Anne Hathaway Named Hasty Pudding Theatrical's 'Woman of the Year'

Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals has chosen stage and screen favorite Anne Hathaway as its Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year. The honor is bestowed upon the selected thespian each year in an over-the-top ceremony involving a well costumed parade through Cambridge and a roast in their honor.  This year's event will take place on January 28.

Hasty Pudding Theatricals is a theatrical student society at Harvard University, known for its burlesque musicals and for its status as the oldest collegiate theatrical organization in the United States. They present original student-written and -composed musicals with near-professional production values. The organization was formed in 1795 as an arts-minded fraternity.

Renee Zellweger, Halle Berry, Susan Sarandon, Ella Fitzgerald and Lauren Bacall are among past Hasty Pudding Women of the Year. English actress and comedian Gertrude Lawrence was the first to receive the recognition in 1951.

Hasty Pudding Club has not yet revealed their 2010 Man of the Year.  Last year's recipient was James Franco, who is in the company of Christopher Walken and Warren Beatty as past winners.

For tickets to the Woman of the Year Roast call the Hasty Pudding Box Office at 617.495.5205. For more information visit www.hastypudding.org.

Anne Hathaway has been nominated for an Oscar, a Golden Globe, an Independent Spirit Award, and a SAG Award for her performance in Jonathan Demme's film Rachel Getting Married. Her stage credits include Viola in The Public's production of Twelfth Night for Shakespeare in the Park, the lead role in the critically acclaimed 2002 City Center Encores production of Carnival! and Paper Mill Playhouse productions of Jane Eyre and Gigi. She is best-known for playing leading roles in the films Bride Wars, Brokeback Mountain (SAG Outstanding Ensemble nomination), The Devil Wears Prada, Get Smart, Ella Enchanted, Passengers, The Princess Diaries, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement and Becoming Jane. She will be seen soon as the White Queen in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.

She recently made an appearance in Springfield as Princess Penelope, a new sidekick to Krusty the Clown, on Fox's 'The Simpsons'. In the episode, titled 'Once Upon a Time in Springfield', Hathaway sings 'A Princess Knows,' 'Glitter and Sparkle' and 'Watered with Love'; she also sings a brief part of Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer's classic 'Moon River.'