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Published 15:58 IST, November 12th 2019

Anne Hathaway's Birthday: Top 5 movies of the actor you must watch

Anne Hathaway celebrates her thirty-seventh birthday today. In 2015, she was among the highest-paid female actors in the world. Here are her best films.

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Anne Hathaway, one of the most popular contemporary Hollywood actors, celebrates her thirty-seventh birthday today. In the year 2015, she was among the highest-paid female actors in the world. She has given some major blockbusters to the film industry and has won many awards throughout her career. Apart from acting, Hathaway has been an activist for many years. She has been active in spreading awareness against child marriage, fighting for the rights of women and children and played an integral role in helping vaccinate children against hepatitis A in Nicaragua. She started acting as a teenager and got her first breakthrough performance in 2001 in The Princess Diaries. Here are her top five movies that you must watch:

The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

The Devil Wears Prada was her first biggest commercial success in which she played the role of an assistant to a fashion magazine editor. The movie starred Meryl Streep as a ruthless magazine editor who would give Anne’s character a hard time. The movie received critical acclaim, especially for the performances by the leads.

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Princess Diaries (2001)

This was the debut movie of Anne Hathaway. She was seen as a carefree young school-going girl who was unaware of the fact that she is an heir to the European kingdom of Genovia. She must learn the etiquette and mannerism of how a Princess must behave or else she might have to give up her claim to the throne, which would upset her grandmother the most.

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The Intern (2015)

The Intern is a comedy movie featuring Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro, which released in 2015. The plot follows that a seventy-year-old widower becomes a senior intern at an online fashion website and is a personal assistant to the founder and CEO of the company, played by Anne Hathaway. The movie shows the relationship and bond between the two and the life lessons he gets to teach Anne’s character.

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Interstellar (2014)

In this movie, Anne is seen playing the role of a scientist who is sent on a mission to the outer space to save the earth. This was a different genre for Anne, as she was seen playing the role as a serious, intellectual scientist, which is quite different from all her other comic roles.

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Oceans 8 (2018)

Ocean's 8 is a heist comedy film, featuring Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Rihanna, and Anne Hathaway. Anne Hathaway played the role of a haughty actor who helped the girl gang steal an expensive necklace.

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14:43 IST, November 12th 2019