Anne Hathaway says she was 'legally blind' for a decade
Anne Hathaway says she was 'legally blind' for a decade
Swasti Singhai, USA TODAYTue, May 26, 2026 at 8:40 PM UTC
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Anne Hathaway revealed that she was "basically legally blind" in her left eye for a period of her career.
The "Devil Wears Prada 2" star, 43, shared her medical issue on an episode of the New York Times' "Popcast" that released April 22.
Hathaway explained she had an early onset cataract, or a clouding of the lens of an eye, according to the Mayo Clinic. The clouded vision caused by a cataract may first only affect a small part of the eye's lens, resulting in a slight vision loss.
However, as a cataract progresses and more of the lens clouds over, everyday activities can be impacted.
"I wound up getting surgery, and I didn't realize how bad it had gotten until I could finally see the full spectrum," Hathaway said. "And I've calmed down since then. I didn't realize it was actually taxing my nervous system."
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When her vision issues began in 2013, Hathaway was filming Christopher Nolan's Oscar-winning sci-fi "Interstellar." Her vision was impaired for a decade, from ages 30 to 40, before she treated the condition. She also acted in "The Intern," "Colossal," "Ocean's 8," "Dark Waters" and "Armageddon Time" during that time period.
Legal blindness is defined by the Social Security Administration as meeting one of the following criteria: even with corrective glasses or contacts, a patient has 20/200 eyesight or worse in their "better eye," or they have a field of view that's no more than 20 degrees wide.
Hathaway went on to share how life has been since she underwent treatment for the cataract.
"I appreciate [my] vision because I literally feel like every day, I wake up and I get to see the way that I do, it's a miracle," she said.
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