00:00Anne Jacqueline Hathaway is a multiple award-winning American actress, singer, and producer.
00:26Her parents named her Anne after the wife of William Shakespeare, whose maiden name was Anne Hathaway.
00:34Born as the daughter of an actress, Anne was exposed to the nuances of acting from a very young age.
00:40Inspired by her mother, she became interested in acting as a little girl of three.
00:45As a teenager, she started appearing in some commercials and became the first teenager to ever be admitted to the New York City-based Bile Group's prestigious acting program.
00:56She appeared in several stage productions while attending middle school and made her professional acting debut on television as a high school student.
01:04In 1999, Hathaway got her first big break on the television series Get Real, which only lasted one season.
01:12Eventually, she ventured into films and gained mainstream prominence with her role in the Disney film The Princess Diaries.
01:20During the audition for the role of The Klutzy Princess, Hathaway accidentally fell off of her chair during the audition and she was hired on the spot.
01:39Tall, pretty, and talented, she soon became a much sought-off for actress who earned acclaim for her poignant and powerful performances.
01:47She performed in several dramatic movies such as Havoc, Brokeback Mountain, The Devil Wears Prada, Becoming Jane, Bride Wars, Love and Other Drugs, Song Wong, and Interstellar.
01:58She also did a voice role in the animated movie Rio.
02:02Director Gary Marshall once described Ann as a combination of Julia Roberts, Audrey Hepburn, and Judy Garland.
02:09She got numerous awards for her superb acting talent.
02:13Ann is a talented soprano singer and she had the opportunity to show off her singing skills in the musical Les Miserables, after which actress received professional recognition.
02:25For the role of Fantine, she sacrificed her wonderful long hair and had it cut.
02:30However, she never regretted it.
02:32Ann Hathaway became one of 23 artists to win a Golden Globe, an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BAFTA, and a Critics' Choice Award for a single role.
02:44Similarly, she won an Emmy Award for her voice on The Simpsons.
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02:58The actress was asked to become the new brand ambassador of cosmetics giant Lancome in January of 2008 for their newest fragrance to be launched in September the same year.
03:10Ann is the youngest person to have hosted the Academy Awards.
03:13She co-hosted in 2011 with James Franco when she was only 27 years old.
03:19Hathaway married actor and jewelry designer Adam Schulman on September 29th in 2012.
03:25The couple had been dating for four years at that time.
03:28She gave birth to their son Jonathan Rosbank Schulman in 2016 in L.A.
03:34Prior to Schulman, Hathaway dated Italian real estate developer Raffaello Farilia in 2004.
03:40The couple split up in June of 2008 after law officials accused Farilia swindling investors out of millions and falsely claiming that the Vatican appointed him to manage its financial affairs.
03:53Ann is a vegetarian.
03:55She likes broccoli.
03:56The actress does not diet herself.
03:58She just prefers healthy meals and training.
04:00She's interested in US politics, particularly the country's history as told by immigrants.
04:05She is an LGBT activist and she supports same-sex marriages.
04:10She is also involved with charities like the Creative Coalition, the Step Up Women's Network, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, and the Human Rights Campaign.
04:20Ann Hathaway does not like journalists and social events.
04:25She enjoys walking with her dog, Esmeralda, and she tries to spend her spare time with her husband and the family.
04:31If her acting career hadn't worked out, she said she would have either become an English teacher or a psychologist.
04:37But fortunately, Ann Hathaway is a brilliant actress.
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