Elizabeth Banks
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1974-02-10 (51 years old)
Place of Birth
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
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
Acting
DreamQuil
as Carol
(2024)
Skincare
as Hope Goldman
(2024)
A Mistake
as Liz Taylor
(2023)
Migration
as Pam Mallard (voice)
(2023)
The Beanie Bubble
as Robbie
(2023)
Show Her the Money
as Herself
(2022)
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Call Jane
as Joy
(2019)
Charlie's Angels
as Boz
(2019)
Brightburn
as Tori Breyer
(2019)
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
(2018)
The Happytime Murders
as Jenny
(2018)
Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short
as Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice)
(2017)
Power Rangers
as Rita Repulsa / The Green Ranger
(2017)
Pitch Perfect 3
as Gail
(2017)
The Power of the Present
as Self - Green Ranger (2017)
(2017)
Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase
as Bird-Lady
(2017)
Asteroids!
as Cheez
(2017)
Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber
as Herself - Host
(2015)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Effie Trinket
(2015)
Pitch Perfect 2
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
(2015)
Magic Mike XXL
as Paris
(2015)
Love & Mercy
as Melinda Ledbetter
(2015)
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
as Self (Effie Trinket)
(2015)
(2015)
Resident Advisors
as Doctor
(2015)
(2014)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
as Effie Trinket
(2014)
The Lego Movie
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
(2014)
Walk of Shame
as Meghan
(2014)
Every Secret Thing
as Detective Nancy Porter
(2014)
Little Accidents
as Diane Doyle
(2014)
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Self (Effie Trinket)
(2014)
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
as Various (voice) (archive sound)
(2013)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Effie Trinket
(2013)
Movie 43
as Amy (segment "Beezel")
(2013)
Love, Marilyn
as Self
(2013)
Timms Valley
as Beth Billings-Timms
(2013)
Face in the Crowd
as Face
(2012)
The Hunger Games
as Effie Trinket
(2012)
Pitch Perfect
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
(2012)
What to Expect When You're Expecting
as Wendy Cooper
(2012)
Man on a Ledge
as Lydia Mercer
(2012)
People Like Us
as Frankie Davis
(2012)
The Details
as Nealy Lang
(2012)
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
as Self (Effie Trinket)
(2012)
Robot Chicken's ATM Christmas Special
as Mrs. Claus / Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara (voice)
(2011)
Our Idiot Brother
as Miranda Rochlin
(2011)
Just a Little Heart Attack
as Woman
(2010)
The Next Three Days
as Lara
(2009)
The Uninvited
as Rachael
(2009)
Lovely, Still
as Alex
(2009)
(2008)
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
as Miri
(2008)
Definitely, Maybe
as Emily
(2008)
Meet Dave
as Gina Morrison
(2008)
Role Models
as Beth
(2008)
W.
as Laura Bush
(2008)
(2008)
Big Breaks
as Starlet
(2007)
Spider-Man 3
as Miss Brant
(2007)
Fred Claus
as Charlene
(2007)
Meet Bill
as Jess
(2006)
Slither
as Starla Grant
(2006)
Invincible
as Janet Cantrell
(2005)
The 40 Year Old Virgin
as Beth
(2005)
The Sisters
as Nancy Pecket
(2005)
Heights
as Isabel
(2005)
The Baxter
as Caroline Swann
(2005)
Daltry Calhoun
as May
(2005)
Sexual Life
as Sarah
(2004)
Spider-Man 2
as Miss Brant
(2003)
Seabiscuit
as Marcela Howard
(2002)
Spider-Man
as Miss Brant
(2002)
Catch Me If You Can
as Lucy
(2002)
Swept Away
as Debi
(2002)
Stella Shorts 1998-2002
as Yoga Student
(2001)
Wet Hot American Summer
as Lindsay
(2001)
Ordinary Sinner
as Rachel
(2000)
Shaft
as Trey's Friend
(2000)
Uninvited
as Lady Reporter
(1998)
Surrender Dorothy
as Vicki
Crew
Where the Fore Are We?
Producer
Foreign Relations
Producer
The Greater Good
Director
DreamQuil
Producer
Cocaine Bear 2
Producer
The Grace Year
Director, Producer
(2023)
Cocaine Bear
Director, Producer
(2023)
Cat Person
Executive Producer
(2023)
Bottoms
Producer
(2023)
Cocaine Bear: The True Story
Executive Producer
(2019)
Charlie's Angels
Director, Screenplay, Producer
(2017)
Pitch Perfect 3
Producer
(2017)
The Most Hated Woman in America
Producer
(2017)
Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber
Executive Producer
(2015)
Pitch Perfect 2
Director, Producer
(2013)
Movie 43
Director
(2012)
Pitch Perfect
Producer
(2011)
Just a Little Heart Attack
Director
(2009)
Surrogates
Executive Producer