Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively will be starring alongside each other in comedy A Simple Favor
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Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively will be starring alongside each other in the dark comedy A Simple Favor, which is based on Darcey Bell’s novel and focuses on the sudden disappearance of a woman named Emily Nelson.

Kendrick’s co-star garnered media attention after she unfollowed her husband Ryan Reynolds on Instagram and deleted all of her pictures on the social media site, spurring rumours that Hollywood’s much-loved couple are headed for divorce.

The Pitch Perfect actress also revealed that she once called former President Barack Obama an ‘A-hole’ during an exchange that left him doubling over in laughter, while on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. But what is Anna Kendrick’s net worth?

Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively will be starring alongside each other in comedy A Simple Favor

Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively will be starring alongside each other in comedy A Simple Favor

Who is Anna Kendrick?

Born on August 9, 1985 in Portland, Maine, Anna Kendrick embarked on an acting career at a young age, earning a Tony Award nomination for her work on the Broadway musical High Society in 1998, before she made her film debut in 2003’s Camp, according to Biography.com.

After Anna’s role in the independent comedy Rocket Science, she showed off her vocal talents on Viva Laughlin, a short-lived musical drama before winning a supporting role in the million-dollar franchise Twilight.

In the films based on Stephenie Meyer’s teenage vampire novels, Anna played Kristen Stewart’s character Bella’s friend and went on to reprise this role in the sequels New Moon, released in 2009 and Eclipse, which came out a year later.

Anna Kendrick as Beca Mitchell seen here with her castmates in the 2017 film Pitch Perfect 3

Anna Kendrick as Beca Mitchell seen here with her castmates in the 2017 film Pitch Perfect 3

As she grew older, she was also given more mature roles, one of the first being in the 2009 film Up in the Air in which she starred alongside George Clooney. For the film, Anna received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

Following this, she appeared in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World before The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, What to Expect When You’re Expecting and Pitch Perfect, the film she is most renowned for, alongside Rebel Wilson and Brittany Snow.

Anna has also starred in Into the Woods, Cake, Pitch Perfect 2, Mr. Right, The Hollars, Get a Job, The Accountant, Trolls and will now opposite Blake Lively in Paul Feig’s comedy thriller A Simple Favour.

Anna Kendrick pictured in a scene from the 201 4 Disney remake of musical Into The Woods

Anna Kendrick pictured in a scene from the 201 4 Disney remake of musical Into The Woods

Anna Kendrick boyfriend

Anna Kendrick is very private about her relationships and speaking to Cosmopolitan, the actress revealed that there was a three year period during which she did not date anyone. 

‘There was definitely a period in my life – I think from 19 to 21 or 22 – where I just didn’t date or go out much or hook up or anything.

‘I think [back then] I felt a little bit awkward around the idea of dating, the idea of going to dinner and seeing if you have some kind of love connection still seems very silly and formal to me.’ However, since then, Anna has been linked to Jake Gyllenhaal and Edgar Wright.

Anna also dated Zac Efron for a spell, but since 2014, she has been dating cinematographer Ben Richardson and as Cosmo described the relationship, ‘they are probably the most low-key lovers you’ll ever encounter’.

Despite very rarely being seen together, he has worked on a number of Anna’s films, including Drinking Buddies and Happy Christmas. Ben has also worked on The Fault in Our Stars and Beasts of the Southern Wild.

Anna Kendrick net worth

Anna Kendrick’s net worth has accumulated to approximately $14 million (£10.6m), according to Celebrity Net Worth, the majority of her earnings having been garnered from movie and television appearances. She also released a book called Scrappy Little Nobody in 2016, as reported by Article Bio.

Pitch Perfect grossed $115 million (£87m), with the sequel being a significantly larger hit, taking in $287 million (£218m) and Kendrick was thought to have been paid $6 million to star in the third installment of the musical-comedy franchise

Despite Anna’s smaller role in the Twilight series, the franchise grossed over $3 billion (£2.2bn) at the box office and she was reportedly paid a substantial amount for this appearance also. She also owns a $1 million (£760,000) home in Los Angeles and a number of cars.

A Simple Favour release date

A Simple Favour was released in the US on Friday, September 14. In the UK, it will be released on Thursday, September 20.  

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