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Biography #2 (for The Devil Wears Prada)

Continuing to emerge as one of Hollywood's most engaging talents, Anne Hathaway is currently in production on Becoming Jane, about the early life of writer Jane Austen. Her most recent credit was Ang Lee's critically acclaimed and much-lauded drama, Brokeback Mountain, opposite Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, and Michelle Williams. Brokeback Mountain was awarded the Golden Lion at the 2005 Venice Film Festival and went on to win virtually every award it was nominated for, and eventually won two Oscars. She starred in the independent drama Havoc, directed by Barbara Kopple, and provided the voice for Red in the animated film Hoodwinked.

Hathaway traveled to Cambodia in January 2005 on behalf of the documentary, A Moment in the World, organized by Angelina Jolie. The project placed roughly 25 participants in various locations on a specific day, each instructed to videotape their surroundings at the same specific, moment in time. Hathaway has also been dedicating her time and efforts to community service on this side of the globe. She has been involved with the Step Up Women's Network, a foundation created to strengthen community resources for women and girls. She served as host for Step Up's inaugural Inspirational Awards this past April and was honored by the foundation this past June. She is also on the advisory board for Lollipop Theater Network; an organization that screens movies in hospitals for pediatric patients suffering from chronic or life-threatening illnesses.

Hathaway was most recently seen in Garry Marshall's anticipated sequel, The Princess Diaries 2: The Royal Engagement. Starring opposite Julie Andrews, Hathaway reprised her role as Princess Mia Thermopolis for which she received a 2002 Teen Choice Award nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy for the original The Princess Diaries.

Other credits include the starring role in Miramax's, Ella Enchanted, based on Gail Carson Levine's celebrated novel and directed by Tommy O'Haver, as well as, Nicholas Nickleby, based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Directed by Douglas McGrath, Hathaway starred as Madeline Bray in this classical adaptation. Prior to that, she was seen in the independent film The Other Side of Heaven directed by Mitch Davis.

Hathaway gained Hollywood's attention for her acclaimed turn in the series Get Real, for which she was nominated for a 2000 Teen Choice Award for Best Actress in a Drama. She studied acting at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey and at the award winning Barrow Group in New York City, becoming the first and only teen ever admitted to their intensive acting program. She also studied in the musical theater program with the Collaborative Arts Project, CAP 21, affiliated with New York University. In high school, Hathaway was nominated for the Rising Star Award, sponsored by the Paper Mill Playhouse, for the best high school performance by an actress in the state of New Jersey.

Hathaway's theater credits include: The Lincoln Center Encore series presentation of Carnival, for which she won the prestigious 57th Annual Clarence Derwent Award; Andrew Lloyd Webber's workshop of Woman in White and, Forever Your Child. In 2004-2005, she also participated in the Encores Concert Gala as well as the Stephen Sondheim Birthday Gala.

Hathaway is also an accomplished dancer who studied at the Broadway Dance Center in New York City. Additionally, she is a first soprano and has performed in two concerts at Carnegie Hall as a member of the All-Eastern US High School Honors Chorus.

Bio courtesy Fox for "The Devil Wears Prada" (10-Jul-2006)


Biography #3 (for Elle Enchanted)

Anne Hathaway is a familiar face to millions of moviegoers thanks to her breakout, leading role in Garry Marshall's 2001 hit The Princess Diaries. Starring as a high school girl who finds out she is the princess of a small country, Hathaway was able prove her comedic timing opposite Julie Andrews. She went on to be named one of People Magazine's Breakthrough Stars of 2001 and was nominated for a Teen Choice Award for Best Actress/Comedy. She will reprise her role in Princess Diaries 2. Hathaway went on to appear in Douglas McGrath's acclaimed Nicholas Nickleby and will also star in Barbara Kopple's Havoc.

Born in Brooklyn, Anne was the first and only teenager admitted to the acting program at the award-winning The Barrow Group in New York City. She is also a talented soprano and, just three days before being cast in the television series Get Real, had the privilege of performing in two concerts at famed Carnegie Hall as a member of the All- Eastern U.S. High School Honours Chorus.

For theatre, Hathaway also studied at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey and at the inaugural pre-college summer program at the Collaborative Arts Project, CAP 21, which is affiliated with New York University. She most recently garnered the Clarence Derwent Award for her performance as Lili in Carnival.

Bio courtesy Miramax for "Elle Enchanted" (17-Jun-2004)


Biography #4

Anne Hathaway appears in the upcoming independent film The Other Side of Heaven, and starred in last year's Fox drama series Get Real. Her performance as Meghan Green in the critically acclaimed series earned her a nomination as Choice Actress/Television at the 2000 Teen Choice Awards, and a nomination as part of Best Performance in a Television Series/Young Ensemble for the 2000 Young Artists Awards. Hathaway was the first teenager admitted to the acting program at the award winning The Barrow Group in New York City, and as a member of the All-Eastern U.S. High School Honors Chorus she had the privilege of performing as first soprano in two concerts at Carnegie Hall.

Hathaway studied at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey and at the inaugural pre-college summer program at the Collaborative Arts Project, CAP 21, which is affiliated with New York University. Among the productions in which she appeared at Paper Mill were Gigi, Jane Eyre and Life on Earth. She performed as Princess Winifred in Once Upon a Mattress, for which she was nominated for the Paper Mill's Rising Star Award for Best High School Performance by an Actress.

Since completion of principal photography on The Princess Diaries, she has enrolled as a freshman at a top-tier East Coast liberal arts college where she recently made the Dean's List.

Bio courtesy Disney (01-Jan-2000)