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Anna Kendrick

Actor, Producer, DirectorBorn August 9, 1985 (39 years)
Anna Cooke Kendrick (born August 9, 1985) is an American actress. 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.

Kendrick's first starring role was in the 1998 Broadway musical High Society, for which she earned a  Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She made her film debut in the musical comedy Camp (2003) and had a supporting role in The Twilight Saga (2008–2011). She achieved wider recognition for her role in the comedy-drama film Up in the Air (2009), which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, as well as for her starring role in the Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017).

She starred in the comedies Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) and 50/50 (2011), the crime drama End of Watch (2012), the musical Into the Woods (2014), the thrillers The Accountant (2016) and A Simple Favor (2018), and the fantasy comedy Noelle (2019). She has voiced the lead role in the animated musicals of the Trolls film franchise since 2016. She starred in the short-form comedy series Dummy (2020), for which she received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress. She made her directorial debut with the self-starring thriller Woman of the Hour (2023).

Kendrick sang on soundtracks for some of her films, including the single "Cups" in 2012, and at events such as the 2013 Kennedy Centre Honours and the 2015 Academy Awards. Her memoir, Scrappy Little Nobody, was published in 2016.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Cake
  • The Last Five Years
  • Camp
  • Fear Itself

Known For

  • Pitch Perfect
  • A Simple Favor
  • Pitch Perfect 2
  • Up in the Air
  • Into the Woods
  • The Accountant
  • 50/50
  • Trolls
  • Pitch Perfect 3
  • End of Watch
  • Woman of the Hour
  • Stowaway
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
  • ParaNorman
  • Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
  • Mr. Right
  • Table 19
  • Trolls World Tour
  • Noelle
  • Another Simple Favor
  • What to Expect When You're Expecting
  • The Voices
  • The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
  • Drinking Buddies

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2025
    ParaNorman: The Thrifting · as Courtney Babcock (voice)
    2025
    Another Simple Favor · as Stephanie Smothers
    2023
    Woman of the Hour · as Sheryl
    2023
    Self Reliance · as Maddy
    2023
    Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (TV Series) · as Stacey Pilgrim (voice)
    2023
    Trolls Band Together · as Poppy (voice)
    2022
    Alice, Darling · as Alice
    2021
    Trolls Holiday in Harmony · as Poppy (voice)
    2021
    Stowaway · as Zoe Levenson
    2020
    Love Life (TV Series) · as Darby Carter
    2020
    Dummy (TV Series) · as Cody Heller
    2020
    Trolls World Tour · as Poppy (voice)
    2019
    Noelle · as Noelle Kringle
    2019
    The Day Shall Come · as Kendra Glack
    2019
    Human Discoveries (TV Series) · as Jane (voice)
    2018
    A Simple Favor · as Stephanie Smothers
    2017
    Pitch Perfect 3 · as Beca Mitchell
    2017
    Trolls Holiday · as Poppy (voice)
    2017
    Table 19 · as Eloise Mcgarry
    2016
    The Accountant · as Dana Cummings
    2016
    Trolls · as Poppy (voice)
    2016
    The Hollars · as Rebecca
    2016
    2016
    Get a Job · as Jillian Stewart
    2016
    2015
    Mr. Right · as Martha Mckay
    2015
    Digging for Fire · as Alicia
    2015
    Pitch Perfect 2 · as Beca Mitchell
    2014
    Into the Woods · as Cinderella
    2014
    2014
    Cake · as Nina Collins
    2014
    Life After Beth · as Erica Wexler
    2014
    Happy Christmas · as Jenny
    2014
    Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (TV Series) · as Nan Britton
    2014
    The Voices · as Lisa
    2013
    Rapture-Palooza · as Lindsey Lewis
    2013
    Drinking Buddies · as Jill
    2012
    2012
    2012
    Pitch Perfect · as Beca Mitchell
    2012
    End of Watch · as Janet Taylor
    2012
    ParaNorman · as Courtney Babcock (voice)
    2012
    2012
    Honest Trailers (TV Series) · as Jessica Stanley (archive Footage)
    2011
    2011
    50/50 · as Katherine Mckay
    2010
    Scott Pilgrim vs. the World · as Stacey Pilgrim
    2010
    2009
    Up in the Air · as Natalie Keener
    2009
    2009
    The Marc Pease Experience · as Meg Brickman
    2009
    Elsewhere · as Sarah
    2008
    Twilight · as Jessica
    2008
    Fear Itself (TV Series) · as Shelby Johnson
    2007
    Viva Laughlin (TV Series) · as Holly
    2007
    Rocket Science · as Ginny Ryerson
    2003
    Camp · as Fritzi Wagner
    2003
    The Mayor · as Sadie Winterhalter
    1999
    Family Guy (TV Series) · as Nora (voice)

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