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Less than a month after the widely reported legal troubles that entangled her former boyfriend, Anne Hathaway put on a brave face as she and Steve Carell blithely opened their summer comedy, Get Smart.

But underneath the smiles, W magazine reports in its October cover story, the 25-year-old actress looked weary. "Right now I don't have the wherewithal to be anything except professional," she said at the time.

On Wednesday in a Manhattan federal court, the ex-boyfriend, Raffaello Follieri, 30, pleaded guilty to all 14 criminal counts against him, including wire fraud and money laundering. As for Ms. Hathaway, speaking last summer she professed to having been as prepared as someone could be in such a situation.

"At different stages of my life, I've felt I've been two ages simultaneously," she said. "I'd be a professional working adult and also a typical 13-year-old. Right now I have the distinct feeling that I'm two ages again, and the older part of me that I relied on many times in the past in difficult moments, that's the part that got me here today. That's the part that says, 'You do your job; you keep your head up.' "

At times wiping away tears, Ms. Hathaway reflected on how her friends, including Mr. Carell, helped her weather her personal storm. "I've been shown such kindness. Not everyone gets that. A lot of people go through tough times alone."

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