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).

Cocaine Bear
2023
Director
Cat Person
2023
Executive Producer
Bottoms
2023
Producer
Cocaine Bear: The True Story
2023
Executive Producer
Charlie's Angels
2019
Director
Pitch Perfect 3
2017
Producer
The Most Hated Woman in America
2017
Producer
Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber
2017
Executive Producer
Pitch Perfect 2
2015
Director
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2014
Self (Effie Trinket)
Movie 43
2013
Director
Pitch Perfect
2012
Producer
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
2012
Self (Effie Trinket)
Surrogates
2009
Executive Producer
A Mistake
2024
Liz Taylor
Skincare
2024
Hope Goldman
The Beanie Bubble
2023
Robbie
Migration
2023
Pam Mallard (voice)
Show Her the Money
2023
Herself
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
2022
Self (archive footage)
Call Jane
2022
Joy
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019
Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
Brightburn
2019
Tori Breyer
The Happytime Murders
2018
Jenny
Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short
2018
Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice)
Power Rangers
2017
Rita Repulsa / The Green Ranger
Asteroids!
2017
Cheez
Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase
2017
Bird-Lady
The Power of the Present
2017
Self - Green Ranger (2017)
Love & Mercy
2015
Melinda Ledbetter
Magic Mike XXL
2015
Paris
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
Effie Trinket
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
2015
Self
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
2015
Self (Effie Trinket)
Resident Advisors
2015
Doctor
The Lego Movie
2014
Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
Walk of Shame
2014
Meghan
Little Accidents
2014
Diane Doyle
Every Secret Thing
2014
Detective Nancy Porter
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
Effie Trinket
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
2014
Various (voice) (archive sound)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
Effie Trinket
Love, Marilyn
2013
Self
Face in the Crowd
2013
Face
Robot Chicken's ATM Christmas Special
2012
Mrs. Claus / Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara (voice)
Man on a Ledge
2012
Lydia Mercer
The Hunger Games
2012
Effie Trinket
What to Expect When You're Expecting
2012
Wendy Cooper
People Like Us
2012
Frankie Davis
The Details
2012
Nealy Lang
Our Idiot Brother
2011
Miranda Rochlin
The Next Three Days
2010
Lara
The Uninvited
2009
Rachael
Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'
2009
Self
Lovely, Still
2009
Alex
W.
2008
Laura Bush
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
2008
Miri
Meet Dave
2008
Gina Morrison
Definitely, Maybe
2008
Emily
Role Models
2008
Beth
Spider-Man 3
2007
Miss Brant
Fred Claus
2007
Charlene
Meet Bill
2007
Jess
Invincible
2006
Janet Cantrell
Slither
2006
Starla Grant
Daltry Calhoun
2005
May
The 40 Year Old Virgin
2005
Beth
The Baxter
2005
Caroline Swann
Heights
2005
Isabel
Sexual Life
2005
Sarah
The Sisters
2005
Nancy Pecket
Spider-Man 2
2004
Miss Brant
Seabiscuit
2003
Marcela Howard
The Trade
2003
Sioux Sever
Spider-Man
2002
Miss Brant
Catch Me If You Can
2002
Lucy
Swept Away
2002
Debi
Stella Shorts 1998-2002
2002
Yoga Student
Wet Hot American Summer
2001
Lindsay
Ordinary Sinner
2001
Rachel
Uninvited
2000
Lady Reporter
Shaft
2000
Trey's Friend
Surrender Dorothy
1998
Vicki