Anne Hathaway, along with James Franco, will host the 83rd Annual Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 27. This is the first time the 28-year-old actress will host the awards show. Anne Hathaway has been nominated once before for an Academy Award for Best Actress in her role as Kym in Rachel Getting Married. Anne Hathaway kickstarted her career playing the role of Mia Thermopolis in the 2001 film The Princess Diaries. She later reprised that role for The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. She later moved on to more adult roles such as those for the films The Devil Wears Prada, Brokeback Mountain, Valentine's Day, and Love and Other Drugs. She is also scheduled to play Selina Kyle in The Dark Knight Rises. Here is a list of ten things to know about Anne Hathaway's life and career.
Anne Hathaway was born in Brooklyn, NY. She is mostly Irish and French but has Native American and German roots. ReutersAnne Hathway was raised Catholic and was very religious. When she was 15, though, she found out her older brother Michael was gay and felt that she could no longer be a part of a religion that didn’t accept her brother’s sexual orientation. ReutersAnne Hathaway was the first teenager admitted into the Barrow Group Theater Company’s acting program. ReutersAs a soprano, Hathaway performed in 1998 and 1999 with the All-Eastern U.S. High School Honors Chorus at Carnegie Hall. Three days after her 1999 performance, she was cast in the short-lived Fox television series, “Get Real.” ReutersIn 2008 she became the face of Lancome’s fragrance Magnifique. ReutersAnne Hathaway is very active in charities including The Creative Coalition, The Step Up Women’s Network, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, The Human Rights Campaign and The Lollipop Theatre Network. ReutersHer relationship with real estate developer Raffaello Follieri took a turn for the worse when his charity organization was under investigation by the IRS in 2008 for failing to file tax papers. Hathaway ended the relationship citing that it could ruin her acting career. ReutersRegarding personal difficulties, Anne Hathaway’s mantra is a quote by Oscar Wilde that says, “The less said about life’s sores the better.” ReutersAfter filming “Rachel Getting Married,” Anne Hathaway reportedly became a heavy smoker. She credited quitting the habit in the decline in her stress level and becoming a vegetarian. ReutersIn 2007, Anne Hathaway spoke up about her dealing with depression as a teenager. She said she overcame the disorder without medication. Reuters
