30 Things You Didn't Know About Anna Kendrick

A starter kit for your inevitable obsession with "The Company You Keep" actress.

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 Anna Kendrick is currently every Internet geek's obsession, and with good reason. Sure, she has shown her incredible range as an actor, starring in completely different critically acclaimed films, such as the Oscar-nominated Up in the Air and the surprisingly hilarious Pitch Perfect, but what really makes Kendrick so swoon-worthy is how dorky and down-to-Earth she seems. From her love for 30 Rock to her shamelessness about being a lazy bum, to her hilariously unfiltered tweets about masturbation, Kendrick seems like a genuine girl you can take shots with and watch Game of Thrones with the next day, when you guys are hungover.

For those who've yet to hop on the Anna Kendrick bandwagon, here's a starter kit to get you in the conversation about the actress every other person has already fallen in love with. 

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She made a cameo in the video for Ben Folds Five's "Do It Anyway," featuring Fraggle Rock.

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An avid baking fan, Kendrick once spent her time off working at a pastry shop for two weeks.

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The hot dog restaurant Hot Doug's in Chicago has a hot dog named after Anna Kendrick.

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When she was 10, her parents put her on a Greyhound bus to NY with her older brother so she could audition for Broadway.

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When The Strokes came to her hometown, she camped out for tickets and was in the front row for the concert.

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Kendrick teamed up with Kristin Chenoweth at Trevor Live to sing a duet of "For Good," from the Chenoweth's claim-to-fame musical, Wicked.

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She is a huge Lord of the Rings fan and does an annual marathon of the extended editions.

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She is known Redditor, and learned the Cups song (for her role in Pitch Perfect) from a viral video that was posted on Reddit.

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Her favorite film character is Sylvia Fowler in The Women (1939), played by Rosalind Russell.

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Her favorite sweets come from a Japanese chain store in California called Famima.

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Kendrick's favorite kind of film is dark comedy, which initially drew her to the film 50/50.

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Despite playing a slew of teenage characters throughout her career, Kendrick had her first onscreen romance at the age of 25, in the film 50/50 opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

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Kendrick admitted that when she has alone time, she likes to sing "99 Problems".

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Her favorite movies include The Women (1939), Hot Fuzz (2006) and Wet Hot American Summer (2001).

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She follows a lot of film blogs and comedians on Twitter, such as Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, Louis C.K. and Maria Bamford.

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Her Game of Thrones house sigil is a Snuggie.

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Three things that make Anna smile: seeing people's home renovations in magazines, dog-sitting and her mom's self-made jewelry.

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Her style icon is Cate Blanchett.

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Her ideal slow-dance song is "Rebel Prince" by Rufus Wainwright because it reminds her of silent movies.

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She considers herself a fan of beards, and the first thing she did when she saw co-star Jake Gyllenhaal at the End of Watch premiere was scratch his beard.

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Through David Ayer, her director for the movie End of Watch, she starred in the music video for LCD Soundsystem's "Pow Pow."

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Kendrick first learned about weed when her brother was listening to Cypress Hill and she heard the lyric, "Inhale, exhale." She didn't know what that meant so her brother explained, "He's talking about weed, idiot."

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Her favorite rap song is "Get It Together" by the Beastie Boys.

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She and Adam Lambert have been close friends since they were 18.

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Her nomination for the Tony Award as Best Actress for her role in the play High Society made her the second youngest nominee in Tony history.

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Jason Reitman wrote the role of Natalie in Up in the Air with Kendrick in mind, but didn't tell her so as not to pressure her.

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George Clooney mocked her while they were shooting Up in the Air because she was flying back and forth between their set to the Twilight set, which was filming at the same time.

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Kendrick was jogging at 5 a.m. when her roommate called her and told her she was nominated for an Oscar for Up in the Air.

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Kendrick filmed a Funny or Die video with K-Pop group f(X).

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She shamefully loves Taco Bell and would go through the drive-thru at night and eat it by herself in her car.

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