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