A Take a look at the Actress’ Relationships

Anna Kendrick typically explores about love on the large display screen, however in actual life, she retains mum about her relationships.

The Lady of the Hour actress dated director Edgar Wright from 2009 to 2013, cinematographer Ben Richardson from 2014 to 2020 and Barry star Invoice Hader from 2020 to 2022, however she does not publicly identify her exes.

Kendrick did, nonetheless, open up in Might 2020 about generalities in her previous relationships. Whereas discussing her HBO Max sequence Love Life, she defined to The Sydney Morning Herald that the present’s arc aimed to painting “how we be taught from every relationship.”

“Trying again now, it’s like, ‘Oh god, I acted like such a jerk in that relationship.’ Or all of the occasions I didn’t really feel robust sufficient to say, ‘You possibly can’t communicate to me that approach,’ ” she mentioned. “I’m simply so completely happy that I’m clearer now about what I’ll settle for from individuals in my life.”

Kendrick has additionally discovered therapeutic by way of her work. She filmed 2022’s Alice, Darling not lengthy after a unfavorable private expertise. Chatting with PEOPLE in September 2022, the actress mentioned the script “resonated” along with her and it “felt extremely cathartic” making the film.

Right here’s a glance again at Anna Kendrick’s courting historical past.

Edgar Wright

Anna Kendrick met English filmmaker Edgar Wright in 2009 when the 2 filmed 2010’s Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Kendrick starred within the cult traditional as Stacey Pilgrim, the sister to Michael Cera’s Scott Pilgrim, whereas Wright directed the film.

“I’ll be trustworthy, once I first learn this script, I used to be like, ‘I don’t completely get this. However I like Shaun of the Useless, I like Sizzling Fuzz,’ and I simply needed to work with Edgar Wright,” the Pitch Excellent star recalled to Self-importance Truthful in February 2023. “However I do bear in mind this on paper being like, ‘I don’t understand how that is gonna work, however I’m simply gonna belief that he sees it,’ which he did. It’s so superior.”

Kendrick and Wright dated for 4 years and saved their relationship personal. In Might 2012, she instructed The Guardian how emotional it was to see paparazzi images of her and Wright.

“I began crying instantly. It was like somebody emailing an image of you sleeping,” she instructed the outlet. “It felt scary and harmful. It nonetheless does.”

Kendrick and Wright broke up in 2013 and have stayed pleasant. Three years later, Wright campaigned on X (previously Twitter) for Kendrick to be solid as Squirrel Woman in a since-deleted tweet. They then jokingly went backwards and forwards on who she’d battle in a doable live-action model of the Marvel comedian, although one hasn’t been greenlit.

The previous couple additionally labored collectively once more on Netflix’s 2023 animated sequence Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, during which Kendrick lent her voice and reprised her function as Stacey whereas Wright was an government producer.

Ben Richardson

Kendrick seems to have been launched to cinematographer Ben Richardson once they collaborated on the 2013 dramedy Consuming Buddies.

Because the A Easy Favor star not often speaks publicly about her relationships, her and Richardson’s precise timeline is unknown, however they reportedly dated from 2014 to 2020. The 2 had been final photographed collectively in 2019, in accordance with Leisure Tonight.

In a Might 2020 interview with Kendrick, The Sydney Morning Herald famous that the actress wouldn’t verify her then-partner’s identify however did share the difficulties of staying tight-lipped about her love life.

“Nicely, so far as protecting it personal, it isn’t straightforward, as you might be proving proper now,” she instructed the outlet. “However that’s simply at all times the way it’s been for me.”

Invoice Hader

Kendrick met Invoice Hader years earlier than they started courting in 2020.

The actors had been linked professionally. Aside from sharing a connection to Saturday Evening Stay — Hader starred on the NBC late-night present till 2013, and Kendrick hosted the next 12 months — they labored collectively on Disney+’s 2019 vacation movie Noelle, during which they performed siblings.

In January 2022, a supply instructed PEOPLE that the pair received collectively “properly after the film.”

“Anna has been courting Invoice quietly for over a 12 months,” they added. “They’re each very personal individuals, and with the pandemic, it was straightforward to maintain it quiet. They’re each hysterical so they need to hold one another laughing all the time. She’s actually, actually completely happy.”

The next month, one other supply instructed PEOPLE that Kendrick and Hader made a “nice couple.”

“You possibly can see the chemistry once they’re collectively,” the supply mentioned. “They’ve a extremely enjoyable rapport, very sarcastic and humorous however all coming from a spot of affection. … They’re affectionate but it surely’s the best way they take a look at each other when the opposite is speaking, you’ll be able to see they actually love one another.”

Kendrick and Hader broke up in June 2022 after two years of courting, Leisure Tonight first reported. Reps for each actors declined to remark for PEOPLE on the time.

Hader had beforehand dated Rachel Bilson for six months in 2020 and been married to Maggie Carey, with whom he shares three daughters, from 2006 to 2018. The actor is presently in a relationship with comic Ali Wong.