Hathaway graduated from Millburn High School in New Jersey, where she acted in several plays. As a teenager, she was cast in the television series "Get Real" (1999–2000) and made her breakthrough as the protagonist in her debut film, the Disney comedy "The Princess Diaries" (2001). Hathaway made a transition to adult roles with the 2005 dramas "Havoc" and "Brokeback Mountain". The comedy film "The Devil Wears Prada" (2006), in which she played an assistant to a fashion magazine editor, was her biggest commercial success to that point. She played a recovering addict in the drama "Rachel Getting Married" (2008), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She went on to star in the commercially successful romantic films "Bride Wars" (2009), "Valentine's Day" (2010), "Love & Other Drugs" (2010), and the fantasy film "Alice in Wonderland" (2010).