THE LATEST: in early 2014 Kendrick made a massive appearance at all the shows during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, in New York. She told Vanity Fair, “Everyone keeps asking me if I’m holding up alright, because it’s such a hectic time, but because I’m a novice, I’m finding the energy to be really exciting,” she says. “I think it’s a lot easier because it’s not something I know. If I had this many press appearances I would be jumping off a building” (FULL ARTICLE)

Portland-born Anna Kendrick is the all-American girl by definition. She first came on our radar after playing the role of Jessica in the “Twilight” saga, alongside Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. Kendrick also appeared in Jeffrey Blitz’s “Rocket Science” in which she plays an ultra-competitive college student; the film was shown at Sundance in 2007. She was also seen in 2009’s “The Marc Peace Experience” with Ben Stiller and Jason Schwartzman, and “Elsewhere” by Nathan Hope.

Kendrick landed her first screen role in “Camp” by Todd Graff, shown in 2003 at Sundance. Her performance earned her a nod at the Independent Spirit Awards.

The young actress is characterized by a kind of resilience. She’s got a backbone and determination: a theater performer, she appeared in Broadway in the musical “High Society,” in 1997 (she was 12 at the time). Kendrick said she caught the acting bug at the age of ten, when her parents would drive her from her hometown of Portland, Maine to New York so that she could attend auditions.

After her success in “Up in the Air” she turned away from typecast roles and played everything from a naive psychiatrist in “50/50” (2010) to voicing a surly teenager in the stop-animation feature “ParaNorman” (2011).

In April 2012 Kendrick bought a one million-dollar home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Beachwood Canyon. She’s been discreet concerning her love life and frequently defends her “Twilight” co-stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson from the press. However, Kendrick has been linked with her “Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World” director Edgar Wright for the last few years. Edgar is British and Anna often goes to England in her free time, and tries to go back home to Maine to visit family and friends the rare occasions she’s not working.

THE LATEST: in early 2014 Kendrick made a massive appearance at all the shows during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, in New York. She told Vanity Fair, “Everyone keeps asking me if I’m holding up alright, because it’s such a hectic time, but because I’m a novice, I’m finding the energy to be really exciting,” she says. “I think it’s a lot easier because it’s not something I know. If I had this many press appearances I would be jumping off a building” (read the full article here)

VIMEO: Anna Kendrick sings “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” (Live at Christmas in Washington 2013)