• Beginning her film career as the teen star of 2001's The Princess Diaries, Anne Hathaway is an Academy Award nominated actress. The Brooklyn native is slated to star as Judy Garland in a biopic of the Hollywood legend entitled Get Happy.Hollywood Reporter: Anne Hathaway to play Judy Garland (March 24, 2009)

• 1. Born: November 12, 1982
  2. Birth name: Anne Jacqueline Hathaway
  3. Birth place: Brooklyn, New York
  4. Height: 5'8"
  5. Debut film: The Princess Diaries
  6. Is a vegetarian
  7. Friends with Emily Blunt
  8. Split from longtime boyfriend Raffaello Follieri in June 2008
  9. Hosted Saturday Night Live on October 4, 2008
  10. November 2008: Rumored to be dating actor Adam Shulman
  11. 2009: Tied with Meryl Streep (Doubt) to win a Critics' Choice award for Best Actress for her performance in Rachel Getting MarriedFox News: Anne Hathaway Wins 'Best Actress' (January 9, 2009)

• Career

  Anne Hathaway began her career starring with Julie Andrewes in the Disney film The Princess Diaries. In her early twenties, Hathaway transitioned to more adult roles, starring with Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada and co-starring with Jake Gyllenhaal and the late Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain.

• Awards and Nominations

  Nominated for several awards for her performance in Rachel Getting Married, the Golden Globes official website accidentally posted Hathaway as the winner of a 2009 Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama a week before the awards ceremony.NY Magazine: Anne Hathaway Wins an Early Globe (January 8, 2009) The award ended up going to Kate Winslet.

  She was also nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her work in Rachel Getting Married, but did not win. She appeared in the show's opening musical number with host Hugh Jackman. They performed a tribute to the Academy Award nominated film Frost Nixon.

• Quotes

  "I look my best after an entire hair and makeup team has spent hours perfecting me. When do I feel my best? When I haven't looked in a mirror for days, and I'm doing things that make me happy."—Anne HathawayAllMoviePortal.com: Anne Hathaway

  "I got into this business to be an actress, to scare myself, and force myself into a place outside of my comfort zone. I have nothing against The Princess Diaries - but it has been a brick wall at times for my career."—Anne HathawayAllMoviePortal.com: Anne Hathaway

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