The Princess Diaries
The Princess Diaries is a 2001 American coming-of-age teen comedy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and directed by Garry Marshall. Based on Meg Cabot's 2000 young adult novel of the same name, the film was written by Gina Wendkos and stars Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews, with a supporting cast consisting of Héctor Elizondo, Heather Matarazzo, Mandy Moore, Caroline Goodall and Robert Schwartzman. The film follows Mia Thermopolis (Hathaway), a shy American teenager who learns she is heir to the throne of a European kingdom. Under the tutelage of her estranged grandmother (Andrews), the kingdom's reigning queen, Mia must decide whether to claim the throne she has inherited or renounce her title permanently.
Plot
Shy high school student Mia Thermopolis resides with her mother Helen in a refurbished firehouse in San Francisco. Unpopular among her peers, Mia suffers from a fear of public speaking while harboring a crush on Josh Bryant, and is often teased by his popular girlfriend Lana Thomas. Mia's only friends are social outcast Lilly Moscovitz (who has known her since childhood) and Lilly's older brother, Michael, who secretly harbors feelings for her.
Cast
- Anne Hathaway
- Barry Ratcliffe
- Bonnie Aarons
- Brian Phelps
- Caroline Goodall
- Erik von Detten
- Ethan Sandler
- Heather Matarazzo
- Héctor Elizondo
- Joel McCrary
- John McGivern
- Julie Andrews
- Kathy Garver
- Larry Miller
- Lauren Maltby
- Mandy Moore
- Mark Thompson
- Ned Brower
- Nicholle Tom
- Patrick Flueger
- René Auberjonois
- Robert Coppola Schwartzman
- Robert Glaudini
- Sam Denoff
- Sandra Oh
- Sandra Taylor
- Sean O'Bryan
- Stanley Frazen
- Taylor Locke
- Todd Lowe
- Tracy Reiner