Elizabeth Banks
Acting
Born: Feb 10, 1974
From: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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).
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Mistake | Liz Taylor | 2024 | 6.2 |
| The Beanie Bubble | Robbie | 2023 | 6.429 |
| Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Self - Effie Trinket | 2014 | 6.4 |
| The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games | Self - Effie Trinket | 2012 | 8.5 |
| Man on a Ledge | Lydia Mercer | 2012 | 6.432 |
| The Next Three Days | Lara Brennan | 2010 | 7.086 |
| The Uninvited | Rachael | 2009 | 6.448 |
| Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno' | Self | 2009 | 7.2 |
| W. | Laura Bush | 2008 | 6.164 |
| Zack and Miri Make a Porno | Miri | 2008 | 6.344 |
| Meet Dave | Gina Morrison | 2008 | 5.305 |
| Definitely, Maybe | Emily | 2008 | 6.937 |
| Role Models | Beth | 2008 | 6.488 |
| Spider-Man 3 | Miss Brant | 2007 | 6.455 |
| Fred Claus | Charlene | 2007 | 5.856 |
| Meet Bill | Jess | 2007 | 6.1 |
| Invincible | Janet Cantrell | 2006 | 7.004 |
| Slither | Starla Grant | 2006 | 6.54 |
| Daltry Calhoun | May | 2005 | 5.012 |
| The 40 Year Old Virgin | Beth | 2005 | 6.42 |
| The Baxter | Caroline Swann | 2005 | 6.048 |
| Heights | Isabel | 2005 | 6.273 |
| Sexual Life | Sarah | 2005 | 4.867 |
| The Sisters | Nancy Pecket | 2005 | 4.975 |
| Spider-Man 2 | Miss Brant | 2004 | 7.3 |
| Seabiscuit | Marcela Howard | 2003 | 7.066 |
| Spider-Man | Miss Brant | 2002 | 7.325 |
| Catch Me If You Can | Lucy | 2002 | 7.977 |
| Swept Away | Debi | 2002 | 4.73 |
| Wet Hot American Summer | Lindsay | 2001 | 6.254 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1974 |
| From | Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA |