Elizabeth Banks
Known For
Acting
Born
1974-02-10 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
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).
Most Known For
The Simpsons
as Persephone (voice)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Jaina Jansen
Family Guy
as Pam Fishman (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Modern Family
as Sal
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
The Daily Show
as Self
American Dad!
as Becky Arangino (voice)
American Dad!
as Lisa Silver (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
The Boys
as Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)
Conan
as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Elizabeth Banks
The View
as Self - Guest
Sex and the City
as Catherine
Scrubs
as Dr. Kim Briggs