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