Anna Kendrick is an American actress and singer, born and raised in Portland, Maine. She is widely known for her roles in The Twilight Saga, Up in the Air, and Pitch Perfect. Throughout her acting career, Kendrick has received various awards and nominations. Librarian’s note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
Younger sister of Michael Cooke Kendrick.
Was nominated for Broadways 1998 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Musical) for "High Society." She was the second youngest nominee (after 1991s Tony winner in the same category, Daisy Eagan ) in Tony history,
Close friends with Adam Lambert.
She has English, Irish, Scottish, and more distant German and Swiss-French, ancestry.
Graduated from Deering High School (Portland, ME) in 2003.
George Clooney mocked her on the set of their movie Up in the Air because she was flying from and to this set to Twilight s, filming at the same time.
Didnt attend the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony because she said she had been very overwhelmed on the previous year when she was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Up in the Air .
Was Jason Reitman s first and only choice for the role of Natalie Keener in the film Up in the Air .
Ranked #15 in Peoples "25 Beauties (and Hotties) at 25" list in 2011.
Jason Reitman cast her in Up in the Air , after seeing her performance in Rocket Science .
Only actress of the Twilight Saga to be nominated for an Oscar, while the Saga was still in production. She was nominated in 2010, between the second and the third installments in the series.
The Stacey name tag she wore in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World belonged to Stacey, the sister of the real-life inspiration for the character, "Bryan Lee OMalley".
Fan of Jim Broadbent.
(February 2003) Now a senior at Deering High School (Portland, ME), Anna is appearing in A Little Night Music at New York City Opera.
(September 2013) London, filming Into the Woods .
(August 2014) In a relationship with Ben Richardson.
Has the unique achievement of appearing in three big screen musicals - Into the Woods , The Last Five Years and Pitch Perfect 2 - that are set to be released theatrically within just six months of each other, from December 2014 to May 2015. This is a rare feat, considering the low amount of big screen musicals that are made in Hollywood each year.
During an interview with the A.V. Club in 2011, she called Jessica, the character she played in the Twilight -series, an idiot.
Advocate for The Trevor Project.
I sort of marvel at myself. Maybe at a certain point everybody feels,like the person they were when they were younger is a stranger. Because,I seemed to be much more driven and focused at that age. I had the,intention of being on Broadway. I am just very grateful that my parents,treated me with respect. . . and really, really supported me.
I love old screwball comedies: Bringing Up Baby (1938) ,Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) , stuff like that. But my two,favorite modern comedies are Wet Hot American Summer (2001) and,Hot Fuzz (2007) .
It occurred to me that doing four musicals was maybe not a great career,plan, but when certain opportunities come along you throw the rules out,the window.
As a kid I would I would dream about saving boys from cliffs - not the,other way around.
I thrive in structure. I drown in chaos.
I love rules and I love following them, unless that rule is stupid.
My parents got married late and they had kids late, so I never felt a social or cultural thing to be married or pregnant or a homeowner by a certain age.
