Fringe benefits! Anne Hathaway shows off healthier figure in a classy black dress after admitting Les Miserables diet was 'not fun

She recently revealed she shed 11kg (24lbs) in a month to play prostitute Fantine in the film version of Les Miserables.
But Anne Hathaway is showing off a decidedly healthier looking figure these days, and showed it off to full effect today as she stepped out looking elegant in New York City.
The 29-year-old star sported a chic black fringed dress and matching heels for an appearance on The Late Show With David Letterman.

Back to black: Elfin Anne Hathaway looked chic and elegant in a black fringed dress and matching heels as she arrives at The Late Show With David Letterman earlier today

Sporting matching black high heels, Anne happily met waiting fans, signing autographs in the sunshine.
The actress is busy promoting her new movie The Dark Knight Rises in which she plays Catwoman in the last instalment of the Christopher Nolan directed trilogy which stars Christian Bale as the caped crusader
Following her stint in the skin tight catsuit, the actress went on to drastically lose weight to play tragic Fantine in the upcoming movie musical which co-stars Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman.

In good spirits: Anne Hathaway looked happy and healthy after her recent drastic diet to star in Les Miserables

Meet and greet: The actress happily met fans and signed autographs outside the Times Square studios

However, she has said such stringent dieting 'wasn't fun.'

She told Contact Music : 'I lost the first 4.5kg in three weeks through a detox and then I lost the subsequent 7kg in 14 days by doing food deprivation and exercise, which I don't recommend.
'I know when I was a teenage girl ... I would try crazy things and I do not recommend anyone do this at all.'

Promotional duties: Anne is busy plugging the new Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises, in which she stars as Catwoman

Holy catsuit: Anne had to squeeze into a clinging leather all-in-one suit for her role in The Dark Knight Rises

'I was under the supervision of a nutritionist and I had a doctor monitoring me, but it's not fun. You can be too thin.'
The star has revealed she had to hit the gym to tone up and get fit for the dual role of Selena Kyle and Catwoman for the film and says it took 'three people to get me into' the tight fitting black suit
However, she refuses to complain about any discomfort she may have felt, saying: 'This is not the sort of job where you nitpick or find things to complain about,' she told MTV. 'I was as happy as I've been on anything on this one, it was "Count your lucky stars every single day."'