Anne Hathaway leaves NYC Benefit alongside husband Adam Shulman

Anne Hathaway looked as chic as ever as she departed the Museum of Modern Art’s 2021 Film Benefit in New York City on Tuesday, alongside husband Adam Shulman.

The actress, 39, looked stunning in a long, sleeveless black and white dress that cinched at the waist to highlight her trim figure, paired with a black coat.

The star carried a goody bag from Chanel and wore a black face mask as she left the event honouring Penelope Cruz.

Her husband Adam, 40, looked dapper in a navy suit and grey silk tie as he followed behind his wife.

The MoMA Film Benefit is in its 14th year, and is an event to raise money for ‘the acquisition and preservation of key film works.’

It also provides financial support for the museum’s film exhibitions.

This year’s fundraiser honed in on Penelope’s remarkable career as an actress, with proceeds going to MoMA’s Black Family Film Center.

The renowned establishment implemented strict Covid-19 guidelines requiring guests to be fully vaccinated, as well as present a negative PCR test within 48-hours of the gathering.

The star-studded event, which was presented in part with Chanel, was also attended by Kristen Wiig, Ricky Martin, and singer Rosalía.

This comes as Anne joined stars defending Succession star Jeremy Strong, after a profile on the actor in The New Yorker went viral earlier this month.

In the original article, the 42-year-old actor’s very extreme approach to acting is revealed, including how he has injured himself doing stunts that were not required in the script.

Since then, actress Jessica Chastain and Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin have leaped to his defense, and Hathaway joined in them in a lengthy Instagram post on Saturday morning.

‘As the week ends, I would like to send some love to Jeremy Strong who I’m lucky enough to have worked with twice and who I am proud to consider a friend,’ she wrote, alongside a picture of Strong clutching an Emmy Award.

‘I deeply value his qualities of thoughtfulness, sincerity, authenticity, sweetness, depth, kindness, generosity, as well as his powerful intelligence and extraordinary sensitivity,’ she added.

Without name-checking the article per se, it seemed Anne was reference the saga as she continued: ‘He is an incredibly talented and inventive artist who is fully engaged and committed on set, as well as a passionate, open person in life. I find all of these things inspiring. (oh, and he’s fun.)’

Hathaway’s post follows a day after Sorkin blasted the profile’s author, Michael Schulman, saying he had created a ‘distorted picture of Jeremy that asks us to roll our eyes at his acting process.’

Sorkin pointed out that the writer had asked him to make several comments about the actor, of which only one was used in the piece itself.

He also noted that Strong was ‘not a nut…he builds himself an on-ramp so that he’s already started to give the performance by the time the director calls “action.”‘

The writer did recall, however, that the performer asked to experience the effects of tear gas during the filming of The Trial Of The Chicago 7, which he had to shoot down.

‘Jeremy would never suggest endangering a member of the cast or crew or anyone else. It was something he mentioned in passing and I was telling the story affectionately and as a way of demonstrating his commitment,’ he wrote.

He concluded his message by writing that ‘Jeremy Strong is a great actor and a great company member. There isn’t a writer, director or producer on Earth who wouldn’t grab at the chance to cast him.’