Anna Kendrick

Anna Kendrick was the daughter of Janice Cooke, an accountant, as well as William Kendrick (a teacher). Michael Cooke Kendrick is her older brother and was also an actor. Anna Kendrick is Scottish, Irish, and English. Her amazing performance won her the Drama League and Theatre World Award.She was a lead performer with Cabaret's Kit Kat Club at "Carnegie Hall Live" in Great Performances: My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies (1999) (TV). She also had the pleasure of working alongside the director Scott Ellis and choreographer Susan Stroman at the New York City Opera House alongside Jeremy Irons amongst many more celebrity status actors, playing the role of "Fredrika" in "A Little Night of Music".Anna worked on "Jane Eyre" & "The Little Princess" for Broadway and starred in the film Camp (2003) with director Todd Graff.Was nominated in 1998's Broadway Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role Musical) for her role in the musical "High Society." She was the second youngest nominee in Tony history (after 1991's Tony winner, Daisy Eagan). In Tony the past, George Clooney made fun of her when she worked with Scott Ellis and Susan Stroman at the New York Opera House. Anna was in the film Camp (2003) and was nominated for the 1998 Tony Award for Best Actress (Featured Role Musical) for the musical "High Society." The actress was nominated in the year 2010, between the second and the third film in the series.Graduated from Deering High School (Portland, Maine) in 2003.London, filming Into the Woods (2014). In September 2013, she has the remarkable distinction of appearing on three major screen musicals – Into the Woods (2014).