Anna Kendrick is an American actress and singer. She began her career as a child actor in theater productions. Let’s see some amazing facts and trivia about her!
1.She was born on August 9, 1985.
2. AnnaKendrick was born in Portland, Maine, the daughter of Janice, an accountant, and William Kendrick, a history teacher who also works in finance.
3. She is of English, Irish, and Scottish descent.
4. She has an older brother, actor Michael Cooke Kendrick.
5. He appeared in the 2000 film Looking for an Echo.
6. She attended Deering High School in Portland before entering the entertainment business.
7. Anna Kendrick started her career as a child, auditioning for theater productions in New York City.
8. When she was 12, she played a supporting role in the 1998 Broadway musical High Society.
9. Her performance earned her a Theater World Award, as well as nominations for Featured Actress in a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards and Tony Awards.
10. She went on to play a supporting role in the 2003 New York City Opera production of Stephen Sondheim’s musical A Little Night Music.
11. Anna Kendrick made her film debut in the musical comedy Camp.
12. Her performance as the nerdy Fritzi Wagner earned her a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance.
13. She went on to play an ambitious high school debater in Rocket Science (2007), for which she earned a subsequent Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Female.
14. Anna Kendrick rose to prominence in 2008 for the fantasy romance Twilight, based on Stephenie Meyer’s novel of the same name, which became a major blockbuster at the box office.
15. Anna Kendrick played Jessica Stanley, the best friend of protagonist Bella Swan.
16. In 2009, she featured in the comedy The Marc Pease Experience, played her first leading role in the crime thriller Elsewhere, and reprised her role of Jessica Stanley in The Twilight Saga: New Moon.
17. She then starred alongside George Clooney in director Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air (2009).
18. he was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at several awards ceremonies, including the Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, and BAFTA Awards.
19. In 2010, Kendrick reprised her role of Jessica Stanley in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Later that year, she appeared in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, in which she played the sister of the title character.
20. The film did not fare well at the box office, but has emerged as a cult classic over time.
21. In 2011, she appeared in the critically acclaimed comedy-drama 50/50, playing an inexperienced therapist to a cancer patient played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
22. Later that year, she reprised her role of Jessica Stanley in Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011), her final on-screen appearance in The Twilight Saga.
23. In 2012, Kendrick featured opposite Chace Crawford as part of the ensemble cast of What to Expect When You’re Expecting, loosely based on the pregnancy guide of the same name.
24. She also lent her voice to the stop-motion animated film ParaNorman (2012). She next starred in the commercially successful crime drama End of Watch (2012), playing the love interest of Jake Gyllenhaal’s character.
25. She also appeared in Robert Redford’s political thriller The Company You Keep (2012).
26. AnnaKendrick’s most successful film of 2012 was the musical comedy Pitch Perfect (2012), loosely based on the non-fiction book Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory.
27. Anna Kendrick played the protagonist of the film, leading an ensemble cast including Skylar Astin, Rebel Wilson, Adam DeVine, Anna Camp, Brittany Snow, and more.
28. The film emerged as a major commercial success and received mostly positive reviews from critics, who called Kendrick’s performance “splendid”, saying that she “hits just the right note between pithy and chummy.”
29. In 2013, Kendrick featured in the romantic comedy-drama Drinking Buddies, which received mostly positive reviews from critics, as well as the largely panned fantasy comedy Rapture-Palooza.
30. At the Sundance Film Festival in January 2014, Kendrick was featured in three films. She played leading roles in the comedy-drama Happy Christmas and the horror comedy The Voices, which both received generally favorable reviews from critics, as well as a supporting role in the zombie comedy Life After Beth.
31. Both Happy Christmas and Life After Beth received limited releases later in 2014, while The Voices was given a limited release in early 2015.
32. At the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2014, Kendrick was featured in two films. She starred opposite Jeremy Jordan in the musical romance The Last Five Years, an adaptation of the off-Broadway musical of the same name.
33. While the film itself received mixed reviews, Kendrick garnered widespread critical acclaim for her performance.
34. She also played a supporting role in the comedy-drama Cake starring Jennifer Aniston. Cake was eventually given a wide release in January 2015, while The Last Five Years received a limited release in February 2015.
35. Anna Kendrick was next seen playing Cinderella in Disney’s Into the Woods (2014), director Rob Marshall’s film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s musical of the same name.
36. Anna Kendrick was a part of the large ensemble cast including Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Chris Pine, Johnny Depp, and others. The film became a major commercial success and received mostly positive reviews from critics.
37. Anna Kendrick played a supporting role in Digging for Fire, which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and received a limited release in August of that year.
38. In May 2015, she reprised her role of Beca Mitchell in Pitch Perfect 2 (2015). The film, which followed Mitchell in her senior year of college as the co-president of the Barden Bellas, emerged as a major box office blockbuster and surpassed the success of the first film.
39. Anna Kendrick starred in the action comedy Mr. Right, which premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival and was released on April 8, 2016.
40. She also starred in The Hollars, a comedy-drama directed by and starring John Krasinski, which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, which will be theatrically released in August 2016.
41. She was then seen opposite Miles Teller in the coming-of-age film Get a Job, which received a limited release in March 2016 after being delayed since 2.
42. Anna Kendrick will lend her voice as the main character to the animated film Trolls and will appear in the action thriller The Accountant with Ben Affleck.
43. She has confirmed that she will be returning to play Beca Mitchell in Pitch Perfect 3, slated for release in 2017.
44. In 2009, Kendrick began a relationship with director Edgar Wright.
45. They met on the set of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, but they split on 2013.
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