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Who is Anna Kendrick

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Anna Kendrick: Breakout Star Of 2010?

Anna Kendrick was born in Portland, Maine, on August 9, 1985 and attended Deering High School. Her older brother, Michael Cooke Kendrick (born on March 2, 1983), is also an actor. Hendrick has been signed with Online Talent Group. At age 13, she hit it big when she appeared as Dinah Lord in the 1998 Broadway musical High Society, an adaptation of the 1956 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film that was itself based on the play The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry. Hendrick earned a Best Actress Tony nomination for her brilliant performance in the play making her the second youngest nominee (after 1991's Tony winner in the same category, Daisy Eagan) in Tony history. She also won a Drama League and a Drama Desk Award for her role.

Following her first big break, Kendrick appeared as herself in the PBS arts anthology series "Great Performances" and in My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies (1999; TV), where she was a lead performer with Cabaret's Kit Kit Club at Carnegie Hall Live.

In 2003, Kendrick played Fredrika Armfeldt, in the musical "A Little Night Music," about a young girl who gets sent to live with her grandmother by her selfish mother. The play was inspired by the film Smiles of a Summer Night, by Ingmar Bergman.

That same year, she also appeared in a comedic TV movie called "The Mayor" and made her film debut in Todd Graff's independent film Camp, which focuses on an upstate New York performing arts summer camp. The film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival, and Kendrick's turn as Fritzi, who slavishly serves a glamour girl (played by Alana Allen), earned her Best Debut Performance nomination at the 2004 Independent Spirit Awards and Best Supporting Actress nomination at the 2004 Chlotrudis Awards.

When asked about the difference between herself and her "Camp" character, Kendrick said, "I do have a passion for theater. But I try my best not to stalk people."



Anna Kendrick Upcoming Movies

2012? Paper Wings
2012 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2011 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
2010 Live with It

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Anna Kendrick plays Michael Cera's younger sister, Stacey in Scott Pilgrim vs The World, a movie based on the comic series written by Bryan Lee O'Malley. Number six volumes in all, the series is about Scott Pilgrim trying to win the heart of Ramona Flowers (played in the movie by Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and fending off Ramona's various ex-boyfriends.
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Anna Kendrick Interviewed About The Scott Pilgrim Movie

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Anna Kendrick Interviewed By George Stroumboulopoulos

Anna Kendrick on The Hour, a Canadian television interview show hosted by George Stroumboulopoulos (pronounced (straw-bo-lop-o-las). She discusses her roles in the Twilight series as well as the success of Up In The Air.
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Interview With Anna Hendrick

Actress Anna Kendrick talks to GMTV's Ben Shephard about the Twilight phenomenon and starring opposite George Clooney in the movie Up In The Air.
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Anna Kendrick Sings "Life Upon the Wicked Stage"

28 September 1998 at Carnegie Hall in New York City


My Favorite Broadway:
The Leading Ladies

Here's a chance to hear Anna Kendrick's great singing voice from when she was just a little kid on Broadway. She sings "Life Upon the Wicked Stage" with The Kit Katt Girls from Caberet.

The clip is from My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies (available from Amazon.com through the link on the right) and has many more songs from various stars of film & stage.
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Up In The Air

Anna and George Clooney star in the new movie Up In The Air, with Clooney as a corporate downsizer and Kendrick as his protege. Both have been getting rave reviews for their performances.

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From director Jason Reitman, comes a comedy called Up in the Air starring Oscar winner George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after hes met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams. With Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick.

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Anna Kendrick has been nominated and won several awards

Golden Globes, USA
2010 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for: Up in the Air (2009)

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
2010 Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Supporting Actress for: Up in the Air (2009)

Online Film Critics Society Awards
2010 Nominated OFCS Award Best Supporting Actress for: Up in the Air (2009)

People's Choice Awards, USA
2010 Nominated People's Choice Award Favorite Breakthrough Movie Actress

Screen Actors Guild Awards
2010 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for: Up in the Air (2009)

National Board of Review, USA
2009 Won NBR Award Best Supporting Actress for: Up in the Air (2009)

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2009 Nominated CFCA Award Best Supporting Actress for: Up in the Air (2009)

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2009 Won TFCA Award Best Supporting Actress for: Up in the Air (2009)

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
2009 Nominated WAFCA Award Best Breakthrough Performance for: Up in the Air (2009)

Satellite Awards
2009 Nominated Satellite Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: Up in the Air (2009)

Independent Spirit Awards
2008 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Supporting Female for: Rocket Science (2007)

Chlotrudis Awards
2004 Nominated Chlotrudis Award Best Supporting Actress for: Camp (2003)

2004 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Debut Performance for: Camp (2003)

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  • Edutopia Jan 30, 2012 @ 10:12 pm | delete
    With the benefit of hindsight I'd say that she wasn't exactly the breakout star of 2010 but she has for sure done a very good job for herself. Enjoyed the lens!
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