About Anne Hathaway (1982 - ) Anne Hathaway was born on November 12, 1982 in Brooklyn, New York. Hathaway is the daughter of stage actress Kate McCauley. The Barrow Group theatre company in New York admitted Anne Hathaway as the first and only teenager ever to be admitted to the acting program. Hathway was also a member of the All-Eastern U.S. High School Honors Choir who would perform at Carnegie Hall immediately before her casting in 1999's "Get Real". Anne Hathaway's breakthrough role was in 2001 "The Princess Diaries" starring alongside aged starlet Julie Andrews. That year she won the award for People Magazine's "Breakthrough Star of the Year" (2001). During her audition for the role of the klutzy princess, Anne Hathaway accidentally fell off of her chair, her equally klutzy maneuver immediately snagged the lead role.

In 2002, Anne won the Clarence Derwent Award for her performance in the City Center Encores! production of Carnival.

Ann majored in English with a minor in Women's Studies at University of Vassar. Anne transferred to NYU in 2005 to continue her studies.

Anne Hathaway's other notable credits include...

LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS (2010)
VALENTINE'S DAY (2010)
BRIDE WARS (2009)
GET SMART (2008)
PASSENGERS (2008)
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (2008)
BECOMING JANE (2007)
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (2006)
HAVOC (2005)
THE PRINCESS DIARIES 2: ROYAL ENGAGEMENT (2004)
ELLA ENCHANTED (2004)
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY (2002)
THE OTHER SIDE OF HEAVEN (2001)
THE PRINCESS DIARIES (2001)

Anne Hathaway in BECOMING JANE (2007)

Anne Hathaway in RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (2008)

Anne Hathaway in PASSENGERS (2008)

Anne as Agent 99 in GET SMART (2008)

Hathaway in BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (2005)

Anne Hathaway in THE PRINCESS DIARIES (2001)