Anne Hathaway reveals secret health struggle she endured for a decade in candid confession

Anne Hathaway got candid about the decade-long health battle she endured in her 30s, and how the illness had a severe impact on her daily life until she underwent surgery to correct the issue.

The 43-year-old shared on Popcast that for several years, she lived with a cataract in her left eye, which in turn affected her mental health. "This is maybe too much information," she began on the podcast. "I was half blind for 10 years."

"It impacted my vision so much that I was basically legally blind out of my left eye, and I wound up getting surgery," she continued. "And I didn't realize how bad it had gotten until I could finally see the full spectrum."

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While cataracts typically affect people of older ages, those with early-onset cataracts can have them corrected with surgery. The condition is caused by the clouding of the lens of the eye, and can make it difficult to read, drive or see close objects. 

"I've calmed down since then," Anne added. "I didn't realize it was actually taxing my nervous system."

"I appreciate 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," The Devil Wears Prada star said. "I actually am like, 'Oh, two generations back, that wouldn't have been an option for someone like me.' So, I actually do feel very connected to that kind of a miracle."

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The ultra-private actress recently hit back against the rumors that she had undergone a facelift, and shared a quick and easy hairpin trick to achieve a similar result without the invasive surgery.

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"We're at a time when people feel very confident in assuming what they think is fact, and sometimes what they think is accurate and sometimes it's not," she told Elle. 

"The speculation has gotten so loud that you do feel the need to just get your truth out there," she continued. "And I'll probably always wonder, 'Should I have posted that [hair tutorial] or not? Should I have just kept going and done the thing that makes me happy and makes me feel more confident on the red carpet?' But I felt like the conversation was becoming distracting."

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The mother of two added: "Also, by the way, these are huge medical decisions that people are presuming. I wanted to show that, like, no, I didn't make a huge medical decision. It's just two braids."

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Anne clarified that she still may get a facelift in the future, but that it would be her private choice. The brunette beauty is currently on a generational run, with five films of hers out in 2026 alone.

These include The Devil Wears Prada 2, Mother Mary, the highly anticipated flick The Odyssey, The End of Oak Street and Verity. When not on set, Anne is a proud mother to sons Jonathan, 10, and Jack, six, and shares the boys with her husband, Adam Shulman.