Elizabeth Banks
female
Born on February 10, 1974 (51 years old)
From Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Known for Acting
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).
Cast Credits
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
- 2014
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as
Self - Effie Trinket
2014
The Lego Movie
as
Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
2014
Walk of Shame
as
Meghan
2014
Little Accidents
as
Diane Doyle
2014
Every Secret Thing
as
Detective Nancy Porter
2014
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
as
Effie Trinket
2014
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
as
Various (voice) (archive sound)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as
Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as
Self
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as
Self
2014
- 2012
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
as
Self - Effie Trinket
2012
Robot Chicken's ATM Christmas Special
as
Mrs. Claus / Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara (voice)
2012
Man on a Ledge
as
Lydia Mercer
2012
The Hunger Games
as
Effie Trinket
2012
What to Expect When You're Expecting
as
Wendy Cooper
2012
People Like Us
as
Frankie Davis
2012
Pitch Perfect
as
Gail Abernathy-McKadden
2012
The Details
as
Nealy Lang
2012
Comedy Bang! Bang!
as
Self
2012
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005
Daltry Calhoun
as
May
2005
The 40 Year Old Virgin
as
Beth
2005
The Baxter
as
Caroline Swann
2005
Heights
as
Isabel
2005
Sexual Life
as
Sarah
2005
The Sisters
as
Nancy Pecket
2005
American Dad!
as
Becky Arangino (voice)
2005
American Dad!
as
Lisa Silver (voice)
2005
Made in Hollywood
as
Self
2005
Robot Chicken
as
Mrs. Claus / Scarlett (voice)
2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
- 2022
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
Power Rangers
as
Rita Repulsa / The Green Ranger
2017
Pitch Perfect 3
as
Gail
2017
Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber
as
Herself - Host
2017
Asteroids!
as
Cheez
2017
Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase
as
Bird-Lady
2017
The Power of the Present
as
Self - Green Ranger (2017)
2017
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
as
Lindsay
2017
The Gong Show
as
Self - Judge
2017
The Russell Howard Hour
as
Self
2017
- 2015
Love & Mercy
as
Melinda Ledbetter
2015
Magic Mike XXL
as
Paris
2015
Pitch Perfect 2
as
Gail Abernathy-McKadden
2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as
Effie Trinket
2015
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Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
as
Self
2015
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
as
Self
2015
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
as
Self - Effie Trinket
2015
Resident Advisors
as
Doctor
2015
Resident Advisors
as
Doctor
2015
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
as
Lindsay
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as
Self
2015
Moonbeam City
as
Pizzaz Miller (voice)
2015
The Muppets
as
Self
2015
- 2013
- 2011
- 2000
- 1999
- 1998
- 1997
- 1996
- 1992
- 1989
- 1988
- 1981
- 1975
- 1953
- 1949
Crew Credits
- 2025
- 2023
- 2022
- 2019
- 2017
- 2015
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2009
