Anna Kendrick

Overview

Born
August 9, 1985 · Portland, Maine, USA
Birth name
Anna Cooke Kendrick
Height
5′ 2″ (1.57 m)

Biography

Family

Children
Parents
Relatives

Trademark

Petite frame
Very often sings in her roles
Often plays likable awkward characters
Deadpan sarcastic sense of humor

Trivia

Jason Reitman cast her in Up in the Air (2009), after seeing her performance in Rocket Science (2007).
Advocate for The Trevor Project.
In a relationship with British writer-director Edgar Wright from 2009-2013, after meeting on the set of Wright's Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010). In 2014 she became romantically involved with British cinematographer Ben Richardson after meeting on the set of Drinking Buddies (2013). The couple parted ways in 2020.
Of mostly English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry, with many recent Canadian-born forebears, Anna is the daughter of William King Kendrick, a history teacher who also works in finance, and his wife, Janice (Cooke), an accountant. Kendrick is the younger sister of Michael Cooke Kendrick.
Graduated from Deering High School (Portland, Maine) in 2003.

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)
While I wouldn't wish being teased on anyone, I think it eventually leads to a kind of solidarity in adult life. The few people I know who weren't picked on in school are people I find I can't relate to on much more than a surface level. There's a sensitivity that comes with feeling like an outsider at some point in your life. I'd rather be emotionally tuned in to other people than slightly more confident because no one ever made fun of my hair.
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.