1974-02-10 Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
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).
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A Mistake | Liz Taylor | 2024-09-20 |
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Skincare | Hope Goldman | 2024-08-15 |
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Show Her the Money | Herself | 2023-09-21 |
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Migration | Pam Mallard (voice) | 2023-12-06 |
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The Beanie Bubble | Robbie | 2023-07-21 |
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Call Jane | Joy | 2022-10-27 |
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Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home | Self (archive footage) | 2022-05-03 |
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Brightburn | Tori Breyer | 2019-05-09 |
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The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice) | 2019-02-06 |
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Charlie's Angels | Boz | 2019-11-14 |
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The Happytime Murders | Jenny | 2018-08-22 |
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Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short | Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice) | 2018-12-10 |
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Pitch Perfect 3 | Gail | 2017-12-20 |
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Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber | Herself - Host | 2017-08-06 |
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Power Rangers | Rita Repulsa / The Green Ranger | 2017-03-23 |
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The Power of the Present | Self - Green Ranger (2017) | 2017-06-27 |
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Asteroids! | Cheez | 2017-01-21 |
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Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase | Bird-Lady | 2017-11-11 |
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | Effie Trinket | 2015-11-18 |
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Pitch Perfect 2 | Gail Abernathy-McKadden | 2015-05-07 |
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Love & Mercy | Melinda Ledbetter | 2015-05-29 |
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Straight From The Heart: A Tribute To Philip Seymour Hoffman | Self | 2015-03-06 |
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Magic Mike XXL | Paris | 2015-07-01 |
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The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 | Self (Effie Trinket) | 2015-03-06 |
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Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot | Self | 2015-07-31 |
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Little Accidents | Diane Doyle | 2014-04-04 |
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Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Self (Effie Trinket) | 2014-03-07 |
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Walk of Shame | Meghan | 2014-05-02 |
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The Lego Movie | Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice) | 2014-02-06 |
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Every Secret Thing | Detective Nancy Porter | 2014-04-20 |
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 | Effie Trinket | 2014-11-19 |
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Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials | Various (voice) (archive sound) | 2014-11-18 |
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Love, Marilyn | Self | 2013-05-30 |
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Movie 43 | Amy (segment "Beezel") | 2013-01-24 |
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Timms Valley | Beth Billings-Timms | 2013-12-31 |
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Effie Trinket | 2013-11-15 |
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Face in the Crowd | Face | 2013-11-23 |
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The Details | Nealy Lang | 2012-11-02 |
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Pitch Perfect | Gail Abernathy-McKadden | 2012-09-28 |
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People Like Us | Frankie Davis | 2012-06-29 |
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The Hunger Games | Effie Trinket | 2012-03-12 |
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Robot Chicken's ATM Christmas Special | Mrs. Claus / Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara (voice) | 2012-12-16 |
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The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games | Self (Effie Trinket) | 2012-08-18 |
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Lovely, Still | Alex | 2012-12-09 |
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Man on a Ledge | Lydia Mercer | 2012-01-13 |
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What to Expect When You're Expecting | Wendy Cooper | 2012-05-17 |
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Just a Little Heart Attack | Woman | 2011-09-06 |
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Our Idiot Brother | Miranda Rochlin | 2011-08-26 |
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The Next Three Days | Lara | 2010-11-18 |
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Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno' | Self | 2009-02-03 |
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The Uninvited | Rachael | 2009-01-30 |
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Meet Dave | Gina Morrison | 2008-07-08 |
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Role Models | Beth | 2008-11-07 |
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Zack and Miri Make a Porno | Miri | 2008-09-18 |
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Big Breaks | Starlet | 2008-12-31 |
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W. | Laura Bush | 2008-10-17 |
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Definitely, Maybe | Emily | 2008-02-08 |
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This Is Not Sex | 2008-10-14 | |
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Spider-Man 3 | Miss Brant | 2007-05-01 |
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Fred Claus | Charlene | 2007-11-09 |
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Meet Bill | Jess | 2007-09-07 |
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Slither | Starla Grant | 2006-03-31 |
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Invincible | Janet Cantrell | 2006-08-25 |
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Heights | Isabel | 2005-07-15 |
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The Sisters | Nancy Pecket | 2005-04-23 |
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Daltry Calhoun | May | 2005-09-25 |
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Sexual Life | Sarah | 2005-01-05 |
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The 40 Year Old Virgin | Beth | 2005-08-11 |
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The Baxter | Caroline Swann | 2005-08-26 |
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Spider-Man 2 | Miss Brant | 2004-06-25 |
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Seabiscuit | Marcela Howard | 2003-07-22 |
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Spider-Man | Miss Brant | 2002-05-01 |
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Catch Me If You Can | Lucy | 2002-12-16 |
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Swept Away | Debi | 2002-10-11 |
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Wet Hot American Summer | Lindsay | 2001-07-27 |
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Ordinary Sinner | Rachel | 2001-10-21 |
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Uninvited | Lady Reporter | 2000-05-19 |
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Shaft | Trey's Friend | 2000-06-15 |
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Surrender Dorothy | Vicki | 1998-01-21 |
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DreamQuil | Carol |
