Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) is an American actress. After several stage roles, she appeared in the 1999 television series
Get Real. She played
Mia Thermopolis in
The Princess Diaries (2001). Over the next three years, Hathaway reprised that role for
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement in 2004. Hathaway is also an Emmy-winning actress for her voice-over performance on
The Simpsons.
Hathaway had dramatic roles in
Havoc and
Brokeback Mountain, both in 2005. She starred in
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) and in
Becoming Jane (2007) as
Jane Austen. In 2008, she was acclaimed for her lead role in
Rachel Getting Married, for which she won awards and was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Actress. In 2010, she starred in the box office hits
Valentine's Day and
Tim Burton's
Alice In Wonderland, as well as
Love and Other Drugs. In 2011, she had a voice role in the animated film
Rio and starred in
Lone Scherfig's adaptation of
One Day. She portrays
Selina Kyle in
Christopher Nolan's
The Dark Knight Rises and
Fantine in
Tom Hooper's
Les Misérables.
