Elizabeth Banks
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
Actor
as Carol
as Lindy
as Nicky
as Liz Taylor
as Hope Goldman
as Pam Mallard (voice)
as Herself
as Robbie
as Joy
as Self (archive footage)
as Beth Billings-Timms
as Jill Ruckelshaus
as Boz
as Tori Breyer
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
as Self - Contestant
as Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)
as Self - Host
as Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice)
as Jenny
as Gail
as Bird-Lady
as Herself - Host
as Self - Green Ranger (2017)
as Rita Repulsa / The Green Ranger
as Cheez
as Self
as Lindsay
as Self - Judge
as Effie Trinket
as Paris
as Melinda Ledbetter
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
as Self (Effie Trinket)
as Self
as Pizzaz Miller (voice)
as Lindsay
as Doctor
as Effie Trinket
as Various (voice) (archive sound)
as Meghan
as Detective Nancy Porter
as Diane Doyle
as Self (Effie Trinket)
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Beth Billings-Timms
as Face
as Effie Trinket
as Self
as Amy (segment "Beezel")
as Effie Trinket
as Mrs. Claus / Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara (voice)
as Alex
as Nealy Lang
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
as Self (Effie Trinket)
as Frankie Davis
as Wendy Cooper
as Effie Trinket
as Lydia Mercer
as Self
as Effie Trinket (archive footage)
as Woman
as Miranda Rochlin
as Lara
as Self
as Rachael
as Sal
as Self
as Starlet
as Beth
as Laura Bush
as Miri
as Gina Morrison
as Emily
as Maggie
as Charlene
as Jess
as Miss Brant
as Self
as Janet Cantrell
as Starla Grant
as Avery Jessup
as May
as Caroline Swann
as Beth
as Isabel
as Nancy Pecket
as Sarah
as Self
as Becky Arangino (voice)
as Lisa Silver (voice)
as Miss Brant
as Self
as Marcela Howard
as Self
as Lucy
as Debi
as Miss Brant
as Clarissa
as Rachel
as Lindsay
as Dr. Kim Briggs
as Self - Presenter
as Trey's Friend
as Lady Reporter
as Elizabeth Banks
as Self
as Elaine Elchisak
as Jaina Jansen
as Pam Fishman (voice)
as Vicki
as Catherine
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Persephone (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self - Host
as Self
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
Writer
as Screenplay