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Anne Hathaway's Top Filmography: 5 Movies to Watch Before The Idea of You

Anne Hathaway's Top Filmography: 5 Movies to Watch Before The Idea of You
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The actress' Oscar-winning performance in Les Misérables is not on the list.

Anne Hathaway's next big movie, The Idea of You, has been the talk of the town for months now, and it's only a few days until it premieres on Amazon Prime on May 2. Until then, you have plenty of time to revisit the actress' filmography – these five movies have defined her career.

Mia Thermopolis – The Princess Diaries (2001, 6.4 on IMDb)

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Available on: Disney+, Apple TV+, Amazon Prime

Anne Hathaway's debut film role is one of the best comedies of the early 2000s. The movie follows her character, a shy American teenager who learns that she is actually the heiress to a European kingdom. Contacted by her estranged grandmother, the reigning queen portrayed by Julie Andrews, Mia sets out to start a new life. But first, she must undergo rigorous princess training.

Andy Sachs – The Devil Wears Prada (2006, 6.9 on IMDb)

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Available on: Max, Hulu, Apple TV+, Amazon Prime

Starring Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt, this comedy-drama has developed a cult following since its release. The movie tells the story of Hathaway's Andy Sachs, an aspiring young journalist who is hired as the junior personal assistant to an overbearing fashion magazine editor-in-chief, and her journey in the industry.

Jules Ostin – The Intern (2015, 7.1 on IMDb)

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Written and directed by Nancy Meyers, creator of The Parent Trap, this comedy-drama centers on Robert De Niro's Ben Whittaker, a seventy-year-old who, bored with doing nothing in his retirement, takes a job as a senior intern at a fashion website. There, he strikes up an unlikely friendship with the company's CEO, Hathaway's Jules Ostin, a working mother whom Ben guides through her personal problems.

Selina Kyle – The Dark Knight Rises (2012, 8.4 on IMDb)

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The third and final chapter in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy sees the superhero save Gotham from yet another danger. This time, Batman can't do it alone, so Anne Hathaway's Catwoman is brought in to help the character save the day and look at his own life in a different way.

Dr. Amelia Brand – Interstellar (2014, 8.7 on IMDb)

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Available on: Max, Paramount+, Netflix, Apple TV+, Amazon Prime

Hathaway's next collaboration with Christopher Nolan tells the story of an Earth that has experienced an ecocide and has become uninhabitable for humans. To save humanity from extinction, a group of astronauts, including Hathaway's Dr. Amelia Brand, are sent through a wormhole near Saturn to find a suitable planet for humans.