Anna Cooke Kendrick\u00a0(born August 9, 1985) is an American actress. Known for playing upbeat and endearing characters in comedies and musicals,\u00a0her accolades\u00a0include nominations for an\u00a0Academy Award, a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award, and a\u00a0Tony Award.<\/p>\n
Kendrick’s first starring role was in the 1998\u00a0Broadway\u00a0musical\u00a0High Society, for which she earned a \u00a0Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She made her film debut in the musical comedy\u00a0Camp\u00a0(2003) and had a supporting role in\u00a0The Twilight Saga (2008\u20132011). She achieved wider recognition for her role in the comedy-drama film\u00a0Up in the Air\u00a0(2009), which earned her an\u00a0Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, as well as for her starring role in the\u00a0Pitch Perfect\u00a0film series\u00a0(2012\u20132017).<\/p>\n
She starred in the comedies\u00a0Scott Pilgrim vs. the World\u00a0(2010) and\u00a050\/50\u00a0(2011), the crime drama\u00a0End of Watch\u00a0(2012), the musical\u00a0Into the Woods (2014), the thrillers\u00a0The Accountant\u00a0(2016) and\u00a0A Simple Favor\u00a0(2018), and the fantasy comedy\u00a0Noelle\u00a0(2019). She has voiced the lead role in the animated musicals of the\u00a0Trolls\u00a0film franchise since 2016. She starred in the short-form comedy series\u00a0Dummy\u00a0(2020), for which she received a nomination for a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress. She made her directorial debut with the self-starring thriller\u00a0Woman of the Hour\u00a0(2023).<\/p>\n
Kendrick sang on soundtracks for some of her films, including the single “Cups” in 2012, and at events such as the\u00a02013 Kennedy Centre Honours and the\u00a02015 Academy Awards. Her memoir,\u00a0Scrappy Little Nobody, was published in 2016.<\/p>\n
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Anna Cooke Kendrick\u00a0(born August 9, 1985) is an American actress. Known for playing upbeat and endearing characters in comedies and musicals,\u00a0her accolades\u00a0include nominations for an\u00a0Academy Award, a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award, and a\u00a0Tony Award. Kendrick’s first starring role was in the 1998\u00a0Broadway\u00a0musical\u00a0High Society, for which she earned a \u00a0Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-41653","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n