Elizabeth Banks

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

132

Gender

Female

Birthday

1974-02-10 (51 years old)

Place of Birth

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

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).

Known For

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  • Family Guy

    Family Guy

  • The Simpsons

    The Simpsons

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • American Dad!

    American Dad!

  • American Dad!

    American Dad!

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Modern Family

    Modern Family

  • The Boys

    The Boys

  • Conan

    Conan

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Sex and the City

    Sex and the City

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • Curb Your Enthusiasm

    Curb Your Enthusiasm

  • Without a Trace

    Without a Trace

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Scrubs

    Scrubs

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • 30 Rock

    30 Rock

  • The View

    The View

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Third Watch

    Third Watch

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Spider-Man

    Spider-Man

  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

  • Spider-Man 3

    Spider-Man 3

  • The Better Sister

    The Better Sister

  • Migration

    Migration

  • Comedy Bang! Bang!

    Comedy Bang! Bang!

  • The Tony Danza Show

    The Tony Danza Show

  • Catch Me If You Can

    Catch Me If You Can

  • The Lego Movie

    The Lego Movie

  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

  • The 40 Year Old Virgin

    The 40 Year Old Virgin

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Jay Leno Show

    The Jay Leno Show

  • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

    The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

  • Pitch Perfect 2

    Pitch Perfect 2

  • Entertainment Tonight

    Entertainment Tonight

  • Spider-Man 2

    Spider-Man 2

  • What to Expect When You're Expecting

    What to Expect When You're Expecting

  • Made in Hollywood

    Made in Hollywood

  • The Hunger Games

    The Hunger Games

  • Shaft

    Shaft

  • Meet Bill

    Meet Bill

  • Mrs. America

    Mrs. America

  • Pitch Perfect

    Pitch Perfect

  • Role Models

    Role Models

  • Movie 43

    Movie 43

  • The Beanie Bubble

    The Beanie Bubble

  • Pitch Perfect 3

    Pitch Perfect 3

  • Swept Away

    Swept Away

  • Little Accidents

    Little Accidents

  • The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

    The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

  • The Muppets

    The Muppets

  • Seabiscuit

    Seabiscuit

  • The Russell Howard Hour

    The Russell Howard Hour

  • Invincible

    Invincible

  • The Next Three Days

    The Next Three Days

  • Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot

    Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot

  • The Power of the Present

    The Power of the Present

  • Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman

    Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman

  • A Mistake

    A Mistake

  • Zack and Miri Make a Porno

    Zack and Miri Make a Porno

  • Power Rangers

    Power Rangers

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

  • Walk of Shame

    Walk of Shame

  • The Uninvited

    The Uninvited

  • The Frame

    The Frame

  • Definitely, Maybe

    Definitely, Maybe

  • Brightburn

    Brightburn

  • Love, Marilyn

    Love, Marilyn

  • Meet Dave

    Meet Dave

  • The Details

    The Details

  • Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later

    Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later

  • Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

    Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

  • Love & Mercy

    Love & Mercy

  • The Gong Show

    The Gong Show

  • Slither

    Slither

  • Uninvited

    Uninvited

  • Comanche Moon

    Comanche Moon

  • Resident Advisors

    Resident Advisors

  • The Early Show

    The Early Show

  • Skincare

    Skincare

  • Every Secret Thing

    Every Secret Thing

  • Fred Claus

    Fred Claus

  • Magic Mike XXL

    Magic Mike XXL

  • The Emmy Awards

    The Emmy Awards

  • Critics Choice Awards

    Critics Choice Awards

  • Heights

    Heights

  • Our Idiot Brother

    Our Idiot Brother

  • Daltry Calhoun

    Daltry Calhoun

  • The Happytime Murders

    The Happytime Murders

  • W.

    W.

  • The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

    The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

  • The Baxter

    The Baxter

  • Robot Chicken's ATM Christmas Special

    Robot Chicken's ATM Christmas Special

  • Resident Advisors

    Resident Advisors

  • Man on a Ledge

    Man on a Ledge

  • Moonbeam City

    Moonbeam City

  • People Like Us

    People Like Us

  • Stella Shorts 1998-2002

    Stella Shorts 1998-2002

  • Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase

    Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase

  • Face in the Crowd

    Face in the Crowd

  • Surrender Dorothy

    Surrender Dorothy

  • The Miniature Wife

    The Miniature Wife

  • Wet Hot American Summer

    Wet Hot American Summer

  • Press Your Luck

    Press Your Luck

  • Sexual Life

    Sexual Life

  • The Trade

    The Trade

  • Big Breaks

    Big Breaks

  • Timms Valley

    Timms Valley

  • Lovely, Still

    Lovely, Still

  • Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber

    Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber

  • Call Jane

    Call Jane

  • The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games

    The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games

  • DreamQuil

    DreamQuil

  • Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'

    Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'

  • Ordinary Sinner

    Ordinary Sinner

  • Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials

    Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials

  • Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

    Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

  • The Sisters

    The Sisters

  • Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short

    Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short

  • Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend

    Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend

  • Just a Little Heart Attack

    Just a Little Heart Attack

  • Show Her the Money

    Show Her the Money

  • Asteroids!

    Asteroids!

  • This Is Not Sex

    This Is Not Sex