Actress Anne Hathaway has been praised as one of Hollywood's most beautiful people and talented stars but she says her top accolade came from the White House over the summer.

At a fundraiser in August, President Barack Obama lauded Hathaway's performance in The Dark Knight Rises as "the best thing" in the movie, reported Politico.

"It's the most powerful review I've ever got. President Obama knows my name," she said.

The Les Miserables star is a vocal Obama supporter and wrote an op-ed endorsing his re-election last month.