Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Banks

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).

Known For: Acting

Born: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA, 1974-02-10

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	2000	Uninvited	Lady Reporter	35
2	2001	Wet Hot American Summer	Lindsay	63
3	2002	Spider-Man	Miss Brant	73
4	2002	Swept Away	Debi	48
5	2002	Catch Me If You Can	Lucy	80
6	2003	Seabiscuit	Marcela Howard	71
7	2004	Spider-Man 2	Miss Brant	73
8	2005	Sexual Life	Sarah	47
9	2005	The Sisters	Nancy Pecket	50
10	2005	Heights	Isabel	66
11	2005	The 40 Year Old Virgin	Beth	64
12	2005	The Baxter	Caroline Swann	61
13	2005	Daltry Calhoun	May	51
14	2006	Slither	Starla Grant	65
15	2006	Invincible	Janet Cantrell	70
16	2007	Spider-Man 3	Miss Brant	64
17	2007	Meet Bill	Jess	61
18	2007	Fred Claus	Charlene	58
19	2008	Definitely, Maybe	Emily	69
20	2008	Meet Dave	Gina Morrison	53
21	2008	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Miri	63
22	2008	W.	Laura Bush	62
23	2008	Role Models	Beth	65
24	2009	The Uninvited	Rachael	65
25	2009	Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'	Self	72
26	2009	Lovely, Still	Alex	66
27	2010	The Next Three Days	Lara	71
28	2011	Our Idiot Brother	Miranda Rochlin	62
29	2012	Man on a Ledge	Lydia Mercer	64
30	2012	The Hunger Games	Effie Trinket	72
31	2012	What to Expect When You're Expecting	Wendy Cooper	60
32	2012	People Like Us	Frankie Davis	68
33	2012	The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games	Self (Effie Trinket)	82
34	2012	Robot Chicken's ATM Christmas Special	Mrs. Claus / Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara (voice)	0
35	2013	Movie 43	Amy (segment "Beezel")	46
36	2013	Love, Marilyn	Self	66
37	2013	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	Effie Trinket	74
38	2014	Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	Self (Effie Trinket)	58
39	2023	The Beanie Bubble	Robbie	64
40	2024	Skincare	Hope Goldman	59
41	2024	A Mistake	Liz Taylor	61
42		DreamQuil	Carol	0
43	1998	Surrender Dorothy	Vicki	47
44	2000	Shaft	Trey's Friend	60
45	2001	Ordinary Sinner	Rachel	40
46	2002	Stella Shorts 1998-2002	Yoga Student	37
47	2003	The Trade	Sioux Sever	25
48	2008	This Is Not Sex		0
49	2008	Big Breaks	Starlet	40
50	2011	Just a Little Heart Attack	Woman	62
51	2012	Pitch Perfect	Gail Abernathy-McKadden	73
52	2012	The Details	Nealy Lang	60
53	2013	Face in the Crowd	Face	0
54	2013	Timms Valley	Beth Billings-Timms	62
55	2014	The Lego Movie	Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)	74
56	2014	Little Accidents	Diane Doyle	55
57	2014	Every Secret Thing	Detective Nancy Porter	61
58	2014	Walk of Shame	Meghan	60
59	2014	Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials	Various (voice) (archive sound)	83
60	2014	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1	Effie Trinket	68
61	2015	Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman	Self	0
62	2015	The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1	Self (Effie Trinket)	72
63	2015	Resident Advisors	Doctor	0
64	2015	Pitch Perfect 2	Gail Abernathy-McKadden	68
65	2015	Love & Mercy	Melinda Ledbetter	71
66	2015	Magic Mike XXL	Paris	62
67	2015	Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot	Self	64
68	2015	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2	Effie Trinket	69
69	2017	Asteroids!	Cheez	50
70	2017	Power Rangers	Rita Repulsa / The Green Ranger	63
71	2017	The Power of the Present	Self - Green Ranger (2017)	87
72	2017	Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber	Herself - Host	0
73	2017	Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase	Bird-Lady	70
74	2017	Pitch Perfect 3	Gail	65
75	2018	The Happytime Murders	Jenny	58
76	2018	Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short	Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice)	63
77	2019	The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part	Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)	67
78	2019	Brightburn	Tori Breyer	61
79	2019	Charlie's Angels	Boz	64
80	2022	Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home	Self (archive footage)	68
81	2022	Call Jane	Joy	64
82	2023	Show Her the Money	Herself	100
83	2023	Migration	Pam Mallard (voice)	74

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
2	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	70
3	1981	Entertainment Tonight	Self	43
4	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	56
5	1989	The Simpsons	Persephone (voice)	80
6	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		54
7	1996	The Daily Show	Self	64
8	1997	The View	Self - Guest	45
9	1998	Sex and the City	Catherine	74
10	1999	Family Guy	Pam Fishman (voice)	74
11	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jaina Jansen	79
12	1999	Third Watch	Elaine Elchisak	79
13	1999	The Early Show	Self	57
14	2000	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Elizabeth Banks	80
15	2001	Critics Choice Awards	Self - Presenter	72
16	2001	Scrubs	Dr. Kim Briggs	80
17	2002	Without a Trace	Clarissa	72
18	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self	55
19	2004	The Tony Danza Show	Self	61
20	2005	American Dad!	Becky Arangino (voice)	70
21	2005	American Dad!	Lisa Silver (voice)	70
22	2005	Made in Hollywood	Self	40
23	2006	30 Rock	Avery Jessup	75
24	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self	72
25	2008	Comanche Moon	Maggie	70
26	2009	The Jay Leno Show	Self	36
27	2009	Modern Family	Sal	79
28		Red Queen		0
29	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	51
30	2010	Conan	Self	71
31	2012	Honest Trailers	Effie Trinket (archive footage)	65
32	2012	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Self	62
33	2013	The Frame	Effie Trinket	100
34	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	59
35	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	53
36	2014	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors	Self	50
37	2015	Resident Advisors	Doctor	60
38	2015	Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp	Lindsay	64
39	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	64
40	2015	Moonbeam City	Pizzaz Miller (voice)	59
41	2015	The Muppets	Self	70
42	2017	The Gong Show	Self - Judge	56
43	2017	Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later	Lindsay	64
44	2017	The Russell Howard Hour	Self	80
45	2019	Press Your Luck	Self - Host	73
46	2019	The Boys	Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)	85
47		The Miniature Wife	Lindy	0
48	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self	65
49	2019	I'm a LA... Get Me Out of Here!	Self - Contestant	100
50	2020	Mrs. America	Jill Ruckelshaus	74
51	2025	The Better Sister	Nicky Macintosh	71

Elizabeth Banks

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