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Anne is Kim in “Rachel Getting Married,” a drug addict on a temporary leave from rehab to attend her sister's wedding as the unintentional maid of honor. (Photo: Release)
Anne is Kim in “Rachel Getting Married,” a drug addict on a temporary leave from rehab to attend her sister's wedding as the unintentional maid of honor. (Photo: Release)
“The Princess Diaries” is the one movie that started it all—and that has it all: A makeover montage, Julie Andrews, and a girl learning she's a princess. (Photo: Release)
“The Princess Diaries” is the one movie that started it all—and that has it all: A makeover montage, Julie Andrews, and a girl learning she's a princess. (Photo: Release)
She performed “I Dreamed a Dream” live-to-tape IN A SINGLE TAKE. And the fact that Anne’s own mother played Fantine on Broadway is just a full-circle moment. (Photo: Release)
She performed “I Dreamed a Dream” live-to-tape IN A SINGLE TAKE. And the fact that Anne’s own mother played Fantine on Broadway is just a full-circle moment. (Photo: Release)
Hathaway kills it as Daphne Kluger, an actress lacking in the brains department but thriving in “false sense of superiority” who the “Ocean’s 8” team plots to rob. (Photo: Release)
Hathaway kills it as Daphne Kluger, an actress lacking in the brains department but thriving in “false sense of superiority” who the “Ocean’s 8” team plots to rob. (Photo: Release)
Anne really shines when she’s given the opportunity to show off her skills as an everywoman. She’s incredibly winning in “Devil Wears Prada” as Meryl Streep’s assistant. (Photo: Release)
Anne really shines when she’s given the opportunity to show off her skills as an everywoman. She’s incredibly winning in “Devil Wears Prada” as Meryl Streep’s assistant. (Photo: Release)
“Brokeback Mountain” is a true love story with a nuanced performance by Anne as Laureen Newsome, the Texas rodeo queen who settles down with Jake Gyllenhaal. (Photo: Release)
“Brokeback Mountain” is a true love story with a nuanced performance by Anne as Laureen Newsome, the Texas rodeo queen who settles down with Jake Gyllenhaal. (Photo: Release)
In “Colossal,” Anne stars as Gloria, an unemployed writer with a drinking problem who realizes she’s unintentionally causing a giant monster to wreak in South Korea. (Photo: Release)
In “Colossal,” Anne stars as Gloria, an unemployed writer with a drinking problem who realizes she’s unintentionally causing a giant monster to wreak in South Korea. (Photo: Release)
Yes, you have to bring in a notebook to takes notes while you watch “Interstellar.” But Hathaway delivers a performance that makes this confusing movie worth watching! (Photo: Release)
Yes, you have to bring in a notebook to takes notes while you watch “Interstellar.” But Hathaway delivers a performance that makes this confusing movie worth watching! (Photo: Release)
Her first collaboration with Nolan is not as front-and-center as her part in “Interstellar,” but her rendition of Catwoman is unmissable for any fan of “Batman.” (Photo: Release)
Her first collaboration with Nolan is not as front-and-center as her part in “Interstellar,” but her rendition of Catwoman is unmissable for any fan of “Batman.” (Photo: Release)
Anne is a true gem as Ella, a young girl under an obedience spell from a well-intentioned witch with bad timing that makes her do every single command told to her. (Photo: Release)
Anne is a true gem as Ella, a young girl under an obedience spell from a well-intentioned witch with bad timing that makes her do every single command told to her. (Photo: Release)The Princess Diaries is kind of a case of art imitating life since the beloved film follows a young high school girl who finds out she is really a princess and is launched into the public eye. The same thing pretty much happened to Anne Hathaway. Ever since her performance as Mia Thermopolis, the actress has had a remarkably diverse career, working in all genres from comedy to dramas to musicals to science fiction, and thus becoming the film icon that we know and love today. In honor of her 37th birthday, let’s take a look at Anne Hathaway’s best movies that prove she’s much more than the Princess of Genovia.