Anne Jacqueline Hathaway was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on November 12, 1982. Her father, Gerald, is a labor attorney, and her mother, Kate (née McCauley), is a former actress. Hathaway's maternal grandfather was WIP-AM Philadelphia radio personality Joe McCauley.[3] Kate is of Irish descent, and Gerald is of Irish, French, English and German ancestry. Hathaway's surname originates in England. [4] Hathaway, named after Shakespeare's wife,[5] was six years old when her family moved to Millburn, New Jersey, where she grew up.[6] She is the second of three children, with two brothers, one older, Michael, and one younger, Thomas