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After a rocky year – marked by her breakup with ex-boyfriend Raffaello Follieri and his subsequent guilty plea on money laundering and fraud charges – Hathaway says the recognition is not just validation of her acting ability, it's helped her take stock of what's important in her life.
"This is the year that I realized how profoundly I am loved and supported," Hathaway, 26, tells PEOPLE. "And [I] realized that in order for a human being to be a successful human being, they must have deep profound wonderful committed relationships in their lives with their friends, with their family, with a lot of different people."
In fact, the actress's mother called to deliver the news about her Golden Globe nod – but didn't reach her in time.
"I was asleep and my mother actually called at the same moment as my publicist, and I answered my house phone because I don't get great cell reception at my house, and so he told me," she says.
"I got off the phone with him and called my parents. They were hopping around so happy, just so effusive and lovely. And I felt so bad, they were giving such great advice for how to handle it and I was half-asleep."
Slumber Party Night Before
Hathaway – who plays a drug addict who leaves rehab for the weekend to attend her sister's wedding in Rachel Getting Married – had a slumber party with her best friend on Wednesday night in case "I needed someone to celebrate with or kind of cry with in the morning."So, what was on the victory breakfast menu Thursday? "We made eggs and just kind of danced around in my kitchen," she says. "It was kind of perfect, simple and very sweet."
And the actress – who on Saturday has plans to celebrate her 26th birthday belatedly (her actual birthday was Nov. 12) – is basking in the accolade.
"I've been a part of films that have been nominated before but this is the first time I've been singled out," she says. "It's pretty wonderful! I'm kind of tongue-tied about the whole thing but it's a good Thursday!"
Hathaway also revealed who'll be on her arm the night of the Golden Globes. "I already asked my mom if she can come with me. So Mommy is going to be my date."
The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards will be broadcast Jan. 11 from The Beverly Hilton at 8 p.m. on NBC.
• Reporting by BRENDA RODRIGUEZ
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