Anne Hathaway

Birth Name: Anne Whitney Hathaway
Birth Place: Brooklyn, NY
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: November 12, 1982, Scorpio
Profession: Actor
From her oversize smile to her breakthrough role in a Garry Marshall fairy-tale film, this rising starlet recalls a young Julia Roberts. After performing on stage as an adolescent, Hathaway landed a part on the short-lived sitcom Get Real. But it was her royal role as a quick but klutzy teen in Marshall's The Princess Diaries that turned the young beauty into box-office gold. Shuttling between college, the stage and the big screen, she showed off her effervescent charm in a succession of movies (including a Princess sequel) but abandoned her squeaky-clean image with her critically acclaimed topless turn in 2005's Brokeback Mountain as the wife of a gay cowboy.
Anne Hathaway Fast Facts:
Mother performed in a touring production of Les Miserables.
As a child, she appeared in productions at New Jersey's prestigious Paper Mill Playhouse, including a revival of Gigi.
Is a trained soprano; sang at Carnegie Hall in 1999 with the All-Eastern United States High School Honors Chorus.
Attended the Barrow Group theater company in New York for six months; was the first teenager admitted into its acting program.
Fell out of her chair while auditioning for The Princess Diaries. Director Garry Marshall hired her on the spot.
Won the 2002 Clarence Derwent Award honoring "the most promising female performer on the New York metropolitan scene" for her performance in a concert revival of the musical Carnival.
Considered for the role of Christine in the 2004 film version of The Phantom of the Opera, but was unavailable because of her commitment to The Princess Diaries 2.
Anne Hathaway Relationships:
Gerald Hathaway - Father
Kate McCauley - Mother
Raffaello Follieri - Significant Other
College:
Attended Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY; attending New York University, New York, NY