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Anne Hathaway

Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) is an American actress. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Her films have grossed over $6.8 billion worldwide, and she appeared on the ''Forbes'' Celebrity 100 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 series ''Get Real'' (1999–2000) and made her breakthrough by playing the lead role in the Disney comedy ''The Princess Diaries'' (2001). After starring in a string of family films, including ''Ella Enchanted'' (2004), Hathaway made a transition to mature roles with the 2005 drama ''Brokeback Mountain''. The comedy-drama ''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 addict in the drama ''Rachel Getting Married'' (2008), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Hathaway had further commercial success in the comedy ''Get Smart'' (2008), the romances ''Bride Wars'' (2009), ''Valentine's Day'' (2010), and ''Love & Other Drugs'' (2010), and the fantasy film ''Alice in Wonderland'' (2010). In 2012, she starred as Catwoman in her highest-grossing film, ''The Dark Knight Rises'', and played Fantine, a prostitute dying of tuberculosis, in the musical ''Les Misérables'', winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the latter. She has since played a scientist in the science fiction film ''Interstellar'' (2014), the owner of a fashion website in the comedy ''The Intern'' (2015), a haughty actress in the heist film ''Ocean's 8'' (2018), a con artist in the comedy ''The Hustle'' (2019), Rebekah Neumann in the miniseries ''WeCrashed'' (2022), and an older woman dating a young pop star in the romantic comedy ''The Idea of You'' (2024).

Hathaway has won a Primetime Emmy Award for her voice role in the sitcom ''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, an organization that brings films to children in hospitals, and advocates for gender equality as a UN Women goodwill ambassador. Provided by Wikipedia