Biography for
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Date of Birth

9 August 1985, Portland, Maine, USA

Height

5' 2" (1.57 m)

Mini Biography

For her role as "Dinah" in "High Society" on Broadway, Anna Kendrick was nominated for a Tony Award (second youngest ever), a Drama Desk Award, and a Fany Award (best actress featured in a musical). Her spectacular performance landed her the Drama League and Theatre World Award.

She was a lead performer with Cabaret's Kit Kit Club at "Carnegie Hall Live" in "Great Performances: My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies (#28.4)" (1999) (1999) (TV). She also had the privilege of working with director Scott Ellis and choreographer Susan Stroman at the New York City Opera House with Jeremy Irons amongst many more celebrity status actors, playing the role of "Fredika" in "A Little Night Music".

Anna work-shopped "Jane Eyre" & "The Little Princess" for Broadway and starred in the feature film Camp (2003) with director Todd Graff. She has been traveling around the world for the premieres. Her manager, Kim Matuka, at Online Talent Group / Schuller Talent since 1953, has been working with her exclusively since the age of 10.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Jim Klein

Trivia

Younger sister of Michael Cooke Kendrick.

Was nominated for Broadway's 1998 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Musical) for "High Society." She was the second youngest nominee (after 1991's Tony winner in the same category, Daisy Eagan) in Tony history,

Close friends with Adam Lambert.

Of Irish descent.

Graduated from Deering High School (Portland, ME) in 2003.

George Clooney mocked her on the set of their movie Up in the Air (2009/I) because she was flying from and to this set to Twilight (2008/I)'s, filming at the same time.

Didn't attend the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony (2011) 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 (2009/I).

Was Jason Reitman's first and only choice for the role of "Natalie Keener" in the film Up in the Air (2009/I).

Ranked #15 in People's "25 Beauties (and Hotties) at 25" list in 2011.

Jason Reitman cast her in Up in the Air (2009/I), after seeing her performance in Rocket Science (2007).

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.

Personal Quotes

People like to make fun of the fans who camp out but people have renaissance fairs; people do Civil War re-enactments; people do what they like. I'm tired of hearing people rage on the fans. If you don't like Twilight, don't buy a ticket.

I guess I'm drawn to... I think, even when I read serious scripts, the moments that I connect to are the little glimpses of humor, because, you know, I think every script, no matter how serious it is, has bits of humor in it. Even End of Watch is really funny. So those are the moments where I can kind of see what I can do with it that's different, and I feel like that's the easiest way for me to get inside a character's head, is through the humor, like what sense of humor they have.

[on not being part of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)] I'm not in it, I don't know anything about it, so I'm excited just to see it, you know, as a normal moviegoer. (August 2012)

Where Are They Now

(February 2003) Now a senior at Deering High School (Portland, ME), Anna is appearing in A Little Night Music at New York City Opera.