Anne Hathaway Net Worth (Updated 2023) – Bio Overview

Anne Hathaway is an American actress, voiceover artist, stage artist, and producer from Brooklyn, New York City, who has a net worth of $80 million as of 2023. She had a lovely wholesome start in Hollywood showing her on-screen appearance in the family flick titled  The Princess Diaries in the early 2000s.

While many of her peers were garnering attention for their party antics, the young star buckled down to concentrate on her acting career. The well-grounded and well-educated Anne Hathaway worked hard and established herself in other roles in highly acclaimed movies and these days she has an exceptional range.

Not to mention Anne received several awards including an Academy Award and her movies have grossed more than $6.8 billion globally. Hathaway is one of the highest-paid actresses in the Hollywood industry and has acted in numerous super-hit films throughout her career.

The actress first started her professional career as a theater actress, and slowly but surely she became one of the most popular celebrities in the American entertainment industry. Let’s take a look at Anne Hathaway’s journey and rise to Hollywood’s success and her biography. 

Net Worth 2023

Early Life

Anne Jacqueline Hathaway was born on the 12th of November 1982 in Brooklyn, New York City to father Gerald and mother Kathleen Ann, and Anne was named after Shakespeare’s spouse. Her father worked as a labor attorney while her mother Kate is a former actress.

Anne’s grandfather from her mother’s side was the WIP-FM Philadelphia radio personality Joseph Daniel “Joe” McCauley, so we can see there were some roots in entertainment in the family.

Anne’s mom is of Irish descent while her father Gerald has Irish, French, German, and English ancestry. She is the second of three children with an older brother named Michale and a younger brother Thomas. When Hathaway was just 6 years old her entire family moved to the neighborhood of short hill in Melbourne, New Jersey, which was where she grew up.

That was the same time when she saw her mother perform in the musical romantic drama Les Misérables, as Fentin and she was instantly loved in with the idea of being on stage. However, Anne’s parents weren’t on board with the vision of her pursuing an acting career at the time. Shortly after this, her mother decided to quit acting to raise her and her brothers, and the siblings were raised in a Roman Catholic household with Hathaway said were really strong values.

In fact, as a child, she wished to be a none at one point and later decided that acting was a higher property for her. At the age of 15, Anne’s relationship with the church changed as well because she learned her older brother Michael was gay and she left the Catholic Church. They were converted to Episcopalianism because of its acceptance of homese#ality but would end up leaving that too. In 2009 Hathaway said that her personal religious beliefs were a work in progress. 

Early Work

Upon her education, as a child, Anne attended Brooklyn Heights Montessori School and then Wyoming Elementary School located in Millburn. She went on to graduate from Millburn high school where she played soccer and later appeared in several plays including Once Upon a Mattress, as Winnifred.

Later she starred in New Jersey’s Paper Mill theater including Jane Eyre and Gigi, further attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts back in 1983.

Anne excelled at performing early on and became the first-ever teenager admitted into the Barrow Group a theater company and acting school located in New York City. After her time there and spent many semesters studying as an English major and political science minor at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, before transferring to New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Studies.

Anne also said that if she wasn’t an actress she would have been a physiologist or English teacher. In 1998 and 1999 Anne sang soprano with the All-Eastern U.S. High School Honors Chorus at Carnegie Hall as well as in plays at Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange New Jersey.

3 days after her performance at Carnegie Hall, she landed her first big break in 1989 on the short-lived Fox television series titled “Get Real” as a teenager Meghan Green. Despite her success, she suffered from anxiety and depression as a teen.

In 2008 she stated that she has since grown from it but the life she now defines as beautiful was something she didn’t know was likely at one point. Anne said that part of her happiness came from her inability to let people in, but being on the stage and acting helped her open up.

Career Breakthrough

In 2001 Hathaway took on the role that made her popular when she appeared as Mia Thermopolis in the American comedy film The Princess Diaries. While the reviews were mixed the film scored big with audiences and grossed over $165 million worldwide. On top of that Hathaway earned a Teen Choice Award nomination for her lead role in the movie.

She missed her first semester in college for the filming of a Princess Diaries but she stated that she never regrated not completing her education. Anne auditioned for the lead role of Mia during a flight layover on the way to New Zealand and while the director Garry Marshall first considered Liv Tyler for the character, he cast in after his granddaughter meant that she had the best Prince’s hair.

Considering the success of the film The Princess Diaries, people magazine named Anne one of the Breakthrough Stars of 2001 and it would seem that she was off to the races. The actress continued the portray Princesses and start in family-oriented movies over the next 3 years, also becoming known in the media as a Children’s role model.

One of these further films was “Ella Enchanted” in 2004 where Hathaway played the lead role but the film performed poorly at the box office with mixed reviews. In the same year “The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement,” was released in which Hathaway reprised her role as Mia, however, this installment wasn’t successful as the previous one.

Anne wanted to avoid casting at this point so she decided to transition into other movie roles. She first appeared in the drama “Havoc” in 2005 as a spoiled socialite but the film wasn’t released in the United States theaters due to unfavorable critical reception. 

That same year Annel starred alongside Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in the drama called Brokeback Mountain, a movie that depicts the emotional relationship between two married men. Anne decided to audition for the role of Lauren Weisberger, once she read the screenplay and lied about her knowledge of horseback riding so the director would cast her, however, she did end up taking lessons.

The film Brokeback Mountain received critical acclaim in various nominations and Anne later said that the content of the movie made her more aware of the kinds of stories she wanted to tell as an actress. She quickly realized that she wanted to play roles that moved audiences or entertained them so much that they forget about their own lives. In 2006 Anne appeared in the comedy-drama titled The Devil Wears Prada and despite being the lead role Anne was reportedly the ninth choice for it.

Citing this later as motivation to others to never give up. Anne also shared that working on the movie made her respect the fashion industry a lot and the film received positive reviews. The Devil Wears Prada became Hathaway’s biggest commercial success to that point grossing over $326 million worldwide. In the very next year, her biggest release was the biographical romantic drama Becoming Jane, as the main character author Jane Austen and is a big fan of the author and is heavily prepared for this character.

She started reading Austin’s books conducting research and learning sign language, calligraphy, dance choreography, the piano, and more. Anne even moved to England a month before filming began to improve her British accent.

She then starred in the drama titled “Rachel Getting Married” in 2008 as Kym, a young woman who after being released from Rehab returns home for her sister’s wedding, and Anne was widely praised for her immense performance. The actress even earned the Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award nomination in the category of Best Actress.

Despite the praise, Anne was getting for her emotionally raw performance in the film it was soon overshadowed by the arrest of her longtime boyfriend Raffaello Follieri in an embarrassing embezzlement scandal. After a brief period of seclusion and self-reflection, Anne returned to appearing in some blockbuster films.

She kicked things off with the lighthearted rom-com “Bride Wars” in 2009. alongside Kate Hudson which wasn’t a huge success. Anne then appeared in a supporting role in the ensemble comedy “Valentine’s Day.” 

In 2010 Anne played the white queen in “Tim Burton’s reimagining of the popular children’s story Alice in Wonderland which was a huge commercial and critical success. In the same ye, as she reunited with Jake Gyllenhaal as a free-spirited artist suffering from Parkinson’s disease in the romantic comedy-drama called “Love & Other Drugs.”

2012 was another big year for Anne Hathaway, she played the role of Sly cat burglar Selina Kyle / Catwoman and Batman in “The Dark Knight Rises,” Christopher Nolan’s final installment in The Dark Knight trilogy. Anne claimed she auditioned not knowing what role she was being considered for, stating she had one role in mind but only learned her role after talking with Nolan.

She described the Catwoman as the most physically demanding role she had ever played redoubling her efforts in the gym to keep up with their requirements and training extensively in martial arts. Moreover, The Dark Knight Rises became the third highest-grossing movie of 2012 and Anne won the Saturn Award in the category of Best Supporting Actress for her performance.

In the same year, she starred in the musical romantic drama Les Misérables in which she played the role of Fantine, a poor French woman who turns to prostitution to support her only child preparing for the character she consumed under 500 calories a day to lose 25 lbs. Her hard work for the role earned her acclaim. In 2013 she also received a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film then scored her first Academy Award for the same role.  

Anne’s sole release in 2014 was in Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi movie titled Interstellar where she played Dr. Amelia Brand, a NASA scientist co-starring Matthew and Jessica which was a success. The following year she showed her comedic side in the internship with Robert De Niro, then she rejoined Johnny Depp for Alice Through the Looking Glass. 

After two years of break from the screen, Anne starred in the all-star female spin-off of the Ocean’s Eleven franchise, Ocean’s 8, in 2018. Anne’s two first movies of the 2019 thriller Serenity and the comedy movie The Hustle were both poorly received by critics. Further roles that year included appearing on the Amazon Prime Vidseriesres titled Modern Love and then in the legal drama Dark Waters. 

She kicked off the new decade with the political thriller 2020 The Last Thing He Wanted and then in the remake movie The Witches. In 2021 Anne starred in the heist movie Locked Down which premiered on HBO Max and in 2022 Anne most recently appeared alongside Jared Leto and the Apple TV miniseries entitled WeCrashed. 

She also worked as an executive producer and the film received good reviews and especially for Anne’s performance in the movie. Hathaway then made her appearance in James Gray’s semi-autobiographical period drama Armageddon Time which premiered at the 2022  Cannes Film Festival and this was her first-ever appearance at the prestigious festival where Hathaway turned heads. 

Personal Life

Anne Hathaway has been happily married to a businessman and actor named Adam Shulman since 2012 and the couple has two sons. In October 2008 the pair began dating and married on September 29, 2012, in Big Sur, California. Adam and Anne welcomed their first child a son named Jonathan Rosebanks on March 24, 2016. Likewise, their second son Jack Shulman was born in November 2019. 

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Real Estate

Anne Hathaway, the star actress who is the recipient of many accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe also established herself as one of the highest-paid celebrities in Hollywood. Her films have grossed over $6.8 billion worldwide which has led her to some pretty luxurious properties.

Hathaway previously owned a mansion which is located in one of the posh areas of Westport, Connecticut which she sold in 2018 for 2.7 million dollars. The actress lost almost $90 thousand after selling this house in the off-market deal because the mansion was originally purchased by her for $2.79 million and she sold it for $2.7 million.

This 1920s home is renovated throughout to give the home its highest standards.  The mansion boasts beautiful outdoor gardens and spans over one acre of land. The house spans more than 4,500 square feet of living space and features an oversized kitchen, and a private redwood deck overlooking the lush gardens. 

In 2020, it was said that Anne Hathaway was selling her flat in New York City with an asking price of $3.5 million. The apartment suite is located on the top floor of an old estate made more than a hundred years ago and this spot also just steps away from Central Park. This picturesque two-bedroom penthouse is covered South Facing Paris and underwent quite a renovation. Anne paid $2.55 million for this penthouse which was purchased by her in 2016. 

Currently, Hathaway and her spouse Adam Shulman have a couple of luxurious places, including an enchanting California country home, a penthouse, and some others. 

Anne Hathaway’s Net Worth

As of 2023, Anne Hathaway’s Net Worth is estimated to be around $80 million. She is ranked as one of the world’s highest-paid actresses and her movies have grossed 6.8 billion dollars globally as of 2018. Hathaway has given us a wide array of memorable performances over the years and her dedication to the craft is why Anne is given a claim globally. 

Being one of the highest-earning actresses is a big achievement for her and Anen’s film salaries reflect an upwards course in career profits. The first breakthrough moment of her career came when she became the cast of the popular Princess Diaries for which Hathaway earned a salary of $400 thousand.

She then starred in Brokeback Mountain in 2005 where Anne managed to earn a whopping $800 thousand. In 2006 she was cast for the lead role in the film The Devil Wears Prada from where she took home a total of $1 million for her amazing performance in the movie. 

In 2008 Hathaway starred in Get Smart where she generated almost 5 million dollars. 2008 was a great year for Hathaway in which she appeared in Bride Wars and amassed another $5 million for her role. In the year 2012 Anne starred as Catwoman in the blockbuster “The Dark Knight Rises” in which she earned a salary of a whopping $7.5 million.

Anne Hathaway broke all her previous salary records that year when she appeared in the film “Les Miserables,” and earned $10 million for her role. Anne Hathaway’s annual income is more than $11.5 million.

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