Ever since she was skyrocketed into the spotlight as a teenager thanks to her role in The Princess Diaries, the world has known her as Anne Hathaway.

Fans and media alike have called her Anne for more than two decades, but it turns out, she would prefer that you call her something else.

During an appearance on Jimmy Fallon‘s The Tonight Show in 2021 – which recently resurfaced – the actress, 42, admitted that she wants to go by ‘Annie’ rather than ‘Anne.’

‘Call me Annie, everybody. Everybody, call me Annie, please!’ she begged during the virtual interview.

‘Can we talk about my name for a second?’ she asked the host after he introduced her as Anne.

The Academy Award winner explained that the issue with her name stemmed from when she joined the Screen Actors Guild as a teenager.

‘When I was 14 years old, I did a commercial, and I had to get my SAG card and they asked me, “What do you want your name to be?”‘ she recalled.

‘And I was like, “Well, it should be my name. My name’s Anne Hathaway.”

Ever since she was skyrocketed into the spotlight as a teenager thanks to her role in The Princess Diaries, the world has known her as Anne Hathaway

But during an appearance on The Tonight Show in 2021 – which recently resurfaced – the actress, 42, admitted that she wants people to call her ‘Annie’ rather than ‘Anne’

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‘So that seemed like the right choice, but it never occurred to me that for the rest of my life, people [would] call me Anne.’

She added that this upset her because the name ‘Anne’ actually reminded her of her when she would get in trouble as a child.

‘The only person who calls me Anne is my mother and she only does it when she’s really mad at me, like really mad,’ continued the star.

‘So, every time I step out in public and someone calls my name, I think they’re going to yell at me.’

The actress joked: ‘People are like, “Anne!” And I’m like, “What? What did I do?”‘

Hathaway shared that even on movie sets, her co-stars and the crew aren’t sure what to call her so they have started to use nicknames.

‘On sets, nobody is comfortable calling me Anne ever. It doesn’t fit. I’m an Annie,’ she detailed.

‘And so people call me, like, “Miss H.” People call me “Hath.” So feel free, call me anything but Anne.’

‘Call me Annie, everybody. Everybody, call me Annie, please!’ she begged during the virtual interview

Getting the memo, Fallon referred to the Princess Diaries actress as Annie for the remainder of the virtual interview

Getting the memo, Fallon then referred to the Princess Diaries actress as Annie for the remainder of their chat.

Hathaway and Fallon went on to talk about her home life as she is the mother of her two sons – now eight-year-old Jonathan and a four-year-old Jack – whom she shares with her husband of 12 years, Adam Shulman.

The resurfaced admission about her name comes weeks after Hathaway sparked plastic surgery speculation.

While attending the 2025 Met Gala in May, the star she displayed her smooth skin and youthful complexion.

People took note of her ageless appearance in the comment section of an interview that Hathaway did with Vogue on the carpet – and many wondered if she had work done to her face.

‘Whoa she really got some obvious work done on her upper face. Maybe brow lift. She’s trying to distract/cover up with pulled back hair,’ one user posted.

Another agreed: ‘Jaw, ponytail lift, and brow lift it seems!’