Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 10, 1974
Place of Birth
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Credits
153 titles
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
Filmography
DreamQuil
Carol
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
Elizabeth Banks
The Puzzle Room with David Kwong
Self - Guest
Bear Grylls is Running Wild
Self
The Miniature Wife
Lindy McMichael Littlejohn
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Self
The Better Sister
Nicky Macintosh
Skincare
Hope Goldman
Migration
Pam Mallard (voice)
Cat Person
Executive Producer
Show Her the Money
Herself
A Mistake
Liz Taylor
Bottoms
Producer
The Beanie Bubble
Robbie
Cocaine Bear: The True Story
Executive Producer
Cocaine Bear
Director
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
Executive Producer
Call Jane
Joy
Mrs. America
Jill Ruckelshaus
Charlie's Angels
Boz
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
The Boys
Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)
Press Your Luck
Self - Host
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
Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase
Bird-Lady
The Russell Howard Hour
Self
Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber
Herself - Host
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
Lindsay
The Power of the Present
Self - Green Ranger (2017)
The Gong Show
Self - Judge
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 - Guest
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
Lindsay
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
Self
Magic Mike XXL
Paris
Love & Mercy
Melinda Ledbetter
Pitch Perfect 2
Gail Abernathy-McKadden
Resident Advisors
Doctor
Resident Advisors
Doctor
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Self - Effie Trinket