A Million Girls Would Kill for Anne Hathaway & Adam Shulman's Romance

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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 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—Hathaway already having released Mother Mary and The Devil Wears Prada 2. Following The End of Oak Street's release Aug. 14, she'll turn her attention to October's Verity. 

Add that to Shulman’s own career in jewelry and producing, plus parenting 10-year-old Jonathan and 6-year-old Jack while preparating 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, who recently showed off her baby bump (which, yes, is real, trolls) at The End of Oak Street premiere, 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 Princess Diaries alum's pals 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—Hathaway 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, see the looks Hathaway has rocked throughout her pregnancy.

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Mum's the Word

Days before Anne Hathaway announced her third pregnancy with husband Adam Shulman, she kept the situation under wraps while out in New York City June 1, 2026, with loose-fitting separates and a well-placed bag. 

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Red Hot

Stepping out 11 days after her June 19, 2026, pregnancy reveal, Hathaway painted the town, well, you know, in an Ashlyn New York top, La Ligne pants, VIVAIA shoes and Krewe sunnies. 

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Backwards and Forwards

No mistakes, only happy accidents. The actress became a trendsetter by inadvertently flipping her Ashlyn New York jumpsuit during an NYC outing on June 30, 2026. 

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Sunny Disposition

The actress (in NYC July 1, 2026) brightened up the start of her press tour for The Odyssey with a Lela Rose dress and Bulgari jewels. 

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These Boots Were Made for Posing

Was she wearing the Gianvito Rossi boots with her Blumarine dress at The Odyssey photocall in London July 5, 2026? Yeah, she was. 

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Not Just Blue, Not Turquoise, Not Lapis

For The Odyssey's London premiere July 6, 2026, Hathaway answered Dior's siren call in a custom periwinkle dress. 

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Meet Her at Midnight

Yes, sometimes Hathaway wears Prada, the actress going custom for The Odyssey's Parisian photo call July 7, 2026. 

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It's for Paris

Hathaway was trés chic in custom Louis Vuitton for The Odyssey's Paris premiere July 8, 2026. 

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Finding Her Flow

Sure, she and Shulman knew what they were doing trying for a third baby, Hathaway (in custom Gap by Zac Posen) admitted during a July 13, 2026, appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers, but, "We were so shocked it went this way, so we’re calling this one our buzzer-beater."

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Best Believe She's Bejeweled

Finishing up the grueling, uh, journey that was her Odyssey press tour, Hathaway selected custom Prada and Bulgari jewelry for the July 14 premiere in NYC. 

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A Clean Slate

Hathaway was all white, all white, all white while out in New York City on July 16, 2026. 

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You Don't Understand. This Is an Alaïa

To appear on Today July 16, 2026, Hathaway slipped into an Alaïa dress and strappy Gianvito Rossi heels. 

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A Sneak Peek

Though Hathaway's all white everything look for a July 16, 2026, appearance on SiriusXM's Andy Cohen Live wasn't exactly kid-friendly, for her every day style, she told People, "I have to always be able to go from a serious business meeting to, like, a basketball court."

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Bumpin' Along

"Fake hair, real bump," Hathaway captioned a peek at her Atelier Prabal Gurung look for The End of Oak Street's Aug. 9, 2026, block party in L.A. 

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