Who are Twilight actress Anna Kendrick’s parents? Her late father William was ex-Navy, while her mum Janice once gave her advice for The Accountant … and now has an idea for Pitch Perfect 4
The Woman of the Hour director is promoting Another Simple Favor with Blake Lively amid rumours of a feud, but what do we know about her parents – whom she said set an ‘amazing example’ for divorce?
Per the Daily Mail, the actresses have been butting heads lately, with Kendrick, 39, allegedly worried how Lively’s legal drama would affect the promotion of their new film. The outlet also reported that the pair clashed over their staggered billing for this movie. However, director Paul Feig shut down suspicions of hostility when he responded to an X post alleging the same by writing, “Um … you’re wrong.”
Kendrick, who was praised for her 2023 directorial debut Woman of the Hour, has drawn renewed attention to her personal life. She’s a self-proclaimed “childless cat lady”, as she told Flow Space, but what do we know about her parents?
Who are Anna Kendrick’s parents?
The Pitch Perfect star was born to an accountant mother, Janice and a federal bank examiner and history teacher father, William, in Portland, Maine. Per her father’s obituary, he enjoyed travelling and the theatre, served in the US Navy and was once a Federal Air Marshal. The couple also had a son, Michael, an actor.
They divorced when Anna was a teenager
William and Janice Kendrick parted ways when Anna was 15, per HuffPost. However, the Twilight actress clarified to Elle magazine that it did not leave her “broken”. Instead, she believes they set an “amazing example” about how to divorce, per Hello! magazine.