Sharing a video of a flickering candle on Instagram, the Academy Award winner wrote: “Let's keep it positive, people. I am grateful to 2016 for the birth of my son and all that has meant, for the lesson(s) that there are no guarantees and we should celebrate and delight in each other now and not later, and that within the greatest crisis always lay the path to achieving the greatest wisdom.”

Hathaway went on to offer her own words of advice to all those who were emotionally affected by the events of last year (such as Trump’s rise to power, and Britain’s decision to Brexit).

“2016 was marked by many difficult moments and there were many corresponding reactions,” she wrote. “As we go into a new year full of new opportunities, please remember that anger is a depot and not the train, so don't let it be your whole journey.

“Let's all trust deeper and love freer and light the way the best we are able into 2017. Love, light, peace.”

Anne Hathaway confirms she’s quitting social media: “Let’s keep it positive, people”