Anna Cooke Kendrick (born August 9, 1985) is an American actress, singer, and film director. Known for playing upbeat and endearing characters in comedies and musicals, her accolades include nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award. She made her film debut in the musical comedy Camp (2003), with Daniel Letterle, Joanna Chilcoat, Robin de Jesús, Alana Allen, and Don Dixon. Other early films roles include Rocket Science (2007), with Reece Thompson, Nicholas D’Agosto, Vincent Piazza, Aaron Yoo, and Margot Martindale; Elsewhere (2009), with Paul Wesley, Tania Raymonde, and Jon Gries; and Todd Louiso’s The Marc Pease Experience (2009), with Jason Schwartzman and Ben Stiller.
She became well known after her supporting role in The Twilight Saga (2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011), collectively with Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Ashley Greene, Rachelle Lefevre, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz, Jackson Rathbone, Michael Sheen, Dakota Fanning, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Elizabeth Reaser.
She earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air (2009), with George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Jason Bateman, Danny McBride, Melanie Lynskey, Amy Mortan, Zach Galifianakis, J.K. Simmons, and Sam Elliott.
Films in the 2010s include Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), with Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Ellen Wong, Allison Pill, Mark Webber, Johnny Simmons, Aubrey Plaza, Brie Larson, Satya Bhabha, Chris Evans, Brandon Routh, Mae Whitman, Keita Saito, Shota Saito, and Schwartzman; Jonathan Levine’s 50/50 (2011), with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Howard, Matt Frewer, Philip Baker Hall, and Anjelica Huston; The Company You Keep (2012), with Robert Redford (who also directed), Shia LaBeouf, Julie Christie, Elliott, Jackie Evancho, Brendan Gleeson, Terrence Howard, Richard Jenkins, Brit Marling, Stanley Tucci, Nick Nolte, Chris Cooper, and Susan Sarandon; End of Watch (2012), with Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, Natalie Martinez, America Ferrera, Frank Grillo, Cody Horn, and David Harbour; a voice role in the stop motion animated ParaNorman (2012), with Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jodelle Ferland, Bernard Hill, Tucker Albrizzi, Casey Affleck, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Leslie Mann, Jeff Garlin, Elaine Stritch, Tempestt Bledsoe, Alex Borstein, and John Goodman; and What to Expect When You’re Expecting (2012), with Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Banks, Chace Crawford, Brooklyn Decker, Ben Falcone, Matthew Morrison, Dennis Quaid, Chris Rock and Rodrigo Santoro.
She’s also well known for her starring in the Pitch Perfect film series (2012, 2015, 2017), collectively with Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp, Brittany Snow, Skylar Astin, Adam DeVine, Ben Platt, Alexis Knapp, Hana Mae Lee, Ester Dean, Hailee Steinfeld, Chrissie Fit, John Michael Higgins, and Banks.
More films in the 2010s include Joe Swanberg’s Drinking Buddies (2013), with Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Ron Livingston, Ti West, and Jason Sudeikis; Rapture-Palooza (2013), with Craig Robinson, John Francis Daley, Ken Jeong, Rob Corddry, Thomas Lennon, Tyler Labine, Paul Scheer, Calum Worthy, John Michael Higgins, and Ana Gasteyer; Cake (2014), with Jennifer Aniston, Adriana Barraza, Felicity Huffman, William H. Macy, and Sam Worthington; Happy Christmas (2014), with Lynskey, Mark Webber, and Lena Dunham; Into the Woods (2014), with Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Chris Pine, Tracey Ullman, Christine Baranski, and Johnny Depp; Life After Beth (2014), with Plaza, Dane DeHaan, Molly Shannon, Cheryl Hines, Paul Reiser, Matthew Gray Gubler, John C. Reilly, and a cameo by Garry Marshall; and The Voices (2014), with Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, and Jacki Weaver.
Films in the mid 2010s include Digging for Fire (2015), with Johnson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Brie Larson, Sam Rockwell, Orlando Bloom and Mike Birbiglia; Mr. Right (2015), with Rockwell, Tim Roth, James Ransone, Anson Mount, Michael Eklund, and RZA; The Accountant (2016), with Ben Affleck, Simmons, Jon Bernthal, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Jean Smart, Jeffrey Tambor, and John Lithgow; Get a Job (2016), with Miles Teller, Brandon T. Jackson, Nicholas Braun, Mintz-Plasse, Marcia Gay Harden, Alison Brie and Bryan Cranston; The Hollars (2016), with Sharlto Copley, Charlie Day, Jenkins, John Krasinski (who also directed), and Martindale; and Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016), with Zac Efron, DeVine, Plaza, and Stephen Root.
Films in the late 2010s include Table 19 (2017), with Robinson, June Squibb, Lisa Kudrow, Stephen Merchant, Wyatt Russell, and Tony Revolori; Paul Feig’s A Simple Favor (2018), with Blake Lively, Henry Golding, Andrew Rannells, Linda Cardellini, Jean Smart, and Rupert Friend; The Day Shall Come (2019), with Marchánt Davis, Danielle Brooks, Kayvan Novak, Denis O’Hare, and Jim Gaffigan; and Noelle (2019), with Bill Hader, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Billy Eichner, Julie Hagerty, Shirley MacLaine, Jay Brazeau, Ron Funches, Diana Maria Riva, Maceo Smedley, Jason Antoon, Michael Gross, and Billy Griffith.
She voiced the character Poppy in animated musical franchise Trolls (2016, 2020, 2023), collectively with Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel, Mintz-Plasse, Christine Baranski, Russell Brand, Corden, Tambor, Ron Funches, Icona Pop, Kunal Nayyar, Quvenzhané Wallis, John Cleese, Gwen Stefani, Rachel Bloom, Kelly Clarkson, Anderson .Paak, Rockwell, George Clinton, Mary J. Blige, Kenan Thompson, Funches, Eric André, Kid Cudi, Daveed Diggs, Troye Sivan, Camila Cabello, Amy Schumer, Andrew Rannells, RuPaul, Zosia Mamet, Lance Bass, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, and Chris Kirkpatrick.
She made her directorial debut with the self-starring thriller Woman of the Hour (2023), with Daniel Zovatto, Nicolette Robinson, and Tony Hale. Other films in the 2020s include Stowaway (2021), with Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson, and Toni Collette; Alice, Darling (2022), with Kaniehtiio Horn, Charlie Carrick, and Wunmi Mosaku; Self Reliance (2023), with Johnson (who also directed), Natalie Morales, Mary Holland, Emily Hampshire, and Christopher Lloyd; Another Simple Favor (2025), with much of the cast from the previous film along with Michele Morrone, Elena Sofia Ricci, Alex Newell, Allison Janney, and Elizabeth Perkins; Misty Green (2026), with Rosalind Eleazar, Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya, Topher Grace, and Chris Rock (who also directed); and Babies (2026), with Rogen, Kate Berlant, Issa Rae, Dan Stevens, Ed Helms, Zach Cherry, Ashley Park, Sharon Stone, and David Strathairn.
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- Camp (2003) – directed by Todd Graff
- Rocket Science (2007) – directed by Jeffrey Blitz
- Twilight (2008) – directed by Catherine Hardwicke
- Elsewhere (2009) – directed by Nathan Hope
- The Marc Pease Experience (2009) – directed by Todd Louiso
- The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) – directed by Chris Weitz
- Up in the Air (2009)* – directed by Jason Reitman
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)* – directed by Edgar Wright
- The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) – directed by David Slasde
- 50/50 (2011)* – directed by Jonathan Levine
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011) – directed by Bill Comdon
- The Company You Keep (2012) – directed by Robert Redford
- End of Watch (2012) – directed by David Ayer
- ParaNorman (2012)* – directed by Sam Fell & Chris Butler
- Pitch Perfect (2012) – directed by Jason Moore
- What to Expect When You’re Expecting (2012) – directed by Kirk Jones
- Drinking Buddies (2013) – directed by Joe Swanberg
- Rapture-Palooza (2013) – directed by Paul Middleditch
- Cake (2014) – directed by Daniel Barnz
- Happy Christmas (2014) – directed by Joe Swanberg
- Into the Woods (2014) – directed by Rob Marshall
- The Last Five Years (2014) – directed by Richard LaGravenese
- Life After Beth (2014) – directed by Jeff Baena
- The Voices (2014) – directed by Marjane Satrapi
- Digging for Fire (2015) – directed by Joe Swanberg
- Mr. Right (2015) – directed by Paco Cabezas
- Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) – directed by Elizabeth Banks
- The Accountant (2016) – directed by Gavin O’Connor
- Get a Job (2016) – directed by Dylan Kidd
- The Hollars (2016) – directed by John Krasinski
- Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016) – directed by Jake Szymanski
- Trolls (2016)* – directed by Mike Mitchell
- Pitch Perfect 3 (2017) –
- Table 19 (2017) – directed by Jeffrey Blitz
- A Simple Favor (2018) – directed by Paul Feig
- The Day Shall Come (2019) – directed by Chris Morris
- Noelle (2019) – directed by Marc Lawrence
- Trolls World Tour (2020) – directed by Walt Dohrn & David P. Smith
- Stowaway (2021) – directed by Joe Penna
- Alice, Darling (2022) – directed by Mary Nighy
- Self Reliance (2023) – directed by Jake Johnson
- Trolls Band Together (2023) – directed by Walt Dohrn & Tim Heitz
- Woman of the Hour (2023) – also director, executive producer
- Another Simple Favor (2025) – directed by Paul Feig
- Misty Green (2026) – directed by Chris Rock
- Babies (2026) – directed by Lauren Miller Rogen
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (202-) – director only
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