Anne Hathaway was feeling nostalgic for a simpler time as she shared a throwback photo of herself on Thursday.

The actress, who was celebrating her 33rd birthday, tweeted a snap of herself on her fifth birthday.

Sitting at a table in her birthday finery, she stares transfixed at her homemade cake, scooping up a finger’s worth of the sweet icing to try.

‘Throwback to that time I turned five!’ Anne Hathaway celebrates her 33rd birthday with a picture of herself eating cake as a child

Her artwork is pinned up on the wall behind her, while she wears a new silver bracelet on her wrist.

‘Tbt to that time I turned 5,’ she wrote.

Anne was in a good mood as she celebrated her big day.

The Interstellar star wrote a message to her fans thanking them for their ‘outpouring of love and support’ over the last year since she joined Instagram.

‘I want to take a moment to thank you, my Instagram followers,’ she wrote.

Birthday girl: Anne, seen arriving at LAX on Friday, is now 33

‘You filled my 32nd year with so much light, joy, and positivity, and I wanted to let you know how much I appreciate it.’

And Anne shared one of her favourite quotes, from Leonard Cohen’s Anthem.

‘I’ll close with some of my favorite words from an extremely wise man, words I hope guide me through 33 and beyond,’ she wrote.

‘”Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”‘