Elizabeth Banks
Actor
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).
Filmography
The Hunger Games
as Effie Trinket 2012
Spider-Man
as Miss Brant 2002
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Effie Trinket 2013
Catch Me If You Can
as Lucy 2002
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
as Effie Trinket 2014
Spider-Man 2
as Miss Brant 2004
Spider-Man 3
as Miss Brant 2007
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Effie Trinket 2015
The Lego Movie
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice) 2014
The 40 Year Old Virgin
as Beth 2005
Pitch Perfect
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden 2012
Pitch Perfect 2
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden 2015
Power Rangers
as Rita Repulsa / The Green Ranger 2017
Pitch Perfect 3
as Gail 2017
Brightburn
as Tori Breyer 2019
Charlie's Angels
as Boz 2019
The Next Three Days
as Lara 2010