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
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
as Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)
الرفاق
as Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Effie Trinket
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
as Effie Trinket
فيلم الليجو
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Effie Trinket
عائلة عصرية
as Sal
الرجل العنكبوت 3
as Miss Brant
30 Rock
as Avery Jessup
American Dad!
as Becky Arangino (voice)
دجاجة آلية
as Mrs. Claus / Scarlett (voice)
الرجل العنكبوت 2
as Miss Brant
Without a Trace
as Clarissa
أمسكني لو استطعت
as Lucy
الرجل العنكبوت
as Miss Brant
Scrubs
as Dr. Kim Briggs
Wet Hot American Summer
as Lindsay
اكبح حماسك
as Elizabeth Banks
Third Watch
as Elaine Elchisak
القانون والنظام: وحدة الضحايا الخاصة
as Jaina Jansen
رجل العائلة
as Pam Fishman (voice)
Sex and the City
as Catherine
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
آل سيمبسون
as Persephone (voice)