Elizabeth Banks
Acting
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).
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Effie Trinket
Age 39 (now 52)
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
Age 44 (now 52)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
as Effie Trinket
Age 40 (now 52)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Effie Trinket
Age 41 (now 52)
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
as Elizabeth Banks
Age 52
Cocaine Bear: The True Story
Executive Producer
Age 49 (now 52)
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
Age 44 (now 52)
Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short
as Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice)
Age 44 (now 52)
Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase
as Bird-Lady
Age 43 (now 52)
The Power of the Present
as Self - Green Ranger (2017)
Age 43 (now 52)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Effie Trinket
Age 41 (now 52)
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
as Self
Age 41 (now 52)
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
as Self - Effie Trinket
Age 41 (now 52)Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
as Self
Age 41 (now 52) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
as Effie Trinket
Age 40 (now 52)
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
as Various (voice) (archive sound)
Age 40 (now 52)
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Self - Effie Trinket
Age 40 (now 52)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Effie Trinket
Age 39 (now 52)
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
as Self - Effie Trinket
Age 38 (now 52)
What to Expect When You're Expecting
as Wendy Cooper
Age 38 (now 52)
Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'
as Self
Age 34 (now 52)
Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend
as Self
Age 29 (now 52)
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
as Self
Age 51 (now 52)
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
Executive Producer
Age 48 (now 52)
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
as Lindsay
Age 43 (now 52)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
Age 41 (now 52)
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
as Lindsay
Age 41 (now 52)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Age 40 (now 52)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
Age 40 (now 52)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
Age 40 (now 52)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Age 35 (now 52)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Jaina Jansen
Age 25 (now 52)
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
Age 19 (now 52)
Untitled Elizabeth Banks Apple TV Series
Executive Producer
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Also Known As
Elizabeth Casey, Elizabeth Irene Mitchell, Elizabeth Mitchell
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