Anne Hathaway

Real Name: Anne Whitney Hathaway
Nickname: Annie
Birth Date: November 12, 1982
Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Height: 5' 8"
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Eye Color: Brown

Father: Gerard Hathaway
Mother: Kate McCauley
Brother: Michael
Education: Graduated from Millburn High School; Attended Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York in 2000, majored in English and minored in Women's Studies; New York University (transferred in 2005)
Claim to Fame: As Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries (2001)


The Actress' FAVORITES:

Favorite Actress: Anne says that Julia Roberts is her biggest idol.

Favorite Actors: Joaquin Phoenix and Ralph Fiennes.

Favorite novel: Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead.

Favorite movie: Elizabeth (1998), Stand by Me (1986), Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001), Pretty Woman (1990) and City of God (2002), Charlie's Angels.

Dream Role: Eliza Doolittle; To play all of Shakespeare's heroines; She also would love to play the Bond girl.

Favorite Poet: Shakespeare

Favorite Musician: A Piano virtuoso called Clara Schumann from the 18th century. Anne says: "She was Robert Schumann's wife and a composer in her own right and had a fascinating life".



Anne Hathaway Trivia

Anne is of Irish and English descent.

She was named after Shakespeare's wife Anne Hathaway.

She is a vegetarian.

Director Garry Marshall once described Anne as “…a combination Julia Roberts, Audrey Hepburn and Judy Garland."

If acting doesn't pan out, Anne would like to be an English professor or a psychologist. Her lifelong goal is to sing on Broadway.

Anne was chosen as one of People Magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful People in May 2007.

She was named one of Teen People Magazine's 25 Hottest Stars Under 25 in its June 2002 issue.



HER MOVIES:

Brokeback Mountain (2005) as Lureen
Havoc (2005)
Ella Enchanted (2004) as Ella
The Princess Diaries 2 (2004) as Mia
Nicholas Nickleby (2002) as Madeline Bray
The Other Side Of Heaven (2002) as Jean Sabin
The Princess Diaries (2001) as Mia (breakthrough)
Get Real (1999) tv as Meghan Green

Quote from Anne Hathaway:

"My parents used to get very nervous when I was in high school because I would get a test back with a 98% and all I could see was the 2% that I missed".