Elizabeth Banks
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).
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Also Known As
Movies (34)
A Mistake
as Liz Taylor
2024
Skincare
as Hope Goldman
2024
Migration
as Pam Mallard (voice)
2023
Cat Person
Executive Producer (Production)
2023
Show Her the Money
as Herself
2023
Bottoms
Producer (Production)
2023
The Beanie Bubble
as Robbie
2023
Cocaine Bear: The True Story
Executive Producer (Production)
2023
Cocaine Bear
Director (Directing)
2023
Call Jane
as Joy
2022
Charlie's Angels
as Boz
2019
Brightburn
as Tori Breyer
2019
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
2019
Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short
as Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice)
2018
The Happytime Murders
as Jenny
2018
Pitch Perfect 3
as Gail
2017
Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase
as Bird-Lady
2017
Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber
as Herself - Host
2017
The Power of the Present
as Self - Green Ranger (2017)
2017
The Most Hated Woman in America
Producer (Production)
2017
Power Rangers
as Rita Repulsa / The Green Ranger
2017
Asteroids!
as Cheez
2017
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Effie Trinket
2015
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
as Self
2015
Magic Mike XXL
as Paris
2015
Love & Mercy
as Melinda Ledbetter
2015
Pitch Perfect 2
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
2015
Resident Advisors
as Doctor
2015
Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
as Self
2015
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
as Self - Effie Trinket
2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
as Effie Trinket
2014
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
as Various (voice) (archive sound)
2014
Walk of Shame
as Meghan
2014
Every Secret Thing
as Detective Nancy Porter
2014
TV Shows (16)
The Better Sister
as Nicky Macintosh
2025
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
Executive Producer (Production)
2022
Mrs. America
as Jill Ruckelshaus
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
The Boys
as Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)
2019
Press Your Luck
as Self - Host
2019
Shrill
Executive Producer (Production)
2019
The Russell Howard Hour
as Self
2017
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
as Lindsay
2017
The Gong Show
as Self - Judge
2017
The Muppets
as Self
2015
Moonbeam City
as Pizzaz Miller (voice)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
as Lindsay
2015
Resident Advisors
as Doctor
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014