in the heist filmΒ Ocean's 8Β (2018), a con artist in the comedyΒ The HustleΒ (2019),Β Β Rebekah NeumannΒ in the miniseriesΒ WeCrashed(2022), and an older woman dating a young pop star in the romantic comedyΒ The Idea of You(2024).
Hathaway has won aΒ Primetime Emmy AwardΒ for her voice role in the sitcomΒ The Simpsons, sung for soundtracks, appeared on stage, and hosted events. She supports several charitable causes. She is a board member of the Lollipop Theatre Network. This organization brings films to children in hospitals and advocates forΒ gender equalityΒ as aΒ UN WomenΒ goodwill ambassador.
