Anne Hathaway has revealed that she and husband Adam Shulman are expecting their third child together. Image credit: (Anne Hathaway Instagram)
When Anne Hathaway announced on Instagram that she and her husband were expecting their third child, social media exploded with joy for the couple. However, while millions of people know Anne’s films inside and out — from “The Princess Diaries” to “The Devil Wears Prada” to “Les Misérables,” few can tell you much about the man standing next to her.According to Cosmopolitan, Adam Shulman (45) is not someone who attracts the spotlight. However, over the past decade and a half, he has quietly emerged as a multi-faceted creative force in his own right, balancing roles as an actor, film producer and jewelry designer while maintaining an impressive special relationship with one of the biggest names in entertainment.
Adam Shulman New York roots and early career path
Like Anne, Shulman’s roots run deep in New York City. After studying theater at Brown University and honing his craft at New York University’s Tisch School summer program, he began his career with small television roles and film work. But instead of chasing the traditional acting path that might have defined his career, Shulman chose a different path, one that would ultimately mesh beautifully with his eventual partnership with
Hathaway
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The love story of Anne Hathaway and Adam Shulman
Their love story is almost cinematic in its timing. In the summer of 2008, Anne was going through one of the most high-profile heartbreaks of her life after her then-boyfriend Raffaello Follieri was arrested for fraud. It was during this vulnerable period that she met Shulman through mutual friends at the Palm Springs Film Festival. Despite the chaos surrounding her, Anne felt something undeniably falling into place.Speaking to Harper’s Bazaar UK, Anne spoke of that moment: “I knew from the moment I met him that he was the love of my life. I also knew that I couldn’t have met him at a worse time.” However, she chose to take the leap, and what started as a chance meeting at a film festival would become the foundation of a lasting partnership.
Adam Shulman and Anne Hathaway collaborated as film producers
After marrying in 2012 in a dramatic setting in Big Sur, California, Shulman and Hathaway began collaborating professionally. In 2014, they together produced Song One, an independent drama in which Anne also starred. Rather than creating the tensions that often plague couples who work together, this experience deepened their mutual respect. Speaking to People magazine, Anne praised his instincts as a producer, revealing that she learned from him in the process – a testament to his ability to tell stories and his ability to balance creative vision and partnership.
Adam Shulman’s journey into jewelry design and the Lightkeeper necklace
Perhaps unexpectedly, Shulman found his true creative calling not on film sets, but in jewelry design. His path into this field began by chance when he became friends with the designer
Heidi Nasr Fink
On the set of “Alice in Wonderland.” Recognizing his visual sensibility and creative potential, Fink encouraged him to pursue jewelry design. In 2011, the two co-founded a jewelry company named after Shulman’s maternal grandfather, a jeweler.The company’s signature piece, the Lightkeeper Necklace, emerged from an intimate moment between Shulman and Hathaway. While filming in London and working in theater in New York, she confided that she missed having “the spotlight in her life.” In an interview with a jewelry magazine, Adam explained the inspiration: “When Annie was on a long shoot in London, and I was doing theater in New York, she said to me, ‘I don’t feel like I have the lights in my life,’ and so the company’s branding piece, called Lightkeeper, was created.”When she started wearing it in public, demand for the piece increased and the jewelry business officially took off. Shulman’s design talents extended to one of the most important pieces of jewelry in Hathaway’s life, her engagement ring. A stunning 6-carat emerald-cut diamond ring created in collaboration with a diamond jeweler, the ring reflects Shulman’s deep understanding of what his wife loves and values.
Adam Shulman and Anne Hathaway’s matching tattoos
What makes Shulman and Hathaway’s relationship great is their ability to maintain real intimacy in an industry obsessed with exposure. They have chosen to keep their romance largely private. The couple’s matching “M” tattoo, which Anne revealed during her appearance on “The Drew Barrymore Show,” symbolizes their philosophy. “The idea is that individually we are whole, but together we are even more so,” Anne explained. “I don’t expect him to complete you, and he doesn’t expect me to complete him. I am my own person. He is his own person, and we chose to be together because we believe we make each other better.”
Anne Hathaway’s emotional road to… Motherhood
Anne’s path to becoming a mother of three was neither straight nor easy. In 2015, while starring in the six-week Off-Broadway one-woman show “Grounded” — a role that required her to act out childbirth on stage every night — Anne quietly went through a miscarriage. She later spoke about how surreal and painful that experience was, telling Vanity Fair: “The first time it didn’t feel right for me. I was doing a play, and I had to give birth on stage every night… It was too much to hold in when I was on stage pretending everything was okay. I had to keep it real otherwise.”
When she announced her second pregnancy in July 2019, Anne chose honesty rather than a picture-perfect moment. Sharing a mirror selfie of her belly on Instagram, she captioned it: “It’s not for a movie…#2,” before adding a heartfelt note: “All kidding aside, for everyone out there struggling with infertility and pregnancy hell, please know it’s not been a straight line for any of my pregnancies. Sending you more love.” She later told Vanity Fair that posting something “so happy” would have felt disingenuous, given how precise and difficult the motherhood journey has been for her. Their second son, Jack, arrived later that year.Reflecting on why she chose to speak out so openly, Anne explained that she didn’t want anyone else experiencing fertility struggles to feel as isolated as she once did. “I wasn’t going to feel ashamed of something that statistically seemed completely normal to me,” she said, noting how surprised she was to learn how many of her friends were quietly going through the same thing.
Adam Shulman as a father, and the future of the family as they await baby no. 3
Since welcoming Jonathan in 2016 and Jack in 2019, Shulman has embraced fatherhood with the same calm thoughtfulness he brings to his other endeavors. The couple, who tied the knot in 2012, have spent years deliberately keeping their children out of the spotlight. Now, after two pregnancies with real heartbreak along the way, they’re preparing to welcome their third child Then they become a family of five.