The $4.5MILLION walk-in closet! Anne Hathaway puts Brooklyn waterfront home up for sale after only ever using it to store clothes over fears it made her easily visible

PUBLISHED: 16:02 EST, 7 September 2013 | UPDATED: 09:31 EST, 8 September 2013

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She only bought it in January, but Oscar-winning actress Anne Hathaway is already selling her waterfront apartment with views of Brooklyn bridge.

The actress, who won Best Supporting Actress for her role in Les Miserables, has never lived in the ninth-floor $4.1 million apartment because she feared is made her too visible.

According to sources, the Brooklyn-born star of films including The Devil Wears Prada and Princess Diaries, has used the three-bedroom home as a walk-in closet.

City views: Anne Hathaway's apartment looks over New York City but the actress felt it made her too visible

Price of fame: Sources say the Oscar-winning actress feels she is too easily recognized in New York

She lives with husband Adam Shulman in another apartment in the Clocktower building, in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighborhood, possibly the same one the couple rented last year.

According to Curbed, Hathaway had said 'she doesn't want to be recognized and believes she has too high a profile to be able to live in [New York]'.

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For those who don't suffer from the problem of being recognized too easily, her 2,592 sq ft apartment is being offered for $4.5 million.

Each of the three bedrooms has a marble en suite bathroom, and the apartment has 16 over-sized windows with views of the Manhattan skyline, Statue of Liberty and Brooklyn Bridge.

Set in a cobbled street in Brooklyn, the apartment also has a roof deck, gym and 24-hour attended lobby, according to realtors Warburg.

Time for a change: The ninth-floor apartment is in Dumbo's Clocktower building

Empty: The three-bedroom apartment has never been lived in since Hathaway bought it in January

Storage: The 2,592 sq ft apartment is said to have been used as a large closet by the actress

Spacious: The three-bedroom apartment has a home office and roof deck

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For an actress as plastic as Anne Hathaway, she sure thinks very highly of herself.

- C91R , Manchester, 08/9/2013 23:16

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Oh, Annie, Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep and Hugh Jackman live in NYC, as do many other actors who are more talented than you'll ever be. Get over yourself, weird-looking girl.

- NY , NY, 08/9/2013 23:03

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Eh???!! She purchased the 'apartment' for $4.1m (about £2.6m) in January, and decides to sell up some eight months later?!? She clearly hasnt lived in London. Then there's the space - three bedrooms? What for, when there's only herself and her husband. And she says she's selling up because she fears the 'apartment' makes her too visible to the public - she didn't consider that prior to purchasing it? And she hasn't even lived in it since the purchase?! She's an estate agent's dream. What a waste of spending. And she wants $400,000 on top of what she paid, good luck. She wants to shift it, she may well have to reduce the price by a million or two. And 'too high a profile'?? No. Not from my angle. Amongst the New Yorkers, several of them could pass for Anne Hathaway, she should be concerned about NOT being recognised out there.

- JosephFelts , London, 08/9/2013 20:19

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According to Curbed, Hathaway had said 'she doesn't want to be recognized and believes she has too high a profile to be able to live in [New York]'.. . . . .Don't make me laugh!

- Neo2627 , Inglewood, 08/9/2013 18:52

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Anne, no worries - no one is looking for you. :-(

- Diane , Chicago, 08/9/2013 18:30

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Well, curtains and don't put your name on the mail box for starters. Then, try not to have the stretch limo pull up to the front entrance every time you go to the market. Brooklyn has lots of celeb living there who don't manage to be paparazzi stalked, but they don't court the limelight. Ms. Hathaway has never tried not to be in the spotlight. Oh, and underwear might also help keep all eyes off you, too.

- azindn , Arizona, United States, 08/9/2013 18:12

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Rent it out or put some curtains up?

- Ella , Essex, 08/9/2013 17:50

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How many WCs ?? - noiram, sherwood Nottingham, 8/9/2013 9:47 ***************** It's not WC's, it's WIC's - Walk In Closets.

- Liane , East Grinstead, 08/9/2013 17:15

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So some website on the internet says "according to sources", a statement that no one actually heard but it's reported as something she really said? Just wow. People buy and sell NYC properties all the time, and btw - they always ask far more than they eventually get because it's all about negotiation. You price it high so you have room to come down. It's always reported how some "take a loss" when in all actuality, they made money because they paid far less for it in the first place.

- annie w , Los Angeles CA, 08/9/2013 16:24

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Horrible floorplan, with many poorly incorporated weight-bearing columns and much wasted space. Good luck selling this oversized closet as a living space.

- Fuchsia , DC, United States, 08/9/2013 16:03

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