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Birth
On August 9th 1985 in Portland, Maine Janice and William Kendrick were blessed with their very talented daughter Anna Kendrick. Anna Kendrick might have started off playing small roles in movies and acting on Broadway ("IMDB") but recently she has become one of the most well-known actresses in the U.S. and maybe the world.
At an early age Anna showed her passion for acting and theater. She took dance lessons and played the role of Annie in her community theater production of the musical "Annie". -
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Anna Kendrick's Life
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Anna Kendrick's Childhood Years
At Age ten Both Anna Kendrick and her older brother pursued an acting career by riding the bus into New York City to audition for parts in commercials. There she landed her first talent agent ("Versatile, Anna Kendrick Biography"). At age 12 Anna Kendrick "Auditioned her way onto Broadway"(Versatile) and ended up getting the part of Dinah in the musical "High Society"
In1998 Anna Kendrick’s hard work and dedication to the preforming arts paid off when she received the "Theatre World Award, Drama -
Anna Kendricks's Childhood Years Cont.
Desk Award" and then was later nominated for “Best Actress in a Musical” Tony Award, Making her the youngest actress to be nominated for that award (Versatile, Anna Kendrick Biography). -
Anna Kendrick's Teen Years
In 2003 Anna Kendrick played Fritzi Wagner "a manipulative, socially-awkward theater geek with a stage-stealing solo covering Steven Sodheim’s 'Ladies Who Lunch'" (Versatile, Anna Kendricks Biography). That same year Anna played in the movie "The Mayor" (IMDB) and graduated from Deering High school. In 2004 Anna recieved "Independent Spirit Award" (Versatile, Anna Kendricks Biography). -
Anna Kendrick's Adult Years
In September of 2007 Anna Kendrick played Ginny Ryerson in the movie Rocket Science. This movie started her career in the movie business and gave her more and bigger opportunities for bigger movies. -
Anna Kendrick's Adult Years Cont.
In November of 2008 Anna Kendrick Played Jessica Stanley in the first movie of the Twilight Saga, Twilight (IMDB). By being in this movie she opened herself up to the world. This movie gave her more oportunities to be in bigger movies and eventually star in some bigger movies. -
Anna Kendrick's Adult Years Cont.
In the Year of 2009 Anna Kendrick was in 5 movies (IMDB) showing that she loved acting and doing movies way more than the acting she did on Broadway. The hard work and dedication that Anna Kendrick put into her acting really showed by taking on so many different movies and roles in just one year (Versatile, Anna Kendricks Biography). -
Anna Kendrick's Movie Career
In 2010 Anna Kendrick was only in 2 movies, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and Scott Pilgrim v. The world. These roles were just minor roles but they showed the world that she could play any role. Anna Kendrick had done acting from Broadway to a an action movie and everything in between (IMDB). Showing that there is not any role that she can't handle. -
Anna Kendrick's Movie Career
In 2011 and 2012 Anna Kendrick's movie career sored. In 2012 alone she was in 8 movies. The movie that really brought her into the world of the big movies was Pitch Perfect. After her role as Beca from Pitch Perfect you see her more and more in the media. From interviews and other movies she is in you see that she is not afraid to put herself out there and truely loves what she is doing. -
Anna Kendricks Movie Career
In 2013 Anna Kendrick was only n 2 movies showing that she is not taking any breaks from her acting career (IMDB). The movie what to Expect When You Are Expecting was so popular that Anna Kendrick was in many interviews talking about the movie. In the interviews you can see how outgoing she is and how comfortable she is being behind a camera.(YouTube) -
Anna Kendrick's Movie Career
In 2014 Anna Kendrick took on the big role, the classic fairytale princess Cinderella in the movie Into the Woods. This was a big step for her because it wasn't a role that most people saw her playing. Her character in real life and in movies before was never the girly damsel in distress type of character that the fairytale Cinderella is portrayed as. We find out later though that in Into the Woods, this Cinderella doesn't really know what she wants and is a little stronger than the other. -
Anna Kendrick's Present
Anna is a big gay-rights activist and is a big anti-bullying campaigner (Versatile). This year Anna Kendrick will be in a lot of more movies and has already been in one that has been released. The movie, The Last 5 Years that was released in February of this year (IMDB). Ever since we learned that Anna Kendrick can sing really well she has been appearing in more and more musicals that are being made into movies. Revealing that Anna still loves the Broadway life where she started. -
Anna Kendrick's Future
In 2016 Anna Kendrick will be in 2 movies that are still in progress (IMDB). I think in the future we can expect some more great acting from Anna Kendrick, along with some great movies to go along with it. Anna Kendrick got to where she is today with hard work and dedication to what she loved to do. Success isn't easy but she showed us that it is possible. Success isn't easy but she showed us that it is possible.
