Anne Hathaway’s weight loss journey: anti-inflammatory diet, intense exercise key to actress’ transformation for Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises

Anne Hathaway’s weight has fluctuated throughout her career. The Devil Wears Prada and The Princess Diaries actress shed the pounds in a number of ways

She did an intense exercise regimen to prepare for the role of Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises – and lost 25 pounds by dieting and detox for Les Misérables

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Anne Hathaway at a Valentino fashion show in Rome, Italy, in 2022. The actresshas talked about how she lost weight for her various movie roles. Photo: Getty Images

Published: 6:15pm, 8 Mar 2024Updated: 8:17am, 19 Mar 2024

Anne Hathaway is no stranger to extreme physical transformations. In 2012, The Princess Diaries actress famously lost weight to play Fantine in Les Misérables and Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises.

But, just as the A-lister’s weight has fluctuated throughout her career, so have her methods for controlling it. Here is how Hathaway shed the pounds to get into character over the years and maintains her figure.

Gym workouts

In a 2011 interview with fashion magazine Harper’s Bazaar, the actress said it took an intense exercise regimen, stunt training, plus an hour and a half of dance five days a week to prepare for the role of Catwoman in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises. “I’ve always thought that skinny was the goal, but with this job, I also have to be strong,” she said.

Hathaway as Catwoman in a still from The Dark Knight Rises. Photo: Warner Bros

The actress maintained her fitness routine after becoming a mother, although it was not as rigorous as in her Catwoman training days. Within eight weeks of giving birth to her son Jonathan in 2016, Hathaway had managed to hit the gym three times.

“Yeah, I work out with five-pound [2.3kg] weights, but I pushed a baby out of my body,” she said on talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “I feel good right now.”

Anti-inflammatory, high-protein diet

Hathaway’s personal nutrition coach Jackie Keller once told US fitness magazine Shape that the actress followed an almost vegan, anti-inflammatory diet to get ready for her Catwoman scenes.