Elizabeth Banks
Biography
Elizabeth Banks (born February 10, 1974) is an American actress, producer and director. She is known for playing Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games film series (2012–2015) and Gail Abernathy-McKadden in the Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017). She made her directorial film debut with Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), whose $69 million opening-weekend gross set a record for a first-time director. She went on to direct, write, produce, and star in the action comedy film Charlie's Angels (2019). She also directed and produced the horror comedy film Cocaine Bear (2023). Banks founded the film and television production company Brownstone Productions in October 2002, with her husband Max Handelman. Banks made her film debut in the low-budget independent film Surrender Dorothy (1998). She has appeared in the films Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Invincible (2006), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), Role Models (2008), The Next Three Days (2010), Man on a Ledge (2012), Movie 43 (2013), The Lego Movie (2014) and its 2019 sequel, Love & Mercy (2014), Walk of Shame (2014), Magic Mike XXL (2015), Power Rangers (2017), and The Beanie Bubble (2023).
Known For
Self - Effie Trinket
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
Self - Effie Trinket
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Miss Brant
Spider-Man
Miss Brant
Spider-Man 2
Miss Brant
Spider-Man 3
Lucy
Catch Me If You Can
Lindsay
Wet Hot American Summer
Laura Bush
W.
Liz Taylor
A Mistake
Miri
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Mrs. Claus / Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara (voice)
Robot Chicken's ATM Christmas Special
Marcela Howard
Seabiscuit
Charlene
Fred Claus
May
Daltry Calhoun
Gina Morrison
Meet Dave
Beth
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Janet Cantrell
Invincible
Emily
Definitely, Maybe
Starla Grant
Slither
Debi
Swept Away
Jess
Meet Bill
Caroline Swann
The Baxter
Isabel
Heights
Rachael
The Uninvited
Lara
The Next Three Days
Beth
Role Models
Sarah
Sexual Life
Nancy Pecket
The Sisters
Self
Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'
Lydia Mercer
Man on a Ledge
Robbie
The Beanie Bubble
Effie Trinket
The Hunger Games
Carol
DreamQuil
Alex
Lovely, Still
Lady Reporter
Uninvited
Wendy Cooper
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Miranda Rochlin
Our Idiot Brother
Amy (segment "Beezel")
Movie 43
Effie Trinket
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Frankie Davis
People Like Us
Hope Goldman
Skincare
Self
Love, Marilyn
Gail Abernathy-McKadden
Pitch Perfect
Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
The Lego Movie
Woman
Just a Little Heart Attack
Meghan
Walk of Shame
Starlet
Big Breaks
Diane Doyle
Little Accidents
Detective Nancy Porter
Every Secret Thing
Melinda Ledbetter
Love & Mercy
Effie Trinket
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Paris
Magic Mike XXL
Gail Abernathy-McKadden
Pitch Perfect 2
Rachel
Ordinary Sinner
Effie Trinket
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Self
Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
Pam Mallard (voice)
Migration
Beth Billings-Timms
Timms Valley
Self
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
Rita Repulsa / The Green Ranger
Power Rangers
Gail
Pitch Perfect 3
Various (voice) (archive sound)
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
Face
Face in the Crowd
Jenny
The Happytime Murders
Herself - Host
Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber
Cheez
Asteroids!
Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Tori Breyer
Brightburn
Boz
Charlie's Angels
Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice)
Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short
Bird-Lady
Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase
Self - Green Ranger (2017)
The Power of the Present
Trey's Friend
Shaft
Vicki
Surrender Dorothy
Self - Effie Trinket
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
This Is Not Sex
Joy
Call Jane
Nealy Lang
The Details
Herself
Show Her the Money
Yoga Student
Stella Shorts 1998-2002
Doctor
Resident Advisors
Sioux Sever
The Trade
Self
Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
83
Gender
Female
Birthday
1974-02-10
Place of Birth
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
Ελίζαμπεθ Μίτσελ