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Name
Elizabeth Banks

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1974-02-10 (52 years old)

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

Movies

Tv Shows

2012 The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games as Self - Effie Trinket
2014 Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as Self - Effie Trinket
2002 Spider-Man as Miss Brant
2007 Spider-Man 3 as Miss Brant
2004 Spider-Man 2 as Miss Brant
2002 Catch Me If You Can as Lucy
2001 Wet Hot American Summer as Lindsay
2008 W. as Laura Bush
2023 A Mistake as Liz Taylor
2008 Zack and Miri Make a Porno as Miri
2003 Seabiscuit as Marcela Howard
2007 Fred Claus as Charlene
2005 Daltry Calhoun as May
2008 Meet Dave as Gina Morrison
2005 The 40 Year-Old Virgin as Beth
2006 Invincible as Janet Cantrell
2008 Definitely, Maybe as Emily
2006 Slither as Starla Grant
2002 Swept Away as Debi
2007 Meet Bill as Jess
2005 The Baxter as Caroline Swann
2005 Heights as Isabel
2009 The Uninvited as Rachael
2010 The Next Three Days as Lara Brennan
2008 Role Models as Beth
2005 Sexual Life as Sarah
2005 The Sisters as Nancy Pecket
2009 Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno' as Self
2012 Man on a Ledge as Lydia Mercer
2023 The Beanie Bubble as Robbie
2012 The Hunger Games as Effie Trinket
2026 DreamQuil as Carol
2009 Lovely, Still as Alex
2000 Uninvited as Lady Reporter
2012 What to Expect When You're Expecting as Wendy Cooper
2011 Our Idiot Brother as Miranda Rochlin
2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as Effie Trinket
2013 Movie 43 as Amy (segment "Beezel")
2012 People Like Us as Frankie Davis
2024 Skincare as Hope Goldman
2013 Love, Marilyn as Self
2012 Pitch Perfect as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
2014 The Lego Movie as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
2011 Just a Little Heart Attack as Woman
2014 Walk of Shame as Meghan
2008 Big Breaks as Starlet
2014 Little Accidents as Diane Doyle
2014 Every Secret Thing as Detective Nancy Porter
2015 Love & Mercy as Melinda Ledbetter
2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 as Effie Trinket
2015 Magic Mike XXL as Paris
2015 Pitch Perfect 2 as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
2001 Ordinary Sinner as Rachel
2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 as Effie Trinket
2015 Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman as Self
2023 Migration as Pam Mallard (voice)
2013 Timms Valley as Beth Billings-Timms
2015 Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot as Self
2017 Power Rangers as Rita Repulsa
2017 Pitch Perfect 3 as Gail
2014 Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials as Various (voice) (archive sound)
2013 Face in the Crowd as Face
2018 The Happytime Murders as Jenny
2017 Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber as Self - Host
2017 Asteroids! as Cheez
2019 The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
2019 Brightburn as Tori Breyer
2019 Charlie's Angels as Boz
2018 Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short as Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice)
2017 Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase as Bird-Lady
2017 The Power of the Present as Self - Green Ranger (2017)
2000 Shaft as Trey's Friend
1998 Surrender Dorothy as Vicki
2015 The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 as Self - Effie Trinket
2008 This Is Not Sex
2022 Call Jane as Joy
2012 The Details as Nealy Lang
2023 Show Her the Money as Herself
2002 Stella Shorts 1998-2002 as Yoga Student
2015 Resident Advisors as Doctor
2003 The Trade as Sioux Sever
2003 Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend as Self
2026 Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass as Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)
Soon The Magic School Bus as Ms. Frizzle

2004 The Tony Danza Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
2009 Modern Family ( 7 episodes ) as Sal
2005 American Dad! ( 1 episode ) as Becky Arangino (voice)
1996 The Daily Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Jaina Jansen
2002 Without a Trace ( 1 episode ) as Clarissa
1999 The Early Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
2006 30 Rock ( 14 episodes ) as Avery Jessup
2009 The Jay Leno Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
2008 Comanche Moon ( 3 episodes ) as Maggie
2001 Critics Choice Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
2015 Resident Advisors ( 1 episode ) as Doctor
2015 Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp ( 8 episodes ) as Lindsay
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2015 Moonbeam City ( 10 episodes ) as Pizzaz Miller (voice)
2015 The Muppets ( 1 episode ) as Self
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self
2005 American Dad! ( 1 episode ) as Lisa Silver (voice)
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
2000 Curb Your Enthusiasm ( 1 episode ) as Elizabeth Banks
1998 Sex and the City ( 1 episode ) as Catherine
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 3 episodes ) as Self
2017 Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later ( 8 episodes ) as Lindsay
2005 Made in Hollywood ( 1 episode ) as Self
2017 The Gong Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Judge
1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Persephone (voice)
2019 The Boys ( 1 episode ) as Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)
1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ( 1 episode )
2017 The Russell Howard Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self
2013 The Frame ( 1 episode ) as Effie Trinket
1997 The View ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2026 The Miniature Wife ( 10 episodes ) as Lindy McMichael Littlejohn
2019 Press Your Luck ( 72 episodes ) as Self - Host
1981 Entertainment Tonight ( 1 episode ) as Self
2007 The Graham Norton Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self
2025 The Better Sister ( 8 episodes ) as Nicky Macintosh
1999 Family Guy ( 1 episode ) as Pam Fishman (voice)
2012 Comedy Bang! Bang! ( 1 episode ) as Self
2020 Mrs. America ( 9 episodes ) as Jill Ruckelshaus
1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
1999 Third Watch ( 1 episode ) as Elaine Elchisak
2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors ( 1 episode ) as Self
2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1949 The Emmy Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
2005 Robot Chicken ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Claus / Scarlett (voice)
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Guest
2001 Scrubs ( 16 episodes ) as Dr. Kim Briggs
1993 Late Show with David Letterman ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2026 Bear Grylls is Running Wild ( 1 episode ) as Self
2026 The Puzzle Room with David Kwong ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
Soon She's Fine ( 2 episodes ) as Heidi
2025 Variety & CNN Actors on Actors ( 1 episode ) as Self
2010 Conan ( 3 episodes ) as Self

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