What American actress portrayed the early life of an English author?
Anne Hathaway on screen and stage Anne Hathaway is an American actress who has appeared in film and stage. She made her acting debut in the short lived television series "Get Real" (1999-2000). Hathaway's breakthrough role came with the role of Mia Thermopolis in the successful Disney comedy "The Princess Diaries" (2001). The role established her as a teen idol and she later reprised the role in its . This was followed by a string of family-oriented films, including "Nicholas Nickleby" (2002) and "Ella Enchanted" (2004), all of which were unsuccessful. In 2005, she voiced the lead character in the highly successful animated film "Hoodwinked!". The same year, she made transition to more mature roles with the acclaimed "Brokeback Mountain". In 2006, Hathaway starred opposite Meryl Streep in the comedy-drama "The Devil Wears Prada" and portrayed Jane Austen in the biographical drama "Becoming Jane", the following year.
Anne Marshall Anne Marshall (fl. 1661 – 1682), also Mrs. Anne Quin, was a leading English actress of the Restoration era, one of the first generation of women performers to appear on the public stage in England.