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
She's Fine
DreamQuil
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
Cat Person
Show Her the Money
A Mistake
Bottoms
The Beanie Bubble
Cocaine Bear: The True Story
Cocaine Bear
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
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
Shrill
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
The Most Hated Woman in America
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