Elizabeth Banks
- Acting
- February 10, 1974 · 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 · Carol, Producer
- Mighty Mary · Narrator (Voice), Executive producer
- Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass · Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)
- The Puzzle Room with David Kwong · Self
- Bear Grylls is Running Wild · Self
- The Miniature Wife · Lindy McMichael Littlejohn, Executive producer
- Variety & CNN Actors on Actors · Self
- The Better Sister · Nicky Macintosh, Executive producer
- Skincare · Hope Goldman
- Migration · Pam Mallard (Voice)
- Cat Person · Executive producer
- Show Her the Money · Self
- A Mistake · Liz Taylor
- Bottoms · Producer
- The Beanie Bubble · Robbie
- Cocaine Bear: The True Story · Executive producer
- Cocaine Bear · Director, Producer
- Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin · Executive producer
- Call Jane · Joy
- Mrs. America · Jill Ruckelshaus
- I'm a LA… Get Me Out of Here! · Self
- Charlie's Angels · Boz, Director
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- The Boys · Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)
- Press Your Luck · Self, Executive producer
- Brightburn · Tori Breyer
- Shrill · Executive producer
- The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part · Wyldstyle / Lucy (Voice)
- Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short · Lucy / Wyldstyle (Voice)
- The Happytime Murders · Jenny
- Pitch Perfect 3 · Gail, Producer
- Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase · Bird-Lady
- The Russell Howard Hour · Self
- Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber · Self, Executive producer
- Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later · Lindsay
- The Power of the Present · Self
- The Gong Show · Self
- Power Rangers · Rita Repulsa
- The Most Hated Woman in America · Producer
- Asteroids! · Cheez
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 · Effie Trinket
- The Muppets · Self
- Moonbeam City · Pizzaz Miller (Voice)
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot · Self
- Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp · Lindsay
- Magic Mike XXL · Paris
- Love & Mercy · Melinda Ledbetter
- Pitch Perfect 2 · Gail Abernathy-McKadden, Director
- Resident Advisors · Doctor, Executive producer
- Resident Advisors · Doctor, Executive producer
- Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman · Self
- The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 · Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 · Effie Trinket
- Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials · Various (voice) (archive sound)
- Walk of Shame · Meghan
- Every Secret Thing · Detective Nancy Porter
- Little Accidents · Diane Doyle
- Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire · Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- The Lego Movie · Wyldstyle / Lucy (Voice)
- Timms Valley · Beth Billings-Timms
- Face in the Crowd · Face
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire · Effie Trinket
- Love, Marilyn · Self
- The Frame · Effie Trinket
- Movie 43 · Amy (segment "Beezel"), Director
- The Details · Nealy Lang
- Pitch Perfect · Gail Abernathy-McKadden, Producer
- The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games · Self
- People Like Us · Frankie Davis
- Comedy Bang! Bang! · Self
- What to Expect When You're Expecting · Wendy
- The Hunger Games · Effie Trinket
- Man on a Ledge · Lydia Mercer
- Just a Little Heart Attack · Woman, Director
- Our Idiot Brother · Miranda Rochlin
- The Next Three Days · Lara Brennan