In 2020 Hathaway starred in both The Last Thing He Wanted, a crime drama based on a novel by Joan Didion, and the family comedy The Witches, an adaptation of aRoald Dahl children’s book. The following year Hathaway was cast in the heist film Locked Down and appeared in the sci-fi anthology TV series Solos.
She later starred with Jared Leto in WeCrashed (2022), a TV miniseries about the rise and fall of WeWork, a company that promoted shared office space. Her other credits from 2022 include the family drama Armageddon Time, which centres on a six grader’s coming-of-age and addresses issues of privilege and racism.
In addition to her acting, Hathaway became known for her singing talent. In 1999 she performed at New York’s Carnegie Hall as part of an honours chorus. She made her New York stage debut in the musical Carnival in 2002. Hathaway’s nonsinging stage roles included Viola in a New York Shakespeare in the Park production of Twelfth Night in 2009 and a fighter pilot in director Julie Taymor’s 2015 production of Grounded at the Public Theater. In 2011 Hathaway and actor James Franco cohosted the Academy Awards ceremony.