While many may have been surprised to see Hollywood starlet Anne Hathaway accompany Hugh Jackman in a song and dance opening number at the 2009 Academy Awards, those who knew the New Jersey native a decade prior were wise to her vocal talents. As a soprano in the All-Eastern U.S. High School Honors Chorus, the star of
The Devil Wears Prada made it to the coveted stage at Carnegie Hall in 1999. Three days after her New York debut, 16-year-old Hathaway scored her first major role in the short-lived TV series,
Get Real. But what probably better prepared Hathaway for a potential singing career were her many musical performances at Millburn High School, including a highly acclaimed role as Winifred in
Once Upon a Mattress that garnered the Oscar nominee a Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award nomination for Best Performance by a High School Actress.