Anne Hathaway. Actress: Les Misérables. Anne Jacqueline Hathaway was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Kate McCauley Hathaway, an actress, and Gerald T. Hathaway, a lawyer, both originally from Philadelphia. She is of mostly Irish descent, along with English, German, and French. Her first major role came in the short-lived television series Sechs unter einem Dach (1999). She gained widespread recognition for her roles in Plötzlich Prinzessin! (2001) and its...