Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) is an American actress.
Hathaway is a trained stage actress and has stated that she prefers performing on stage to film roles.
After several stage roles, she appeared in the 1999 television series Get Real.
Her acting style has been compared to those of Judy Garland and Audrey Hepburn.
She cites Garland as one of her favorite actressesand Meryl Streep as her idol.
Hathaway had dramatic roles in Havoc and Brokeback Mountain, in 2005.
Hathaway is an Emmy-winning actress for her voice-over performance on The Simpsons.
She portrays Selina Kyle in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises
She starred in The Devil Wears Prada (2006) and in Becoming Jane (2007) as Jane Austen.
In 2008, she won awards and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her lead role in Rachel Getting Married.
Hathaway appeared in the comedy Bride Wars, released in 2009, which she described as being "hideously commercial – gloriously so."
In 2010, she starred in the box office hits Valentine's Day, Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland, and Love and Other Drugs.
She played Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries (2001) and its 2004 sequel.
In 2011, she had a voice role in the animated film Rio and starred in Lone Scherfig's adaptation of One Day.
Hathaway began appearing in dramatic roles after The Princess Diaries 2. She said that "anybody who was a role model for children needs a reprieve", although she noted that "it's lovely to think that my audience is growing up with me"
Together with actor Denzel Washington, Hathaway hosted the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway on December 11, 2010.
In 2010, she was named one of the sexiest stars of 2010 by Entertainment Weekly.
People magazine named her one of its breakthrough stars of 2001 and appeared on its list of the world's 50 Most Beautiful People in 2006.
In 2008, she was honored at Elle magazine's "Women in Hollywood" tribute, and has also been honored for her work with Step Up Women's Network
In October 2011, it was confirmed that Hathaway will play Fantine in the Tom Hooper film Les Misrables, which is based on the musical of the same name.
