Elizabeth Banks
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).
Acted in
A Mistake
2024
as Liz Taylor
Skincare
2024
as Hope Goldman
Migration
2023
as Pam Mallard (voice)
The Beanie Bubble
2023
as Robbie
Call Jane
2022
as Joy
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Ultra City Smiths
2021
as Beth Billings-Timms
Mrs. America
2020
as Jill Ruckelshaus
Charlie's Angels
2019
as Bosley
The Boys
2019
as Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)
Press Your Luck
2019
as Self - Host
Brightburn
2019
as Tori Breyer
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short
2018
as Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice)
The Happytime Murders
2018
as Jenny
Pitch Perfect 3
2017
as Gail
Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase
2017
as Bird-Lady
Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber
2017
as Herself - Host
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
2017
as Lindsay
The Power of the Present
2017
as Self - Green Ranger (2017)
The Gong Show
2017
as Self - Judge
Power Rangers
2017
as Rita Repulsa / The Green Ranger
Asteroids!
2017
as Cheez
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
as Effie Trinket
The Muppets
2015
as Self
Moonbeam City
2015
as Pizzaz Miller (voice)
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
2015
as Self
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
2015
as Lindsay
Magic Mike XXL
2015
as Paris
Love & Mercy
2015
as Melinda Ledbetter
Pitch Perfect 2
2015
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
Resident Advisors
2015
as Doctor
Straight From The Heart: A Tribute To Philip Seymour Hoffman
2015
as Self
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
2015
as Self (Effie Trinket)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
as Effie Trinket
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
2014
as Various (voice) (archive sound)
Walk of Shame
2014
as Meghan
Every Secret Thing
2014
as Detective Nancy Porter
Little Accidents
2014
as Diane Doyle
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2014
as Self (Effie Trinket)
The Lego Movie
2014
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
Timms Valley
2013
as Beth Billings-Timms
Face in the Crowd
2013
as Face
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
as Effie Trinket
Love, Marilyn
2013
as Self
Movie 43
2013
as Amy (segment "Beezel")
Robot Chicken's ATM Christmas Special
2012
as Mrs. Claus / Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara (voice)
Lovely, Still
2012
as Alex
The Details
2012
as Nealy Lang
Pitch Perfect
2012
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
2012
as Self (Effie Trinket)
People Like Us
2012
as Frankie Davis
What to Expect When You're Expecting
2012
as Wendy Cooper
The Hunger Games
2012
as Effie Trinket
Honest Trailers
2012
as Effie Trinket (archive footage)
Man on a Ledge
2012
as Lydia Mercer
Just a Little Heart Attack
2011
as Woman
Our Idiot Brother
2011
as Miranda Rochlin
The Next Three Days
2010
as Lara
Modern Family
2009
as Sal
Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'
2009
as Self
The Uninvited
2009
as Rachael
Big Breaks
2008
as Starlet
Role Models
2008
as Beth
W.
2008
as Laura Bush
This Is Not Sex
2008
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
2008
as Miri
Meet Dave
2008
as Gina Morrison
Definitely, Maybe
2008
as Emily
Comanche Moon
2008
as Maggie
Fred Claus
2007
as Charlene
Meet Bill
2007
as Jess
Spider-Man 3
2007
as Miss Brant
30 Rock
2006
as Avery Jessup
Invincible
2006
as Janet Cantrell
Slither
2006
as Starla Grant
Daltry Calhoun
2005
as May
The Baxter
2005
as Caroline Swann
The 40 Year Old Virgin
2005
as Beth
Heights
2005
as Isabel
The Sisters
2005
as Nancy Pecket
American Dad!
2005
as Becky Arangino (voice)
American Dad!
2005
as Lisa Silver (voice)
Sexual Life
2005
as Sarah
Spider-Man 2
2004
as Miss Brant
Seabiscuit
2003
as Marcela Howard
Catch Me If You Can
2002
as Lucy
Swept Away
2002
as Debi
Without a Trace
2002
as Clarissa
Spider-Man
2002
as Miss Brant
Ordinary Sinner
2001
as Rachel
Scrubs
2001
as Dr. Kim Briggs
Wet Hot American Summer
2001
as Lindsay
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Elizabeth Banks
Shaft
2000
as Trey's Friend
Uninvited
2000
as Lady Reporter
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Jaina Jansen
Family Guy
1999
as Pam Fishman (voice)
Sex and the City
1998
as Catherine
Surrender Dorothy
1998
as Vicki
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
1996
as Herself - Presenter
The Simpsons
1989
as Persephone (voice)
The Oscars
1953
as Self
DreamQuil
as Carol
Red Queen
The Miniature Wife
as Lindy
The Better Sister
as Nicky