The ultra-talented Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (stage name: Anne Hathaway) was born on November 12, 1982. Anne is an American actress who over the course of years has given major hits such as The Devil Wears Prada, The Dark Knight Rises, Interstellar, and so forth. Anne has also won an Academy Award for Les Miserables. Additionally, she has been the recipient of multiple awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe.
Hathaway made her debut on the big-screen debut in The Princess Diaries back in 2001. Her first Oscar nomination was for Jonathan Demme’s 2008 film Rachel Getting Married. It was four years later, Anne Hathway won her first Academy Award as a Supporting Actress. Currently, Anne Hathaway is one of the highest-paid actresses in the world. She topped the charts in 2015. Anne’s movies have earned over $6.8 billion worldwide, and long ago, in 2009, she appeared in the Forbes Celebrity 100 list.
Last year, Anne returned to screen with Todd Haynes’ new star-studded legal-thriller Dark Waters. She was also seen in Amazon Prime’s Modern Love, an anthology based on the “Modern Love column” of the New York Times. Anne played a woman who suffered from bipolar disorder.
Here is a little ode to the actress whom we love so damn much.
The Devil Wears Prada 6.9
Genre: comedy-drama film.
The Devil Wears Prada is a movie with the most rewatchable value. It is directed by David Frankel and produced by Wendy Finerman. The movie is based almost on Lauren Weisberger’s 2003 novel of the same name, with minor plot changes.
The Devil Wears Prada stars the legend, Meryl Streep, as Miranda Priestly, a vicious and ruthless fashion magazine editor. Anne Hathaway plays Andrea “Andy” Sachs, who is a college graduate who comes to New York City and lands a job as Priestly’s co-assistant at the fashion magazine “Runway.” She is smart, she wants to be a journalist, but this job is only a start for her to channel herself into the real world.
Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci co-star as head-assistant Emily Charlton and art director of Runway, Nigel Kipling, respectively. Additionally, Adrian Grenier, Simon Baker, and Tracie Thoms star in supporting roles.
One Day 7.0
Genre: Romance
If you are a sucker for romance movies like I am, this one will beguile you!
One Day is a 2011 romantic drama movie that is directed by Lone Scherfig. The screenplay comes by David Nicholls. The movie is based on David Nicholls’ 2009 novel of the same name.
One Day stars Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess in the lead roles. The other cast of the movie includes Patricia Clarkson, Ken Stott, and Romola Garai. Needless to say, that is the supporting cast of the movie. One Day was released in the United States on 19 August 2011 by Focus Features and in the United Kingdom on 24 August 2011 by Universal Pictures. It was received well by the audiences for its grappling storyline and instant chemistry between Anne and Sturgess.
The two play friends, who go through ups and downs, and eventually, they marry. In the end, Anne dies in a road accident. And that is how Sturgess battles with her loss.
Nicholas Nickleby 7.1
Genre: Drama/period
Don’t let the boring stills of the movie upset you.
The movie, Nicholas Nickleby is based on the novel by the name, “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.” It is a novel by Charles Dickens originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839. It was Dickens’s third novel. The story centers on the life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, a young man who in no way must support his mother and sister after his father dies.
The movie came out in 2002. It was written as a British-American period comedy-drama film written and directed by Douglas McGrath. The story is about the Nicklebys who are a country gentry. They enjoy a comfortable life in the Devon countryside but that is until the father dies and leaves his family with no source of income.
Becoming Jane 7.1
Genre: Biographical romantic drama
Becoming Jane is a 2007 British-Irish biographical romantic drama film that is directed by Julian Jarrold. The movies showcase the early life of the British author Jane Austen and her lasting love for Thomas Langlois Lefroy.
Anne Hathaway stars in the movie as the titular role, Jane. Her romantic interest is played by Scottish actor James McAvoy. The rest of the cast includes Julie Walters, James Cromwell, and Maggie Smith.
Becoming Jane was produced in cooperation with several companies, including Ecosse Films and Blueprint Pictures. Most of the movie was funded by the Irish Film Board and the UK Film Council Premiere Fund.
The Intern 7.1
Genre: Comedy/Family
DeNiro and Anne, what could go wrong?
In 2015, The Intern, a comedy film directed, written, and produced by Nancy Meyers arrived. Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, and Rene Russo star as the main cast of the movie. The supporting performances are by Anders Holm, Andrew Rannells, Adam DeVine, and Zack Pearlman. DeNiro is the Ben Whittaker, who is a retired executive from DEX One. He applies to a senior citizen intern program at Anne’s fashion company.
The Intern tells the story of a 70-year-old widower( DeNiro) who becomes a senior intern at an online fashion website. The film was released on September 25, 2015, by Warner Bros. It was a huge hit, both the ways. The audiences loved DeNiro and Anne, particularly in the lead roles.
The Cat Returns 7.3
Genre: Japanese animated fantasy
The Cat Returns, “Neko no Ongaeshi” in Japanese or The Cat’s Repayment is a 2002 Japanese animated fantasy film. Anne plays Chizuru in the movie.
This Ghibli film is directed by Hiroyuki Morita and produced by Toshio Suzuki and Nozomu Takahashi. The movie writer Reiko Yoshida has based it on the manga The Cat Returns by Aoi Hiiragi. The movie stars Chizuru Ikewaki, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Tetsu Watanabe, Yosuke Saito, Aki Maeda, and Tetsurō Tamba in the lead roles.
Studio Ghibli did the movie for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network, Hakuhodo, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Mitsubishi, and Toho. It is distributed by the Toho.
Les Miserables 7.6
Genre: Epic historical period musical
Les Misérables is a 2012 epic historical period musical film directed by Tom Hooper. It portrays a fictionalized setting of The June rebellion of 1832. The movie is based on the 1862 French novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. Anne won an Oscar as a Supporting Actress for her role as Fantine in the movie. She also picked up a BAFTA for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. It takes place The film takes place in France during the early 19th century. The story is of Jean Valjean who is hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole.
Before the movie, there was also a 1980 musical by Boublil and Schönberg of the same. This British film has the epic cast of Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne, Amanda Seyfried, Helena Bonham Carter, and Sacha Baron Cohen.
Brokeback Mountain 7.7
Genre: Romantic drama
Before Anne’s The DVP, she starred in Brokeback Mountain.
The movie is a 2005 American romantic drama film that reaches bizarre conclusions for the two men. The movie is adapted from the 1997 short story by the same name by Annie Proulx. For the cinema, the movie screenplay was written by Ossana and Larry McMurtry.
It stars Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, and Michelle Williams in the lead roles. The story is mainly about the emotional as well as the sexual relationship between Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, set in the American West from 1963 to 1983.
It is directed by Ang Lee and produced by Diana Ossana and James Schamus.
The Dark Knight Rises 8.4
Genre: Action/Superhero
Bother TDK and Interstellar are Christopher Nolan movies.
The Dark Knight Rises is a 2012 superhero film is co-written by Chris and his brother Jonathan Nolan. It is the story of David S. Goyer, but of course based on DC Comics character, Batman. Nolan did three Batman movies.
This is the final installment in Nolan’s The Dark Knight Trilogy, it followed The Dark Knight (2008). The story begins eight years after the events of The Dark Knight. The lunatic revolutionary Bane is back and that forces Bruce Wayne to resume his role as Batman and save Gotham City from nuclear disaster.
Interstellar 8.6
Genre: Sci-fi
Interstellar came out in 2014. It is an epic science fiction film, that is directed, co-written, and co-produced by Christopher Nolan. It is said that Nolan’s childhood dream was to make a movie like Interstellar. Anne plays Amelia Brand, a NASA astronaut in space.
The movie stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, Matt Damon, and Michael Caine in the lead roles. The events are set in a dystopian future. Humanity is struggling to survive because there is no produce. The story is about a bunch of astronauts who travel through a wormhole near Saturn to find a of new home for humans since life on Earth is on extinction.
