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