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Anne Hathaway Shares How “Soulmate” Adam Shulman Helped Shape Her 'Odyssey' Character
Oh don’t be ridiculous, Andrea. Everybody wants this—a relationship like the one Anne Hathaway has with husband Adam Shulman.
No, no, that wasn’t a question, and neither is the way The Devil Wears Prada star feels about the jewelry designer.
"I am one of the luckiest people on the planet Earth," Hathaway told E! News’ Justin Sylvester at the July 14 New York premiere of her new movie The Odyssey, in which she stars alongside Matt Damon as Odysseus' wife Penelope. "I met my soulmate, and we decided to get married and have a family, and I have that in common with my character."
The Odyssey is one of her five films to come out in 2026—with others including upcoming Verity and The End of Oak Street as well as the already-released Mother Mary and The Devil Wears Prada 2.
Add that to Shulman’s own career in jewelry and producing, their raising of 10-year-old Jonathan and 6-year-old Jack and preparation for baby no. 3, and you could say the couple has been moving at anything but a glacial pace.
"The way he stepped up, I mean in every possible way, he’s the most extraordinary person I’ve ever met," Hathaway told People in April. "And I’m so lucky that he’s my partner that I spend my life with. And if I didn’t know that before this past year, I really know it now."
So if you’re still wondering if they’re meant for each other, please bore someone else with your questions.
"It’s one thing to have dreams, it’s another thing to have somebody who helps you achieve them," the Oscar winner added. "And I absolutely would not be able to have achieved what I’ve done without my husband."
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The runway of Hathaway and Shulman’s relationship extends back to 2008 when they were introduced through friends. Like florals for spring, this meet-cute may not seem groundbreaking. But fans might be surprised to learn how their romance bloomed.
"Someone told me he had a girlfriend, so I backed off," Hathaway recalled on The Late Show With David Letterman in 2012. "Found out, I think it was six weeks later, that he didn’t have a girlfriend. So then I asked him if he wanted to go to New Orleans with me."
Heading to the Big Easy for a screening of her film Rachel Getting Married, Hathaway had an extra ticket. And since her best friends in L.A. couldn’t go, she thought Shulman would be a good plus-one. Still, the pals of The Princess Diaries alum didn’t exactly bow down to the idea right away.
"My friends said, 'Well, what happens if it goes badly?'" she added. "I said, 'If it goes badly, then we’ll never see each other again. And if it goes well, we’ll probably get married.'"
And they did—tying the knot in September 2012. They have some stellar symbols of their marriage too: matching tattoos.
Noting the "idea is that individually we’re whole but together we’re more," Hathaway explained of the design on The Drew Barrymore Show in 2023, "I don’t expect him to complete me, and I don’t think he expects me to complete him. He’s his own person, I’m my own person, and we choose to be together because we believe we make each other better and this union is something we both want to participate in."
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Three and a half years after saying "I do," the pair welcomed son Jonathan in March 2016. And just like with her onscreen work, Shulman has nothing but praise for Hathaway’s role as a mom.
"She always amazes me," the 45-year-old raved to People in 2016. "As a mother, she is gorgeous."
Little brother Jack came three years later. And soon, Hathaway and Shulman will be celebrating the arrival of their family's newest cast member—with her announcing her pregnancy on Instagram in June.
"We were so shocked it went this way," the 43-year-old said on Late Night With Seth Meyers July 14. "So, we’re calling this one our buzzer beater."
But for now, Hathaway and Shulman are just enjoying life as a family of four.
The kids are "in this really fun zone where we all love hanging out together, which I understand may change. Well, we will always love hanging out with them, but their feelings about us might change," Hathaway told ELLE in May. "So for the moment, we’re all just in it. Adam and I are soaking it up. I’m having the most wonderful time with my family, living in the city of my dreams, and work seems to be going really, really well."
So does her marriage as Hathaway and Shulman remain enchanted with each other.
"My whole thing about marriage is…it’s such a big deal to share your life with someone. You know? Because it’s yours," Hathaway added. "It’s fully yours to do anything you want with. And so to find someone who inspires you to say, ‘As great as this is on my own, sharing it with you feels like it could lead to somewhere even better.’ I imagine that actually is rare, and I do feel like I found that and I don’t take it for granted."
As they get ready to welcome baby no. 3, read Hathaway’s quotes about motherhood.
On to Baby No. 2
Anne Hathaway shared the special and exciting news that she and her hubby are having another baby! "It's not for a movie...#2," she wrote on Instagram, showing off her bump. "All kidding aside, for everyone going through infertility and conception hell, please know it was not a straight line to either of my pregnancies. Sending you extra love."
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On Learning Parenting Advice from Prince William & Kate Middleton
"They get down on the child's level and speak to them eye-to-eye to make their child feel empowered," she told The Sunday Times. "I thought that was really cool. I started doing that with Jonathan."
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On Sharing Her First Pregnancy on Her Own Terms
"I hadn't planned on ever confirming it and then I just, I had seen a photographer while I was on vacation, taking a photo, and I just thought, 'It's such a joyful and a sacred experience, you know, carrying life,'" Hathaway explained to E! News. "And I just thought, 'I don't want the first version of this to be out there with me covering or scowling at someone.'"
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On Being Sleep Deprived
She told E! News that getting sleep has been challenging. "Honestly, I haven't slept in eight weeks. I have no idea what I'm saying," the actress jokingly stated. "This is probably going to go down as not the most normal interview on E! News."
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On Saying Bye, Bye to Booze
"I'm going to stop drinking while my son is in my house just because I don't totally love the way I do it," Hathaway admitted to Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show. "He's getting to an age where he really does need me all the time in the mornings. I did one school run one day where I dropped him off at school, I wasn't driving, but I was hungover, and that was enough for me. I didn't love that one."
On Getting the Role of a Lifetime
"The kind of mother I'll be depends on the kind of children I have," the Ocean's 8 actress shared with Vogue about the ultimate role she has as a mother.
On Advocating for Maternity Leave
"I can't believe we don't already have it," she shared with Elle magazine, further explaining that "We're encouraged to judge each other, but we should be turning our focus to the people and institutions who should be supporting us and currently aren't."
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On Trying to Stay Cool
"I'm not perfect, but if I'm frustrated or distracted, I'm good at making sure he's safe and walking away, calming down and then coming back to him," she explained to The Sunday Times. She said "telling that harsh voice to be quiet" is one hard about motherhood. "I fall short every day, but I'm not going to beat myself up about it, I'm going to learn from it."
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On Getting a New Schedule
"I'm sorry. I am a new mother and I didn't time the feeding schedule—well, like I have any control over it," Hathaway said on Good Morning America with a laugh as she does press for the Alice Through the Looking Glass. "My kid was hungry, I had to feed him, I missed the first 20 minutes so I can't tell you about the beginning of the movie."
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''Mommy Guilt'' Is a Myth
"When [my son] Johnny was a week old and I was holding him and I was in the ninth level of ecstasy, I just all of a sudden thought, 'Mommy guilt is invented nonsense,'" she told Elle magazine.
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