Elizabeth Banks
Acting
- Born:
- 1974-02-10
- Place of birth:
- Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
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
Filmography
DreamQuil
The Sister Hand and Twilight Sparkle Show
Mighty Mary
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
The Puzzle Room with David Kwong
Bear Grylls is Running Wild
The Miniature Wife
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
The Better Sister
Skincare
Migration
Show Her the Money
A Mistake
The Beanie Bubble
Call Jane
Mrs. America
I'm a LA… Get Me Out of Here!
Charlie's Angels
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Boys
Press Your Luck
Brightburn
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short
The Happytime Murders
Pitch Perfect 3
Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase
The Russell Howard Hour
Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
The Power of the Present
The Gong Show
Power Rangers
Asteroids!
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
The Muppets
Moonbeam City
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
Magic Mike XXL
Love & Mercy
Pitch Perfect 2
Resident Advisors
Resident Advisors
Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
Walk of Shame
Every Secret Thing
Little Accidents
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Lego Movie
Timms Valley
Face in the Crowd
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Love, Marilyn
The Frame
Movie 43
The Details
Pitch Perfect
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
People Like Us
Comedy Bang! Bang!
What to Expect When You're Expecting
The Hunger Games
Man on a Ledge
Just a Little Heart Attack
Our Idiot Brother
The Next Three Days
Conan
Lovely, Still
Modern Family
The Jay Leno Show
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'
The Uninvited
Big Breaks
Role Models
W.
This Is Not Sex
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Meet Dave
Definitely, Maybe
Comanche Moon
Fred Claus
Meet Bill
Spider-Man 3
The Graham Norton Show
30 Rock
Invincible
Slither
Made in Hollywood
Daltry Calhoun
The Baxter
The 40 Year-Old Virgin
Heights
The Sisters
Robot Chicken
American Dad!
Sexual Life
The Tony Danza Show
Spider-Man 2
Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend
Seabiscuit
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Trade
Stella Shorts 1998-2002
Catch Me If You Can
Swept Away
Without a Trace
Spider-Man
Ordinary Sinner
Scrubs
Wet Hot American Summer
Critics Choice Awards
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Shaft
Uninvited
The Early Show
Third Watch
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Family Guy
Sex and the City
Surrender Dorothy
The View
The Daily Show
Late Show with David Letterman
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Simpsons
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Entertainment Tonight
Saturday Night Live
The Oscars
The Emmy Awards
The Magic School Bus
She's Fine
Untitled Karen Read Series