Anna Kendrick

Kendrick began dating filmmaker Edgar Wright in 2009 after they met while making Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. They separated in March 2013. She then began dating cinematographer Ben Richardson in 2014 after meeting him during the production of Drinking Buddies; the relationship ended in 2020.

Kendrick has spoken about an emotionally abusive relationship and said the experience influenced her performance in Alice, Darling. In her memoir Scrappy Little Nobody, she wrote that motherhood was not for her.

Kendrick began performing in community theater at age six and made her stage debut in a production of Annie at South Portland's Lyric Music Theater. By age 10, she was traveling to New York for theater auditions. She appeared in productions at Maine State Music Theatre and attended Deering High School, where she sang in several choirs.

At age 12, Kendrick made her Broadway debut as Dinah Lord in the 1998 musical High Society. Her performance brought Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations, as well as a Theatre World Award. She later appeared in the New York City Opera production of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music in 2003.

Kendrick made her film debut as Fritzi Wagner in the musical comedy Camp (2003), earning an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Debut Performance. She followed it with a role as a talented high school debater in Rocket Science (2007), which brought another Independent Spirit Award nomination.

Kendrick played Jessica Stanley, a friend of Bella Swan, in Twilight (2008). She reprised the role in The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011). The franchise introduced her to an international audience.

Her performance as ambitious young businesswoman Natalie Keener in Jason Reitman's Up in the Air (2009) brought Kendrick major critical attention. Starring alongside George Clooney, she portrayed a new employee who travels with his corporate downsizing specialist and challenges his preference for face-to-face work. The role earned her nominations for the Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild awards for Best Supporting Actress. She won the MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Star in 2010.

During this period, Kendrick also appeared in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), playing Stacey Pilgrim, and in the cancer comedy-drama 50/50 (2011), in which she played an inexperienced therapist.

Kendrick became the central star of the musical comedy Pitch Perfect (2012), playing Beca Mitchell, a college freshman who joins the all-female a cappella group the Barden Bellas. The film's success led to Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) and Pitch Perfect 3 (2017), with Kendrick returning as Beca. Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow, and Anna Camp were among the co-stars who also returned for the sequels.

Kendrick's performance of "Cups (When I'm Gone)" from the Pitch Perfect soundtrack became a major pop hit. The song spent 44 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number six in 2013. She also performed at the 2013 Kennedy Center Honors and the 2015 Academy Awards.

Her other musical roles include Cinderella in Into the Woods (2014) and Cathy Hiatt in The Last Five Years (2014). Beginning with Trolls (2016), she voiced Princess Poppy, returning for Trolls World Tour, Trolls Band Together, and related television productions.

Kendrick published her memoir Scrappy Little Nobody in 2016. The book covers her childhood, anxieties, and rise to fame in a humorous and personal style. It topped The New York Times bestseller list in humor and reached number five on the hardcover nonfiction list.

On television, she starred in the short-form comedy series Dummy (2020), for which she also served as an executive producer and received a Primetime Emmy nomination. She also starred in and executive-produced the first season of the HBO Max anthology series Love Life.

Kendrick made her directing debut with Woman of the Hour (2023), a true-crime thriller in which she starred as Sheryl Bradshaw. The film dramatizes Bradshaw's appearance on The Dating Game and her decision not to go on a date with bachelor Rodney Alcala. Kendrick received directing awards from the Palm Springs International Film Festival and the San Diego Film Critics Society for the film.