Anne Hathaway played the role of a writer from England.
Anne Hathaway . Hathaway began to transition to more adult roles in 2005 , winning a DVD Exclusive Award for Best Actress for Havoc ( 2005 ) , receiving a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for her role in the critically acclaimed Brokeback Mountain ( 2005 ) , garnering further recognition for appearing alongside Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada ( 2006 ) , and earning a BIFA nomination for Best Performance by an Actress for her portrayal of Jane Austen in Becoming Jane ( 2007 ) . Hathaway has since gone on to appear in Rio 2 ( 2014 ) , Interstellar ( 2014 ) , The Intern ( 2015 ) , and reprised her role as the White Queen in Alice Through the Looking Glass ( 2016 ) . Anne Hathaway ( 1555/56 -- 6 August 1623 ) was the wife of William Shakespeare , the English poet , playwright and actor . Jane Austen ( [ ˈdʒeɪn_ˈɒstɪn ] 16 December 1775 -- 18 July 1817 ) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels , which interpret , critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century .