Anne Hathaway is a vision in black as she turns heads in daring ‘naked’ dress

Anne Hathaway looked ethereal as she stepped out at a special screening of her musical drama, Mother Mary, in London on Thursday night, dressed in a black naked-style illusion gown that showcased her svelte figure.

The 43-year-old’s gothic-inspired dress featured a sheer bodice with web-like material and fringe detailing for a sculptural effect. The voluminous sleeves billowed by her side, and the delicately pleated skirt brushed the floor. 

Anne opted for minimal jewelry on the night, a swipe of blood-red nail polish and a half-up, half-down hairstyle. The Oscar winner has already earned rave reviews for her role in Mother Mary, which follows Anne as a pop star on the eve of her comeback as she reunites with her estranged best friend. 

The film also stars Michaela Coel, Hunter Schafer, Kaia Gerber and Sian Clifford, and features original songs written by FKA Twigs, Jack Antonoff and Charli xcx. Anne got candid about the grueling process of preparing for the role, which saw her transform into a Lady Gaga-esque pop star. 

“To my horror and dismay, I realized I had no idea how to sing into a microphone because all of my training was onstage, where there’s so much projection involved,” she told The New York Times. “Pop music is the opposite. It’s effortless power, which is not really my thing. I’m, like, all about effort. I was like, wow, I am so not a pop star.”

She added that being a pop star was the antithesis of her life as an actress. “What I love to do is share what I’ve gone through, the secret parts of my soul, through a filter, through an avatar that I can privately, secretly relate to.”

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“But I don’t have to ever talk about that, and I don’t ever have to reveal that. With a pop star, the image that you’re putting out is based on yourself. And so you are your own avatar,” Anne explained. 

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The star went on to do more than two years of research and preparation for the role before stepping into the shoes of Mother Mary. “I had an instinct about the character that I had from the first read – the brokenness of her, everything related to the dialogue and acting,” she told the publication. 

“Everything else was so much research. All of the performance stuff wound up a yearslong process to learn how to be a pop star.”

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Anne is having a blockbuster year, what with the release of The Devil Wears Prada 2, Mother Mary, Verity, The Odyssey and The End of Oak Street all in 2026. She appears to be everywhere all at once, a feat which she called “unsustainable”.

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“That kind of a pace is unsustainable, particularly now. I have young children,” the mother of two said, adding that the last several years of filming felt like “an anomaly”.  

“I can’t see anybody asking me to maintain that pace when my kids are out of my house, which will be like late 50s, early 60s. So I see this as kind of a one-off, and I’m just enjoying it because it’s never gonna happen again.” Anne shares her two sons, Jonathan, 10, and Jack, six, with her husband of 13 years, Adam Shulman.