Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#1152
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Anna Kendrick works on versatility rather than volume, and the catalogue keeps proving that the quieter choice was the correct one.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Anna Kendrick appears in 37 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Anna. Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall is the clearest case: a film rated 7.8 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for comedy, drama, mystery. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Chris Rock, Paul Feig, Jake Johnson and others, Anna Kendrick helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall (2020) as Self · ParaNorman: The Thrifting (2025) as Courtney Babcock (voice) · Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) as Stacey Pilgrim
Career snapshot
Ranked #1152 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
37
2008–2026
Career length
18 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
7.8
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
Average Nutevio score
6.2
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
7.8
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
Most frequent director
Paul Feig
2 films together
Longest collaboration
2×
With Paul Feig
Most common genre
Comedy
23 titles
Average runtime
1h 39m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
6.9
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.3
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
2000s
6.5 average MV
The 2000s are where the work and the material meet. The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Up in the Air, Twilight — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2000s
6.5
Across 3 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2000s
6.4
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
2000s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Up in the Air, Twilight.
Most productive era
2010s
23 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | 6.53 films | 6.312 films | 4.54 films |
| Action | — | 7.51 film | — |
| Thriller | — | 6.84 films | 5.95 films |
| Comedy | — | 6.217 films | 5.66 films |
| Crime | — | 6.84 films | 6.41 film |
| Romance | 6.53 films | 6.37 films | 5.61 film |
| Horror | — | 5.92 films | 7.61 film |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
2008Twilight
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Jessica.
Highest rated performance
2020Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
7.8 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer.
Career peak
Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2026Misty Green
The current state of the argument.
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
37 of 37 films
as Courtney Babcock (voice)
Directed by Unknown
as Poppy (voice)
Directed by Walt Dohrn
as Poppy (voice)
Directed by Walt Dohrn
as Poppy (voice)
Directed by Sean Charmatz
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
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The defining work
#1
Courtney Babcock (voice)
ParaNorman: The Thrifting (2025)
Performance score7.9
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Courtney Babcock (voice) gives Anna Kendrick a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Poppy (voice)
Trolls Band Together (2023)
Performance score7.9
Trolls Band Together asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Poppy (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Poppy (voice)
Trolls World Tour (2020)
Performance score7.8
Trolls World Tour asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Poppy (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Poppy (voice)
Trolls Holiday in Harmony (2021)
Performance score7.7
Trolls Holiday in Harmony asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Poppy (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Courtney Babcock (voice)
Start here. ParaNorman: The Thrifting is the clearest statement of what Anna Kendrick does — accessible, 7 minutes, and rated 7.6 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Anna at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
Trolls World Tour (2020)
Keeps the fantasy register of ParaNorman: The Thrifting but asks for a colder reading of it.
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall (2020)
Keeps the music register of Trolls World Tour but asks for a colder reading of it.
Trolls Holiday in Harmony (2021)
A deliberate change of key after Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Trolls Band Together (2023)
Keeps the comedy register of Trolls Holiday in Harmony but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Joe Swanberg
Director
2 films together
Notably Drinking Buddies
Walt Dohrn
Director
2 films together
Notably Trolls Band Together
Paul Feig
Director
2 films together
Notably A Simple Favor
Catherine Hardwicke
Director
1 film together
Notably Twilight
Jason Reitman
Director
1 film together
Notably Up in the Air
Chris Weitz
Director
1 film together
Notably The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Edgar Wright
Director
1 film together
Notably Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
David Slade
Director
1 film together
Notably The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Jonathan Levine
Director
1 film together
Notably 50/50
Bill Condon
Director
1 film together
Notably The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
David Ayer
Director
1 film together
Notably End of Watch
Robert Redford
Director
1 film together
Notably The Company You Keep
Kirk Jones
Director
1 film together
Notably What to Expect When You're Expecting
Daniel Barnz
Director
1 film together
Notably Cake
Marjane Satrapi
Director
1 film together
Notably The Voices
Rob Marshall
Director
1 film together
Notably Into the Woods
Elizabeth Banks
Director
1 film together
Notably Pitch Perfect 2
Paco Cabezas
Director
1 film together
Notably Mr. Right
Jake Szymanski
Director
1 film together
Notably Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
John Krasinski
Director
1 film together
Notably The Hollars
Gavin O'Connor
Director
1 film together
Notably The Accountant
Jeffrey Blitz
Director
1 film together
Notably Table 19
Chris Morris
Director
1 film together
Notably The Day Shall Come
Alex Timbers
Director
1 film together
Notably Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
Sean Charmatz
Director
1 film together
Notably Trolls Holiday in Harmony
Mary Nighy
Director
1 film together
Notably Alice, Darling
Anna Kendrick
Director
1 film together
Notably Woman of the Hour
Jake Johnson
Director
1 film together
Notably Self Reliance
Chris Rock
Director
1 film together
Notably Misty Green
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Walt Dohrn
Director
2 films together · 7.3 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Trolls Band TogetherPaul Feig
Director
2 films together · 6.2 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
A Simple FavorJoe Swanberg
Director
2 films together · 5.6 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Drinking BuddiesAlex Timbers
Director
1 film together · 7.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music HallEdgar Wright
Director
1 film together · 7.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Scott Pilgrim vs. the WorldDavid Ayer
Director
1 film together · 7.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
End of WatchJonathan Levine
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
50/50Sean Charmatz
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Trolls Holiday in HarmonyGavin O'Connor
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The AccountantJason Reitman
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Up in the AirElizabeth Banks
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Pitch Perfect 2Catherine Hardwicke
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
TwilightAnna Kendrick
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Woman of the HourPaco Cabezas
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Mr. RightJohn Krasinski
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The HollarsMarjane Satrapi
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The VoicesDaniel Barnz
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
CakeRobert Redford
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Company You KeepBill Condon
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1David Slade
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Twilight Saga: EclipseChris Weitz
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Twilight Saga: New MoonJake Szymanski
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Mike and Dave Need Wedding DatesKirk Jones
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
What to Expect When You're ExpectingJake Johnson
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Self RelianceJeffrey Blitz
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Table 19Rob Marshall
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Into the WoodsChris Morris
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Day Shall ComeMary Nighy
Director
1 film together · 5.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Alice, DarlingChris Rock
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Misty GreenSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
as Stacey Pilgrim
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
Trolls Band Together
as Poppy (voice)
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
as Self
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
as Self
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
ParaNorman: The Thrifting
as Courtney Babcock (voice)
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Anna Kendrick has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Comedy Legend
Awarded
23 catalogue titles in comedy, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
ParaNorman: The Thrifting
as Courtney Babcock (voice)
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
End of Watch
as Janet Taylor
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Trolls Band Together
as Poppy (voice)
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
A Simple Favor
as Stephanie Smothers
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
as Stacey Pilgrim
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
as Stacey Pilgrim
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Trolls Band Together
as Poppy (voice)
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
as Jessica
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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