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The birth of Anna Kendrick
Anna Kendrick was born in Portland, Maine on August 9, 1985. Anna Kendrick's Mother was Janice (née Cooke) was an accountant And Kendrick's Father William Kendrick who was a history teacher, And Kendrick brother Michael Cooke Kendrick who is also an actor. -
education
Both Anna and her Brother Michael Cooke Kendrick attended Longfellow Elementary School, Lincoln Middle School, Deering high school, and went to Bates college. -
1998 Broadway musical High Society
Kendrick's first starring role was in the "1998 Broadway musical High Society". Where she earned her first nomination for featured actress in a musical. -
Kendrick continued theater
Before Kendrick went to make her first film debut she played a supporting role for the New York City Opera production of Stephen Sondheim's musical "A Little Night Music". -
Kendrick's first film debut (Camp)
Kendrick's first film debut was the musical film Camp. She played nerdy Fritzi Wagner which earned her a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award forBest Debut Performance -
2007 Film
In 2007 Kendrick played as an ambitious high school debater in the film Rocket Science. For that film she earned a Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Female. -
Twilight (2008)
In 2008 Kendrick played as Jessica Stanley A friend of the main character Bella Swan In the film Twilight. Twilight was a major "box-office" hit and was based on Stephanie Meyer's 2005 novel of the same name. Later on she reprised the Jessica Stanley role in Twilight's Sequel, New Moon. -
The Marc Pease Experience (2009)
In 2009 Kendrick appeared in "The Marc Pease Experience" which was a comedy. In this film it was Kendrick's first leading role in the crime thriller. -
Up in the Air (2009)
Kendrick then starred in the Film "Up in the Air" In the film she played the role of an ambitious college graduate which critics praised her for, calling it "funny and touching" and also saying she "grabs every scene she's in". This film brought her nominations for several Best Supporting Actress awards. Including the Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, and BAFTA Awards. -
Twilight (Eclipse)
In 2010 Kendrick appeared in Twilight's third film "Eclipse" still as Jessica Stanley. -
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (08/13/10)
in August of 2010 Kendrick played as Scott Pilgrim's Sister in the film "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World". The film wasn't a big hit at the box office. But since it became a "cult classic". -
50/50 (2011)
in the 2011 Film "50/50" Kendrick played the role as an inexperienced therapist to a cancer patient which was played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. -
Twilight's Breaking Dawn
Twilights Breaking Dawn came out on November 18, 2011. Which Kendrick made her final appearance as the friend Jessica Stanley. -
films
In 2012, Kendrick was in the film What to Expect When you're Expecting. Later that year she was a voice actor in the stop-motion animated film "ParaNorman". She also Starred in The film "End of Watch" which she played "Janet". She also appeared In "The Company You Keep" Which was a political thriller by Robert Redford. -
Most successful film
Kendrick's most successful film was the musical comedy "Pitch Perfect". The film was based on the non-fiction books "pitch perfect : "The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory." Kendrick played Beca Mitchell. "Beca was a rebellious college freshman who joins an a cappella group called Barden Bellas and finds that her more modern approach to music clashes with traditional approach of the groups leader." -
films 2013-2014
Kendrick appeared in the romantic comedy-drama "Drinking Buddies" Which received positive reviews from critics. In January 2014 at the Sundance Film Festival she was in three films. She played the leading roles in the comedy-drama "Happy Christmas", and the horror comedy "The voices" and they both received generally favorable reviews from critics, also a supporting role in the film "zombie comedy Life After Beth". Kendrick also hosted Saturday Night Live in 2014 -
Toronto International Film Festival
In September of 2014 Kendrick was in two films "The Last Five Years" and "Off-Broadway" they both had mixed reviews from critics. Kendrick also played a supporting role in the comedy-drama "cake". -
2015 films
In 2015 Kendrick played a supporting role in Digging for Fire which was premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. In May of 2015 she reprised her role as Beca Mitchell in "Pitch Perfect 2" -
Films
Kendrick starred in many other films through out the rest of the years. (Mr. Right, The Hollars, Get a job, etc). As well in 2016 She starred in the successful comedy "Mike and Dave Wedding Dates". She was also the voice actor of the main character Poppy in the movie Trolls. She co-starred in the action thriller "The Accountant". -
Films (2017)
Kendrick also starred in "Table 19" which was released on March 3, 2017. Kendrick then reprised in the film "Pitch Perfect 3" released on December 22, 2017. She also starred as Stephanie Smothers in the mystery-thriller film "A simple Favor". -
2018 advertisements
In 2018 Kendrick did not make much movies, but she did begin appearing in a series of advertisements. -
2019 Films
Kendrick co-starred in the satirical crime comedy "The Day Shall Come". She also played The titular character in the Disney+ Christmas comedy Noelle. In 2019 Kendrick also Would star as a state trooper with irreversible hearing loss in unsound, which was directed by Bharat Nalluri. -
2020 films
Kendrick reprised her role as Poppy in Trolls World Tour, Which was released on all platforms as a digital rental due to COVID-19.She also starred in the Quibi comedy series Dummy, she was also served as executive producer. For her preformance she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. Also Kendrick starred in HBO Max romantic comedy Love Life. -
2021-2022 films
Kendrick appeared as the lead in Stowaway, a science-fiction thriller which was released on April 22, 2021. She also starred in the film Alice Darling. -
2023 films
Kendrick has a comedy movie out called self reliance with Jake Johnson and many others. -
Quote
"It's like do you mind if I just disappear for two months? work on a film and forget about the outside world?"