Anne Hathaway appears on the 2026 Met Gala red carpet
Anne Hathaway walks the red carpet at the 2026 Met Gala.
Anne Hathaway revealed that at one point in her career, she was “basically legally blind” in her left eye.
The 43-year-old “The Devil Wears Prada 2” star spoke about her medical issues on the April 22 episode of The New York Times’ “Popcast.”
Hathaway suffers from early-onset cataracts, a clouding of the lens of the eye, the Mayo Clinic said. Cloudy vision caused by cataracts initially affects only a small portion of the eye’s lens, which can result in slight vision loss.
However, as the cataract progresses and the lens becomes cloudy, it can affect your daily life.
“Eventually I had surgery, but I didn’t realize how bad it had gotten until I could finally see the whole area,” Hathaway said. “I’ve calmed down since then. I didn’t know it was actually taxing my nervous system.”
Hathaway was filming Christopher Nolan’s Oscar-winning science fiction film Interstellar when her vision problems began in 2013. Her eyesight had been impaired for 10 years, from age 30 to 40, before treatment. Around the same time, she also appeared in The Intern, Colossal, Ocean’s 8, Dark Waters, and Armageddon Time.
Legal blindness is defined by the Social Security Administration as meeting any of the following criteria: Even with corrective glasses or contacts, the patient’s “better eye” has visual acuity of 20/200 or less, or a field of vision of 20 degrees or less.
Hathaway went on to talk about what life has been like since receiving treatment for cataracts.
“I’m grateful for (my) vision because it feels like a miracle to literally wake up every day and see myself,” she said.
