Anna Kendrick is an American actress and singer, who 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. Anna Kendrick made her film debut in the musical comedy Camp (2003), and rose to prominence for her role in The Twilight Saga (2008–2012). Then she achieved further recognition for the comedy-drama film “Up in the Air” (2009), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and for her starring role in the Pitch Perfect film series (2012–17).
Anna Kendrick also had prominent roles in films such as the action comedy Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), the comedy drama 50/50 (2011), the crime drama End of Watch (2012), the musical fantasy Into the Woods (2014), the drama Cake (2014), the comedy Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016), the animated comedy Trolls (2016), the comic thriller A Simple Favor (2018), the fantasy comedy Noelle (2019), and the animated sequel Trolls World Tour (2020). She also sang on various soundtracks for her films and published a memoir, “Scrappy Little Nobody”. And recently, it was announced that Anna Kendrick was cast to appear in Joe Penna’s next film “Stowaway”, starring as a medical researcher.
If you haven’t seen the trailer, Stowaway follows the crew (Kendrick, Kim, and Toni Collette) of a spaceship headed to Mars and what happens when they discover an accidental stowaway (Shamier Anderson) shortly after takeoff. Facing dwindling resources and a potentially fatal outcome, the crew is forced to make an impossible decision.The crew is forced to use emergency lithium hydroxide canisters to scrub CO2 from the air. Unfortunately, the canisters can only sustain enough oxygen for two passengers. Barnett orders David to immediately cultivate his algae experiment on the ship, rather than at the Martian colony as planned. Only half of the algae survive, providing just enough oxygen for a third crew member. Without another oxygen supply, the crew of four will asphyxiate weeks before reaching Mars.