Elizabeth Banks
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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
Credits
Spider-Man (2002)
as Miss Brant
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
as Miss Brant
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
as Effie Trinket
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
as Effie Trinket
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
as Lucy
The Lego Movie (2014)
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)
as Effie Trinket
Migration (2023)
as Pam Mallard (voice)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
as Miss Brant
The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
as Beth
Pitch Perfect (2012)
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
The Hunger Games (2012)
as Effie Trinket
Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
Movie 43 (2013)
as Amy (segment "Beezel")
Charlie's Angels (2019)
as Boz
Power Rangers (2017)
as Rita Repulsa / The Green Ranger
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
as Miri
Shaft (2000)
as Trey's Friend
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass (2026)
as Elizabeth Banks
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
Brightburn (2019)
as Tori Breyer
The Next Three Days (2010)
as Lara Brennan
Definitely, Maybe (2008)
as Emily
Man on a Ledge (2012)
as Lydia Mercer
Slither (2006)
as Starla Grant
Walk of Shame (2014)
as Meghan
The Power of the Present (2017)
as Self - Green Ranger (2017)
Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)
as Gail
Role Models (2008)
as Beth
Swept Away (2002)
as Debi
What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012)
as Wendy Cooper
Seabiscuit (2003)
as Marcela Howard
Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
as Lindsay
Invincible (2006)
as Janet Cantrell
The Happytime Murders (2018)
as Jenny
Magic Mike XXL (2015)
as Paris
The Uninvited (2009)
as Rachael
People Like Us (2012)
as Frankie Davis
Fred Claus (2007)
as Charlene
Meet Bill (2007)
as Jess
Ordinary Sinner (2001)
as Rachel
Every Secret Thing (2014)
as Detective Nancy Porter
Meet Dave (2008)
as Gina Morrison
W. (2008)
as Laura Bush
Love & Mercy (2015)
as Melinda Ledbetter
Sexual Life (2005)
as Sarah
Skincare (2024)
as Hope Goldman
Lovely, Still (2009)
as Alex
Love, Marilyn (2013)
as Self
Our Idiot Brother (2011)
as Miranda Rochlin
The Beanie Bubble (2023)
as Robbie
The Details (2012)
as Nealy Lang
Big Breaks (2008)
as Starlet
Stella Shorts 1998-2002 (2002)
as Yoga Student
Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno' (2009)
as Self
Call Jane (2022)
as Joy
Heights (2005)
as Isabel
Surrender Dorothy (1998)
as Vicki
Just a Little Heart Attack (2011)
as Woman
Daltry Calhoun (2005)
as May
Little Accidents (2014)
as Diane Doyle
The Magic School Bus (—)
as Ms. Frizzle
DreamQuil (2026)
as Carol
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2015)
as Self - Effie Trinket
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials (2014)
as Various (voice) (archive sound)
A Mistake (2023)
as Liz Taylor
Resident Advisors (2015)
as Doctor
Signal Hill (—)
as Mary Neiswender
The Baxter (2005)
as Caroline Swann
Face in the Crowd (2013)
as Face
Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend (2003)
as Self
This Is Not Sex (2008)
Actor
The Sisters (2005)
as Nancy Pecket
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot (2015)
as Self
Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short (2018)
as Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice)
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2014)
as Self - Effie Trinket
Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman (2015)
as Self
Asteroids! (2017)
as Cheez
Timms Valley (2013)
as Beth Billings-Timms
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games (2012)
as Self - Effie Trinket
The Trade (2003)
as Sioux Sever
Show Her the Money (2023)
as Herself
Uninvited (2000)
as Lady Reporter
Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase (2017)
as Bird-Lady
Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber (2017)
as Herself - Host