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

The Woman of the Hour actress dated director Edgar Wright from 2009 to 2013, cinematographer Ben Richardson from 2014 to 2020 and Barry star Bill Hader from 2020 to 2022, but she doesn’t publicly mention her exes.

However, Kendrick opened up in May 2020 about generalities in her past relationships. While discussing her HBO Max series Love lifeshe explained The Sydney Morning Herald that the show’s arc was intended to portray “how we learn from each relationship.”

“I look back on it now and think, ‘Oh God, I was such a jerk 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 happy that I’m now clearer about what I will accept from people. in my life.”

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

During a performance op Call her daddy in October 2024, Kendrick spoke again about the seven-year abusive relationship she was trapped in.

“It came out of nowhere, but was built on the foundation: I had so much love and trust for that person, so I thought it had to be me,” she said. “It was very, very difficult to actually say, ‘No, I think this is him. I think this is 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 the two were filming the 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 down‘, and I just wanted to work with Edgar Wright ‘, the Pitch Perfect star remembered Vanity fair in February 2023. “But I remember this on paper saying, ‘I don’t know how this is going to work, but I’m just going to trust that he sees it,’ which he did. It’s so amazing.”

Kendrick and Wright dated for four years and kept their relationship private. She told the story in May 2012 The Guardian how emotional it was to see paparazzi photos of her and Wright.

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

Kendrick and Wright split in 2013 and have remained friends. Three years later, Wright campaigned on X (formerly Twitter) to cast Kendrick as Squirrel Girl in a since-deleted tweet. They then jokingly went back and forth about who she would fight in a possible live-action version of the Marvel comic, although it hasn’t been greenlit.

The former couple also worked together again on Netflix’s 2023 animated series Scott Pilgrim leavesin 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 drama series Drinking friends.

Like the A simple favor The star rarely speaks publicly about her relationships. Her and Richardson’s exact timeline is unknown, but they reportedly dated from 2014 to 2020. The two were last photographed together in 2019, according to Entertainment tonight.

In a May 2020 interview with Kendrick: The Sydney Morning Herald noted that the actress would not confirm the name of her then-partner, but did share the difficulties of keeping tight-lipped about her love life.

“Well, as far as keeping it private, that’s not easy, as you’re proving now,” she told the outlet. “But that’s 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. Except sharing a connection with Saturday evening live – Hader starred on the NBC late-night show until 2013, and Kendrick hosted the following year – they worked together on Disney+’s 2019 holiday film Noellein which they played siblings.

In January 2022, a source told PEOPLE that the couple got together “well after the movie.”

“Anna has been in a quiet relationship with Bill for over a year,” she added. “They are both very private people, and with the pandemic it was easy to keep it quiet. They’re both hysterical, so they have to keep each other laughing all the time. She’s really happy.”

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

“You can see the chemistry when they are together,” the source said. “They have a very nice relationship, very sarcastic and funny, but all from love. … They’re affectionate, but it’s the way they look at each other when the other is talking that you can tell they really love each other.”

Kendrick and Hader split in June 2022 after two years of dating. Entertainment tonight first reported. Representatives 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 shares three daughters. The actor is currently in a relationship with comedian Ali Wong.