Anne-Hathaway

Born: November 12, 1982

Actor, whose first big screen gig also proved that his breakthrough, Anne Hathaway became a familiar face in millions of moviegoers thanks to her starring role in Garry Marshall's 2001 hit The Princess Diaries. Cast clumsy high school girl finds out she is the princess of a small country, Hathaway was able to demonstrate his comedic timing opposite no less than Julie Andrews.

Hailing Brooklyn, where he was born Nov. 12, 1982, Hathaway became involved in theater at a young age, as a teenager and graduated from the Barrow Group, the prestigious New York theater troupe. He was the first industry job in the short-lived but critically praised TV series Get Real before heard of Marshall, who according to legend, cast the actress in the Princess accident prone, having been dropped into a chair during her audition. The success of The Princess Diaries number of doors open for Hathaway, but he chose one of the leading Vassar College, where he joined in 2000, some time in the film.

Even in a supporting performance in 2002 box-office disappointment Nicholas Nickleby Hathaway little chance to shine, the leading performance as the eponymous character-themed romantic comedy thefantasy Ella Enchanted (2004) has found her slipper into something great for a Cinderella-like story Unlike the non-binding Princess Diaries 2 that same year. As if the Ghetto out of the acendancy announce his teenage fantasy, Hathaway plunged into edgier territory gritty drama of troubled teen (also 2004), although the film clearly deserves only a video release.

This was the next two roles, however, to announce the arrival of the young actors in the lack of action. As one of the two silently suffering wife, Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain is recognized Hathaway showed an irrepressible spirit-girl rodeo course, divided into sham marriages. As the co-star in the chick-lit adaptation The Devil Wears Prada in 2006, came into the world of contemporary fashion power players, suffering the slings and arrows of a deliciously evil (and Oscar-nominated) Meryl Streep. The film has played throughout the summer, becoming bona-fide sleeper hit. Although it was initially cast in 2007, the runaway summer comedy, Knocked Up, a role eventually went to withdraw Hathaway Katharine Heigl. He chose instead the path to a possible romance Becoming Jane, Shakespeare in Love-style speculative fiction on life and a true love of Jane Austen.

2008 turned out to be a banner year, the actor, who scored a box office hit starring Steve Carell as opposed to big-screen adaptation of Get Smart, and received the best reviews of his career his work as a recovering addict in Jonathan Demme in Rachel Getting Married. role earned him a number of year-end critics awards, for best actress nomination and Screen Actors Guild and the Academy.