page_title: Anna Kendrick
section_title: 2016–present: Trolls franchise and continued success
hierarchical_section_title: Anna Kendrick / Career / 2016–present: Trolls franchise and continued success
caption_attribution_description: English: Anna Kendrick speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California.
context_page_description: Anna Cooke Kendrick is an American actress and singer. She began her career as a child in theater productions. Her first starring role was in the 1998 Broadway musical High Society, for which she earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She made her film debut in the musical comedy Camp, and rose to prominence for her role in The Twilight Saga. Kendrick achieved further recognition for the comedy-drama film Up in the Air, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and for her starring role in the Pitch Perfect film series.
  Kendrick also had prominent roles in films such as the action comedy Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, the comedy drama 50/50, the crime drama End of Watch, the musical fantasy Into the Woods, the drama Cake, the comedy Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, the animated comedy Trolls, the comic thriller A Simple Favor, the fantasy comedy Noelle, and the animated sequel Trolls World Tour. She also sang on various soundtracks for her films and published a memoir, Scrappy Little Nobody, in 2016.
context_section_description: Kendrick starred in the action comedy Mr. Right, which premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival and was released on April 8, 2016. She also starred in The Hollars, a comedy-drama directed by and starring John Krasinski, which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, and was theatrically released in August 2016. She was then seen in the coming-of-age film Get a Job, which received a limited release in March 2016 after being delayed since 2012.
  Also in 2016, Kendrick starred in the commercially successful comedy Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, voiced a main character, Poppy, in the animated film Trolls, and co-starred in the action thriller The Accountant. Kendrick's memoir Scrappy Little Nobody was published on November 15, 2016.
  Kendrick starred in Table 19, which was released March 3, 2017. She again reprised the role of Beca Mitchell in Pitch Perfect 3, released on December 22, 2017. In September 2018, she starred as Stephanie Smothers in the mystery-thriller film A Simple Favor. Also in September 2018, Kendrick began appearing in a series of advertisements for Hilton Hotels.
  In 2019, Kendrick co-starred in the satirical crime comedy The Day Shall Come and played the titular character in the Disney+ Christmas comedy Noelle. Kendrick also voiced a character in the Facebook Watch adult animated comedy series Human Discoveries.
  Kendrick's reprised her role as Poppy in the 2020 sequel Trolls World Tour. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Universal Pictures released the film via video on-demand platforms as a digital rental on April 10. She starred in the Quibi comedy series Dummy, for which she also served as executive producer. For her performance, she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. Also in 2020, Kendrick starred in the HBO Max romantic comedy anthology series Love Life, for which she additionally served as an executive producer.
caption: Kendrick at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con
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