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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- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Jaina Jansen
- The Boys (2019) as Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)
- The Simpsons (1989) as Persephone (voice)
- Family Guy (1999) as Pam Fishman (voice)
- American Dad! (2005) as Becky Arangino (voice)
- American Dad! (2005) as Lisa Silver (voice)
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
- Modern Family (2009) as Sal
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self - Guest
- Without a Trace (2002) as Clarissa
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
- Scrubs (2001) as Dr. Kim Briggs
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Host
- Late Show with David Letterman (1993) as Self - Guest
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) as Elizabeth Banks
- Conan (2010) as Self - Guest
- Robot Chicken (2005) as Mrs. Claus / Scarlett (voice)
- The View (1997) as Self - Guest
- Sex and the City (1998) as Catherine
- Third Watch (1999) as Elaine Elchisak