22 interesting facts about Anne Hathaway

  1. When Anne Hathaway was younger she used to suffer from anxiety and depression, but didn't have to use medication.
  2. Anne Hathaway was engaged to Raffaello Follieri, a Real Estate developer. The couple dated for four years unitl June of 2008. Days later Follieri was arrested in Newactress Anne Hathaway City for cheating investors out of millions.
  3. The role of Andie Sachs in The Devil Wears Prada was originally offered to actress Rachel McAdams, but she declined. The part went to Anne instead.
  4. Anne Hathaway was chosen as one of People Magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful People in May 2007.
  5. Anne Hathaway starred in the 2008 movie remake of the 60's sitcom, Get Smart, as 'Agent 99'.
  6. Her favorite novel is Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead.
  7. Anne's favorite movies are Elizabeth (1998), Stand by Me (1986), Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001), Pretty Woman (1990) and City of God (2002).
  8. Anne Hathaway lists her favorite actors as Joaquin Phoenix and Ralph Fiennes.
  9. Anne Hathaway was raised a Catholic but she decided that she could not be a part of a religion that disapproved of her brother's sexual orientation.
  10. Anne Hathaway is lactose intolerant.
  11. Anne revealed in the Princess Diaries commentary that she is a vegetarian. The corndogs that she and Julie were eating in one scene were actually a chemically processed bean product designed to imitate meat.
  12. Unlike her costars whose voices were dubbed by other singers in the movie Ella Enchanted, Anne's real voice was used whenever Ella sings on screen.
  13. Anne Hathaway was named after Shakespeare's wife Anne Hathaway.
  14. Although Anne Hathaway was born in New York City, she grew up in New Jersey.
  15. Director Garry Marshall once described Anne as “…a combination Julia Roberts, Audrey Hepburn and Judy Garland."
  16. Anne Hathaway was the first teenager admitted to the acting program at The Barrow Group in New York.
  17. Her mother is accomplished stage actress Kate McCauley.
  18. Anne Hathaway received a “Paper Mill's Rising Star Award” nomination for the best high school performance by an actress in the state of New Jersey.
  19. Her performance as Lili in the City Center Encores production of Carnival in 2002 won her the Clarence Derwent Award.
  20. Anne Hathaway is 5' 8" tall.
  21. Anne Hathaway accidentally fell off of her chair during her audition for the role of the klutzy princess in The Princess Diaries. She was hired on the spot.
  22. Her New Zealand filmed project The Other Side of Heaven (2001), was delayed in post production so it would be released after The Princess Diaries (2001) to capitalize on her popularity from that film.
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