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Elizabeth Banks

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1974-02-10 (51 years old)

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

all 151

Movies 99

TV Shows 52

self 40

Producer 22

Voice 10

Director 4

Nicky Macintosh / Executive Producer

The Better Sister (2025)

Liz Taylor

Elizabeth Banks

Biography

Filmography

all 151

Movies 99

TV Shows 52

self 40

Producer 22

Voice 10

Director 4

The Better Sister (2025)

A Mistake (2024)

Skincare (2024)

Migration (2023)

Cat Person (2023)

Show Her the Money (2023)

Bottoms (2023)

The Beanie Bubble (2023)

Cocaine Bear: The True Story (2023)

Cocaine Bear (2023)

Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin (2022)

Call Jane (2022)

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home (2022)

Mrs. America (2020)

Charlie's Angels (2019)

The Boys (2019)

Press Your Luck (2019)

Brightburn (2019)

Shrill (2019)

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)

Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short (2018)

The Happytime Murders (2018)

Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)

Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase (2017)

The Russell Howard Hour (2017)

Hand In Hand: A Benefit For Hurricane Relief (2017)

Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber (2017)

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017)

The Power of the Present (2017)

The Gong Show (2017)

The Most Hated Woman in America (2017)

Power Rangers (2017)

Asteroids! (2017)

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)

The Hunger Games: The Phenomenon (2015)

The Muppets (2015)

Moonbeam City (2015)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)

Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot (2015)

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015)

Magic Mike XXL (2015)

Love & Mercy (2015)

Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)

Resident Advisors (2015)

Resident Advisors (2015)

Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman (2015)

The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2015)

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)

Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials (2014)

Walk of Shame (2014)

Every Secret Thing (2014)

Little Accidents (2014)

Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2014)

Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)

The Lego Movie (2014)

Timms Valley (2013)

Face in the Crowd (2013)

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

Love, Marilyn (2013)

The Frame (2013)

Movie 43 (2013)

Robot Chicken's ATM Christmas Special (2012)

The Details (2012)

Pitch Perfect (2012)

The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games (2012)

People Like Us (2012)

Comedy Bang! Bang! (2012)

What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012)