Elizabeth Banks profile
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Elizabeth Banks

10th February 1974 Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA Acting

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).

77 Movies 54 TV Shows 1 In Production 140 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Migration poster
Migration 6th December 2023 as Pam Mallard (voice)
Movie 43 poster
Movie 43 24th January 2013 as Amy (segment "Beezel")
W. poster
W. 17th October 2008 as Laura Bush
Slither poster
Slither 31st March 2006 as Starla Grant
Shaft poster
Shaft 15th June 2000 as Trey's Friend
The Boys poster
The Boys 25th July 2019 as Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)
Conan poster
Conan 8th November 2010 as Self
30 Rock poster
30 Rock 11th October 2006 as Avery Jessup
Scrubs poster
Scrubs 2nd October 2001 as Dr. Kim Briggs
DreamQuil poster Coming soon
DreamQuil 5th November 2026 as Carol