Anne Hathaway is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the short-lived television drama series Get Real (1999–2000) before starring in her breakthrough role of Mia Thermopolis in the successful Disney comedy The Princess Diaries (2001).[1] It established her as a teen idol and she later reprised the role in its sequel, Royal Engagement.[1] The following year, Hathaway made her New York stage debut in the Encores! production of Carnival!. This was followed by a string of family films such as Nicholas Nickleby (2002) and Ella Enchanted (2004), which were box office flops.[1] In 2005, she transitioned to more mature roles with the acclaimed romance Brokeback Mountain.[2] In 2006, Hathaway starred opposite Meryl Streep in the highly successful comedy-drama The Devil Wears Prada and portrayed Jane Austen in the biographical drama Becoming Jane the following year.[1][2]
Hathaway received critical acclaim and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing a recovering alcoholic in Rachel Getting Married (2008).[1][2][3] She played Viola in The Public Theater's 2009 production of Twelfth Night, which garnered her a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play.[4] In 2010, she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for providing her voice for an episode on The Simpsons.[5] The same year, she played the White Queen in Tim Burton's $1 billion grossing fantasy adventure Alice in Wonderland.[1] For her role as a free-spirited artist in Love & Other Drugs (2010), she earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.[6] During this period, Hathaway also starred in a number of other box-office hits such as Get Smart (2008), Bride Wars (2009) and Valentine's Day (2010).[7] She then went on to voice a Spix's macaw named Jewel in the animated comedy adventure film Rio (2011) and its sequel Rio 2 (2014).[7]
Another big commercial success came in 2012 with Christopher Nolan's superhero film The Dark Knight Rises, which grossed over $1 billion worldwide, in which she played Selina Kyle.[7] The same year, her performance as Fantine in Tom Hooper's epic musical Les Misérables garnered her widespread acclaim and won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.[8][9][10][11] In 2014, she starred as a NASA scientist in Nolan's Interstellar, and she earned a Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance nomination for her performance as a fighter pilot in the play Grounded (2015).[12] Hathaway later had starring roles in the commercially successful comedies The Intern (2015), Ocean's 8 (2018), and The Hustle (2019).[7]
Film
Stage
Year | Title | Role(s) | Venue | Ref(s) |
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2002 | Carnival! | Lili | New York City Center | [61] |
2003 | The Woman in White | Laura Fairlie | Sydmonton Workshop | [62] |
2005 | Children and Art | Performer | New Amsterdam Theatre | [63] |
2009 | Twelfth Night | Viola | Delacorte Theater | [64] |
2015 | Grounded | Unnamed pilot | The Public Theater | [65] |
2017 | The Children's Monologues | Woman with unfaithful lover | Carnegie Hall | [66] |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1999–2000 | Get Real | Meghan Green | 22 episodes | [67] |
2007 | Elmo's Christmas Countdown | Herself | Television special | [68] |
2008 | Saturday Night Live | Host | Episode: "Anne Hathaway/The Killers" | [69] |
2009 | The Simpsons | Jenny (voice) | Episode: "The Good, the Sad and the Drugly" | [70] |
2010 | The Simpsons | Princess Penelope (voice) | Episode: "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" | [71] |
Saturday Night Live | Host | Episode: "Anne Hathaway/Florence + the Machine" | [72] | |
Family Guy | Mother Maggie (voice) | Episode: "Go, Stewie, Go!" | [73] | |
Family Guy | Herself (voice) | Episode: "April in Quahog" | [74] | |
2011 | 83rd Academy Awards | Host | Television special; co-host with James Franco | [75] |
Family Guy | Hot Blonde (voice) | Episode: "It's a Trap!" | [76] | |
2012 | Saturday Night Live | Host | Episode: "Anne Hathaway/Rihanna" | [77] |
The Simpsons | Jenny (voice) | Episode: "Moonshine River" | [78] | |
2015 | HitRecord on TV | Vivica Virus | Episode: "Re: The Number Two" | [79] |
Lip Sync Battle | Herself | Episode: "Anne Hathaway vs. Emily Blunt" | [80] | |
2016 | Documentary Now! | Herself | Episode: "Mr. Runner Up: My Life as an Oscar Bridesmaid, Part 2" | [81] |
2019 | Modern Love | Lexi | 2 episodes | [82] |
2020 | Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate | Herself | Television special | [83] |
2021 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Herself | Episode: "Social Media: The Unverified Rusical" | [84] |
Solos | Leah | Episode: "LEAH" | [85] | |
2022 | WeCrashed | Rebekah Neumann | Miniseries (8 episodes); also executive producer | [86] |
Storybots: Answer Time | Secret Agent Lady | Episode: "Lasers" |
Discography
Charted songs
For her songs in Ella Enchanted, see: Ella Enchanted (soundtrack)
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
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CAN [87] | ESP [88] | IRL [89] | UK [90] | US [91] | |||
"I Dreamed a Dream" | 2012 | 77 | 21 | 26 | 22 | 69 | Les Misérables: Highlights from the Motion Picture Soundtrack |
Guest appearances
Song | Year | Artist | Album |
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"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" | 2004 | Jesse McCartney and Anne Hathaway | Ella Enchanted (soundtrack) |
"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (Remix)" | Anne Hathaway | ||
"Somebody to Love" | Anne Hathaway | ||
"Great Big World" | 2005 | Anne Hathaway | Hoodwinked (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
"Take, O Take Those Lips Away" | 2009 | Anne Hathaway and Illyrian Marching Band | Twelfth Night |
"Full Phathom Five" | Anne Hathaway, Hem, and Audra McDonald | ||
"Come Away Death" | Anne Hathaway, David Pittu, Raúl Esparza, and Illyrian Marching Band | ||
"Real in Rio" | 2011 | Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, Jamie Foxx, George Lopez, will.i.am, and The Rio Singers with Hollywood | Rio |
"Hot Wings (I Wanna Party)" | Anne Hathaway, will.i.am, and Jamie Foxx | ||
"At the End of the Day"[92] | 2012 | Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Foreman, Factory Girls, and Cast | Les Misérables: Highlights from the Motion Picture Soundtrack |
"I Dreamed a Dream"[92] | Anne Hathaway | ||
"Epilogue"[92] | Amanda Seyfried, Anne Hathaway, Colm Wilkinson, Eddie Redmayne, and Hugh Jackman | ||
"What is Love" | 2014 | Janelle Monáe, Jamie Foxx, Anne Hathaway, and Jesse Eisenberg | Rio 2 |
"Don't Go Away" | Anne Hathaway and Flavia Maia | ||
"Afraid of Heights" | 2015 | Anne Hathaway and Johnny Flynn | Song One: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
"At the Ballet" (from A Chorus Line) | 2016 | Barbra Streisand, Daisy Ridley, and Anne Hathaway | Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway |