Elizabeth Banks
88 movies · 26 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 10, 1974 (age 52)
- Place of birth
- Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
- Also known as
- Elizabeth Casey · Elizabeth Irene Mitchell · Elizabeth Mitchell
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
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★ 7.2 The Hunger Games
2012 · Film
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★ 7.4 Spider-Man
2002 · Film
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★ 7.4 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013 · Film
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★ 8.0 Catch Me If You Can
2002 · Film
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★ 6.8 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014 · Film
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★ 7.3 Spider-Man 2
2004 · Film
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★ 6.5 Spider-Man 3
2007 · Film
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★ 6.9 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015 · Film
Elizabeth Banks: movies and TV shows
Acting (98)
- Upcoming DreamQuil
as Carol
- Upcoming The Magic School Bus
as Ms. Frizzle
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- 2026
- 2026 Mighty Mary
as Narrator (voice)
- 2026 Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
as Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)
- 2026
- 2025
- 2024 Skincare
as Hope Goldman
- 2023 Migration
as Pam Mallard (voice)
- 2023 A Mistake
as Liz Taylor
- 2023 The Beanie Bubble
as Robbie
- 2022 Call Jane
as Joy
- 2020
- 2019 Charlie's Angels
as Boz
- 2019
- 2019 Brightburn
as Tori Breyer
- 2019 The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
- 2018 Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short
as Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice)
- 2018 The Happytime Murders
as Jenny
- 2017 Pitch Perfect 3
as Gail
- 2017 Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase
as Bird-Lady
- 2017
- 2017 Power Rangers
as Rita Repulsa
- 2017 Asteroids!
as Cheez
- 2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Effie Trinket
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015 Magic Mike XXL
as Paris
- 2015 Love & Mercy
as Melinda Ledbetter
- 2015 Pitch Perfect 2
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
- 2015 Resident Advisors
as Doctor
- 2015
- 2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
as Effie Trinket
- 2014 Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
as Various (voice) (archive sound)
- 2014 Walk of Shame
as Meghan
- 2014 Every Secret Thing
as Detective Nancy Porter
- 2014 Little Accidents
as Diane Doyle
- 2014 The Lego Movie
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
- 2013 Timms Valley
as Beth Billings-Timms
- 2013 Face in the Crowd
as Face
- 2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Effie Trinket
- 2013 Movie 43
as Amy (segment "Beezel")
- 2012 The Details
as Nealy Lang
- 2012 Pitch Perfect
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
- 2012 People Like Us
as Frankie Davis
- 2012 What to Expect When You're Expecting
as Wendy
- 2012 The Hunger Games
as Effie Trinket
- 2012 Man on a Ledge
as Lydia Mercer
- 2011 Just a Little Heart Attack
as Woman
- 2011 Our Idiot Brother
as Miranda Rochlin
- 2010 The Next Three Days
as Lara Brennan
- 2009 Lovely, Still
as Alex
- 2009
- 2009 The Uninvited
as Rachael
- 2008 Big Breaks
as Starlet
- 2008 Role Models
as Beth
- 2008 W.
as Laura Bush
- 2008
- 2008 Zack and Miri Make a Porno
as Miri
- 2008 Meet Dave
as Gina Morrison
- 2008 Definitely, Maybe
as Emily
- 2008
- 2007 Fred Claus
as Charlene
- 2007 Meet Bill
as Jess
- 2007 Spider-Man 3
as Miss Brant
- 2006
- 2006 Invincible
as Janet Cantrell
- 2006 Slither
as Starla Grant
- 2005 Daltry Calhoun
as May
- 2005 The Baxter
as Caroline Swann
- 2005 The 40 Year-Old Virgin
as Beth
- 2005 Heights
as Isabel
- 2005 The Sisters
as Nancy Pecket
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005 Sexual Life
as Sarah
- 2004 Spider-Man 2
as Miss Brant
- 2003 Seabiscuit
as Marcela Howard
- 2003 The Trade
as Sioux Sever
- 2002 Stella Shorts 1998-2002
as Yoga Student
- 2002 Catch Me If You Can
as Lucy
- 2002 Swept Away
as Debi
- 2002
- 2002 Spider-Man
as Miss Brant
- 2001 Ordinary Sinner
as Rachel
- 2001
- 2001 Wet Hot American Summer
as Lindsay
- 2000
- 2000 Shaft
as Trey's Friend
- 2000 Uninvited
as Lady Reporter
- 1999
- 1999
- 1999
- 1998
- 1998 Surrender Dorothy
as Vicki
- 1989
Behind the camera (33)
- Upcoming DreamQuil
Producer
- Upcoming The Magic School Bus
Producer
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming Where the Fore Are We?
Producer
- Upcoming The Greater Good
Director
- Upcoming Cocaine Bear 2
Producer
- Upcoming The Grace Year
Producer, Director
- Upcoming Harness
Producer
- Upcoming Betas
Producer
- Upcoming Bad Hand
Producer
- Upcoming Throttled
Producer
- 2026 Mighty Mary
Executive Producer
- 2026
- 2025
- 2023 Cat Person
Executive Producer
- 2023 Bottoms
Producer
- 2023 Cocaine Bear: The True Story
Executive Producer
- 2023 Cocaine Bear
Director, Producer
- 2022
- 2019 Charlie's Angels
Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 2019
- 2019
- 2017 Pitch Perfect 3
Producer
- 2017 Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber
Executive Producer
- 2017 The Most Hated Woman in America
Producer
- 2015 Pitch Perfect 2
Director, Producer
- 2015 Resident Advisors
Executive Producer
- 2015
- 2013 Movie 43
Director
- 2012 Pitch Perfect
Producer
- 2011 Just a Little Heart Attack
Director
- 2009 Surrogates
Executive Producer
Talk shows and appearances (42)
- 2026 The Puzzle Room with David Kwong
1 episode
- 2026 Bear Grylls is Running Wild
1 episode
- 2025 Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
1 episode
- 2023
- 2019 I'm a LA… Get Me Out of Here!
18 episodes
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
2 episodes
- 2017 The Russell Howard Hour
1 episode
- 2017
- 2017 The Gong Show
1 episode
- 2015 The Muppets
1 episode
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
1 episode
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
1 episode
- 2014
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
2 episodes
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
3 episodes
- 2013
- 2013 The Frame
1 episode
- 2012
- 2012 Comedy Bang! Bang!
1 episode
- 2010 Conan
3 episodes
- 2009 The Jay Leno Show
1 episode
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
1 episode
- 2009
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show
3 episodes
- 2005 Made in Hollywood
1 episode
- 2004 The Tony Danza Show
1 episode
- 2003
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
6 episodes
- 2001 Critics Choice Awards
1 episode
- 1999 The Early Show
1 episode
- 1997 The View
1 episode
- 1996 The Daily Show
2 episodes
- 1993 Late Show with David Letterman
1 episode
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1 episode
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
3 episodes
- 1981 Entertainment Tonight
1 episode
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
1 episode
- 1953 The Oscars
1 episode
- 1949 The Emmy Awards
1 episode