Anne Hathaway got her first big break when she was cast as Meghan in the television series ‘Get Real’ in 1999. Even though the series lasted only one season, she got noticed for her performance. In 2001, she was cast in the lead role of Mia Thermopolis in the ‘Disney’ production’s comedy film ‘The Princess Diaries,’ which was based on Meg Cabot's 2000 novel of the same name. The movie became a big hit and peaked at number three at the box office. She went on to appear in the movie’s sequel, ‘The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement,’ in 2004. During the initial years of her career, she appeared in a number of family-oriented films like ‘Nicholas Nickleby’ (2002) and ‘Ella Enchanted’ (2004) and became known as a children’s role model. However, the talented actress wanted to avoid being typecast and started taking up different kinds of roles. In 2005, she starred in the romantic drama film ‘Brokeback Mountain’ which deals with the complex emotional and sexual relationship between two men. Anne Hathaway portrayed the role of Lureen, a wife whose husband is in love with a man. One of her acclaimed roles came in 2007 when she played Jane Austen in the historical biographical film ‘Becoming Jane.’ The movie depicts the complicated love story between Jane and Thomas Langlois Lefroy. In 2008, she played Kym, a young woman undergoing rehab for drug addiction in the drama film ‘Rachel Getting Married.’ Her role was an emotionally intense one and she was praised for her performance. Her performance also earned her several awards and nominations. In the next few years, she was seen in many romantic-comedy movies, such as ‘Bride Wars’ (2009), ‘Valentine’s day’ (2010), and ‘Love & Other Drugs’ (2010). She played a poor factory worker who struggles to raise a child in the period drama film ‘Les Misérables’ in 2012. The film was a critical as well as a commercial success and Hathaway was appreciated for her performance. The same year, she played the role of Selina Kyle in the movie ‘The Dark Knight Rises.’ Some of her other films are ‘Don Jon’ (2013), ‘Song One’ (2014), ‘Rio 2’ (2014) and ‘Interstellar’ (2014). Her only theatrical release in 2015 was the much acclaimed movie ‘The Intern.’ The film follows the internship of a 70-year-old man at an online fashion website headed by Hathaway’s character Jules Ostin. The following year, she reprised her role as White Queen in the movie ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass.’ After a break of two years, she returned to the big screen with the movie ‘Ocean’s 8,’ a spin off of the ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ franchise. In the movie, she was seen alongside artists like Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, and Rihanna. The year 2019 saw Anne in movies, such as ‘Serenity’ and ‘The Hustle.’ Both movies received negative reviews, with the latter performing better in terms of box-office collections. In the same year, she was signed to play prominent roles in movies, such as ‘The Last Thing He Wanted,’ ‘The Witches,’ and ‘Sesame Street.’