Anne Hathaway Says She Had a ‘Very Low’ Expectation Before Getting Pregnant at 43

The actress announced her pregnancy in an Instagram video on June 19

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• Anne Hathaway recently opened up about her third pregnancy and shared her gratitude for the unexpected blessing
• “We just decided to see where life took us, with a very, very healthy, realistic expectation, which was very low,” Hathaway told Access Hollywood
• She and husband, Adam Shulman, whom she married in 2012, are already parents to sons Jonathan, 10, and Jack, 6

Anne Hathaway is grateful to be expecting her third baby with husband Adam Shulman.

After recently calling her baby on the way a “buzzer-beater” during an appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Hathaway, 43, gave insight into the deeper meaning behind the nickname.

“There’s always hope until there’s not, but when you get to a certain age, that hope looks like 1% to 2%,” she told Access Hollywood at the New York City premiere of The Odyssey on July 14.

“So we just decided to see where life took us, with a very, very healthy, realistic expectation, which was very low,” said Hathaway. “We’re overjoyed because we just know from personal experience that not everybody gets this, and certainly not when you want it—sometimes not ever.”

Hathaway said it’s a “blessing” she and Shulman “do not take for granted.”

She and Shulman, 45, who have been married since 2012, are already parents to sons Jonathan, 10, and Jack, 6.

The Devil Wears Prada 2 actress announced her pregnancy in a video on her Instagram on June 19.

The clip showed Hathaway wearing a flowy white dress as the song “Baby I’m Yours” by Barbara Lewis plays, and she revealed her growing baby bump.

Days after the announcement, a source told PEOPLE that Hathaway is “focused on family” as she gears up to become a mom of three.

“She’s grateful for where she is in her career and for the opportunity to be part of a film that means so much to so many people,” said the source. “Complaining just isn’t Anne. She approaches things with gratitude and professionalism, and that’s exactly how she handled the press tour.”

While the sex of Hathaway’s third baby has not been made public, she opened up about her favorite parts of being a “boy mom” for her PEOPLE cover story for World’s Most Beautiful 2026.

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“I’m a tomboy! I love that being a boy mom has really informed my fashion,” said Hathaway. “I have to always be able to go from a serious business meeting to, like, a basketball court. You have to be able to play pickup basketball at any point, in any outfit.”

“So [I tell myself]: When you get dressed in the morning, dress wisely because you 100 percent are going to have a projectile thrown at you probably by the end of breakfast,” she continued.

The Odyssey is in theaters July 17.

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