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