The “Idea of You” star lost a pregnancy during a six-week production of “Grounded.”

“The first time [being pregnant] didn’t work out for me,” she said.

“I was doing a play and I had to give birth onstage every night.”

Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway.Cindy Ord/Getty

She recalled toVanity Fairthat she told her friends about the miscarriage when they visited her backstage at the theater.

“I had to keep it real otherwise.”

“Sending you extra love.”

Anne Hathaway in ‘Grounded’

Anne Hathaway in ‘Grounded’.Joan Marcus

TheInterstellaractress wanted the post to reflect the emotional complexity of her experience.

Hathaway also said she was stunned to discover how common miscarriages are.

“I thought, Where is this information?

Why are we feeling so unnecessarily isolated?”

“That’s where we take on damage.

So I decided that I was going to talk about it.

Joan Marcus

Hathaway now has two sons with her husband, Adam Shulman.

I see you and I’ve been you,'” she said.

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