A look at the actress's relationships

Anna Kendrick often discusses love on the big screen, but in real life she keeps quiet about her relationships.

The Woman of the hour The actress dated director Edgar Wright from 2009 to 2013 and cinematographer Ben Richardson from 2014 to 2020 Barry Star Bill Hader from 2020 to 2022, but she does not publicly name her exes.

However, Kendrick opened up about the general details of her past relationships in May 2020. While we are talking about her HBO Max series love lifeshe explained The Sydney Morning Herald that the show's story arc aimed to portray “how we learn from every relationship.”

“When I look back now, I think, 'Oh God, I acted like an idiot in that relationship.' Or all the times I didn't feel strong enough to say, 'You can't talk to me like that,'” she said. “I'm just so glad that I've now become clearer about what I'm going to accept from people in my life.”

Kendrick has also found healing through her work. She filmed in 2022 Alice, darling not long after a negative personal experience. Speaking to PEOPLE in September 2022, the actress said that the script “resonated” with her and that making the film felt “incredibly cathartic.”

At an appearance on Call her dad In October 2024, Kendrick spoke out again about the seven-year abusive relationship she was trapped in.

“It came completely out of nowhere, but it was based on the foundation that I had so much love and trust in this person that I thought it had to be me,” she said. “It was very, very difficult to actually say, 'No, I think that's him. I think that's his stuff.' I completely turned my life upside down and tried to fix what was wrong with me.

Here's a look back at Anna Kendrick's dating history.

Edgar Wright

Anna Kendrick met English filmmaker Edgar Wright in 2009 when they were filming “2010s”. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Kendrick starred in the cult classic as Stacey Pilgrim, the sister of Michael Cera's Scott Pilgrim, while Wright directed the film.

“I'll be honest, when I first read this script I thought, 'I don't quite understand this.' But I love Shaun of the DeadI love Hot fuzz“And I just wanted to work with Edgar Wright,” he said Pitch perfect Stern remembered Vanity Fair in February 2023. “But I remember on paper it looked like, 'I don't know how this is going to work, but I just trust him to see it,' which he did. It’s so great.”

Kendrick and Wright dated for four years and kept their relationship private. In May 2012 she told The Guardian How emotional it was to see paparazzi photos of her and Wright.

“I immediately started crying. It was like someone emailed me a picture of you sleeping,” she told the outlet. “It felt scary and dangerous. It still does.”

Kendrick and Wright separated in 2013 and remained on friendly terms. Three years later, Wright advocated for Kendrick to be cast as Squirrel Girl in a now-deleted tweet on X (formerly Twitter). They then jokingly discussed who she would fight in a possible live-action version of the Marvel comic, even though it hasn't been greenlit yet.

The former couple also worked together again on the 2023 Netflix animated series Scott Pilgrim takes offin which Kendrick lent her voice and reprized her role as Stacey, while Wright served as executive producer.

Ben Richardson

Kendrick appears to have been introduced to cinematographer Ben Richardson when they worked together on the 2013 dramedy Drinking friends.

Than that A simple favor Star rarely speaks publicly about her relationships; the exact time frame between her and Richardson is unknown, but they reportedly dated from 2014 to 2020. The two were last photographed together in 2019 Entertainment tonight.

In an interview with Kendrick in May 2020: The Sydney Morning Herald noted that the actress would not confirm the name of her then-partner, but shared how difficult it was to keep quiet about her love life.

“Well, when it comes to privacy, it's not easy, as you're proving right now,” she told the outlet. “But that’s just how it’s always been for me.”

Bill Hader

Kendrick met Bill Hader years before they started dating in 2020.

The actors were professionally connected. Aside from sharing a connection to Saturday Night Live – Hader starred on the NBC late-night show until 2013 and Kendrick hosted the following year – they worked together on Disney+'s 2019 Christmas movie Noellein which they played siblings.

In January 2022, a source told PEOPLE that the couple started dating “long after the movie.”

“Anna has been quietly dating Bill for over a year,” they added. “They are both very private people and with the pandemic, it was easy to keep quiet about it. They are both hysterical and constantly have to make each other laugh. She's really, really happy.

The following month, another source told PEOPLE that Kendrick and Hader were a “great couple.”

“You can see the chemistry when they are together,” the source said. “They have a really fun relationship, very sarcastic and funny, but they all come from a place of love. … They are loving, but you can tell they really love each other by the way they look at each other when the other is talking.”

Kendrick and Hader split in June 2022 after two years of dating. Entertainment tonight first reported. Reps for both actors declined to comment to PEOPLE at the time.

Hader previously dated Rachel Bilson for six months in 2020 and was married to Maggie Carey from 2006 to 2018, with whom he has three daughters. The actor is currently dating comedian Ali Wong.