Born on August 9, 1985, to father William Kendrick and mother Janice Kendrick in Portland situated in Maine, Anna Kendrick spent most of her childhood days growing up with his brother in Maine. Her brother, Michael Cooke Kendrick is also an actor who is popular for his movie Looking for an Echo and Celebrity Ghost Stories. She attended the Longfellow Elementary School and went on to complete her studies at the Deering High School. She has a great body with a height of 5 feet 2 inch.
Her interest in acting was ignited at a very young age and she went on to participate in several plays and acted in theaters. She played the role of Dinah in the play High Society on Broadway in the year 1998. She was nominated for Featured Actress in a Musical for her role at the Tony Awards. She then played the role of Fredrika in the play A Little Night Music in the New Your City Opera House.
She got her film debut in the year 2003 when she was cast for the role of Fritzi Wagner in the movie Camp. In the year 2008, she got her big break when she was offered the role of Jessica Stanley in the movie Twilight. She is popular for portraying the role of Natalie Keener in the movie Up in the Air in 2009 and Jessica Stanley in The Twilight Saga series from 2008 to 2012. She has acted in several movies in her career which includes Rocket Science as Ginny Ryerson in 2007, Elsewhere as Sarah in 2009, The Marc Pease Experience as Meg Brickman in 2009, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World as Stacey Pilgrim in 2010, 50/50 as Katherine McKay in 2011, What to Expect When You’re Expecting as Rosie Brennan in 2012, End of Watch as Janet Taylor in 2012, Pitch Perfect as Beca Mitchell in 2012, The Company You Keep as Diana in 2012, Happy Christmas as Jenny in 2014, Life After Beth as Erica Wexler in 2014, The Last Five Years as Cathy Hiatt in 2014, Into the Woods as Cinderella in 2014, Pitch Perfect 2 as Beca Mitchell in 2015, The Hollars as Rebecca in 2016, Get a Job as Jillian Stewart in 2016 and The Accountant as Dana Cummings in 2016.
She has also worked on several television shows in her career which include Viva Laughlin as Holly in 2007, Fear Itself as Shelby Johnson in 2009, Family Guy as Nora in 2012, Comedy Bang! Bang! As herself in 2013, Saturday Night Live as herself in 2014 and Billy on the Street as herself in 2015. She was in a relationship with Edgar Wright in the year 2009, but the relationship ended in the year 2013. She was also rumored to be dating Jake Gyllenhaal in the year 2011, but the rumors were not confirmed. She then started dating Ben Richardson, a cinematographer in the year 2014. She has never been married and doesn’t have a husband. According to her biography, her net worth is $6 Million.
Birth Date: | 9 Aug, 1985 |
Age: | 34 yrs |
Citizenship: | United States of America |
Birth Place: | Portland |
residence: | Los Angeles |
Education: | Deering High School |
Gender: | Female |
Description: | American actress and singer |
Net Worth 2021: | 20 million |