Cast
Elizabeth Banks
Acting
Cast
Elizabeth Banks
Known for
Acting
Born
1974-02-10
From
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Also known as Elizabeth Casey, Elizabeth Irene Mitchell, Elizabeth Mitchell
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).
★7.3
MOVIE2002
Spider-Man
as Miss Brant
★6.5
MOVIE2007
Spider-Man 3
as Miss Brant
★7.4
MOVIE2013
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Effie Trinket
★6.8
MOVIE2014
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
as Effie Trinket
★7.4
MOVIE2014
The Lego Movie
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
★7.4
MOVIE2023
Migration
as Pam Mallard (voice)
★8.0
MOVIE2002
Catch Me If You Can
as Lucy
★6.9
MOVIE2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Effie Trinket
★7.2
MOVIE2012
The Hunger Games
as Effie Trinket
★2.5
MOVIE2026
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
as Elizabeth Banks
★7.3
MOVIE2012
Pitch Perfect
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
★7.3
MOVIE2004
Spider-Man 2
as Miss Brant
★6.4
MOVIE2005
The 40 Year Old Virgin
as Beth
★6.4
MOVIE2019
Charlie's Angels
as Boz
★6.2
MOVIE2017
Power Rangers
as Rita Repulsa / The Green Ranger
★4.7
MOVIE2013
Movie 43
as Amy (segment "Beezel")
★6.2
MOVIE2019
Brightburn
as Tori Breyer
★6.8
MOVIE2015
Pitch Perfect 2
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
★6.3
MOVIE2008
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
as Miri
★6.5
MOVIE2006
Slither
as Starla Grant
★6.7
MOVIE2019
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
★7.1
MOVIE2010
The Next Three Days
as Lara Brennan
★6.5
MOVIE2017
Pitch Perfect 3
as Gail
★6.1
MOVIE2015
Magic Mike XXL
as Paris
★5.8
MOVIE2018
The Happytime Murders
as Jenny
★6.0
MOVIE2012
What to Expect When You're Expecting
as Wendy Cooper
★6.4
MOVIE2012
Man on a Ledge
as Lydia Mercer
★4.9
MOVIE2005
Sexual Life
as Sarah
★6.5
MOVIE2008
Role Models
as Beth
★4.0
MOVIE2001
Ordinary Sinner
as Rachel
★6.4
MOVIE2023
The Beanie Bubble
as Robbie
★4.7
MOVIE2002
Swept Away
as Debi
★7.1
MOVIE2003
Seabiscuit
as Marcela Howard
★6.8
MOVIE2012
People Like Us
as Frankie Davis
★5.9
MOVIE2024
Skincare
as Hope Goldman
★6.2
MOVIE2001
Wet Hot American Summer
as Lindsay
★6.0
MOVIE2014
Walk of Shame
as Meghan
★6.9
MOVIE2008
Definitely, Maybe
as Emily
★5.8
MOVIE2007
Fred Claus
as Charlene
★5.3
MOVIE2008
Meet Dave
as Gina Morrison
★6.5
MOVIE2009
The Uninvited
as Rachael
★6.0
MOVIE2000
Shaft
as Trey's Friend
★6.2
MOVIE2014
Every Secret Thing
as Detective Nancy Porter
★4.0
MOVIE2008
Big Breaks
as Starlet
★6.6
MOVIE2009
Lovely, Still
as Alex
★8.5
MOVIE2017
The Power of the Present
as Self - Green Ranger (2017)
★6.6
MOVIE2013
Love, Marilyn
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2006
Invincible
as Janet Cantrell
★7.1
MOVIE2015
Love & Mercy
as Melinda Ledbetter
★6.0
MOVIE2007
Meet Bill
as Jess
★6.1
MOVIE2011
Our Idiot Brother
as Miranda Rochlin
★6.0
MOVIE2012
The Details
as Nealy Lang
★6.1
MOVIE2008
W.
as Laura Bush
MOVIE2013
Face in the Crowd
as Face
★7.2
MOVIE2009
Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'
as Self
★8.3
MOVIE2014
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
as Various (voice) (archive sound)
MOVIE2015
Resident Advisors
as Doctor
MOVIETBA
The Magic School Bus
as Ms. Frizzle
★5.4
MOVIE1998
Surrender Dorothy
as Vicki
★5.4
MOVIE2014
Little Accidents
as Diane Doyle
MOVIETBA
Signal Hill
as Mary Neiswender
★6.5
MOVIE2022
Call Jane
as Joy
★6.2
MOVIE2011
Just a Little Heart Attack
as Woman
MOVIE2026
DreamQuil
as Carol
MOVIE2008
This Is Not Sex
★5.0
MOVIE2017
Asteroids!
as Cheez
★6.1
MOVIE2023
A Mistake
as Liz Taylor
★5.1
MOVIE2005
The Sisters
as Nancy Pecket
★6.2
MOVIE2013
Timms Valley
as Beth Billings-Timms
★5.0
MOVIE2005
Daltry Calhoun
as May
★6.4
MOVIE2014
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Self - Effie Trinket
★8.5
MOVIE2012
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
as Self - Effie Trinket
★6.0
MOVIE2005
The Baxter
as Caroline Swann
★7.2
MOVIE2015
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
as Self - Effie Trinket
★10.0
MOVIE2023
Show Her the Money
as Herself
★6.3
MOVIE2005
Heights
as Isabel
★4.0
MOVIE2002
Stella Shorts 1998-2002
as Yoga Student
MOVIE2015
Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
as Self
★4.3
MOVIE2003
The Trade
as Sioux Sever
★6.4
MOVIE2015
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE2018
Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short
as Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice)
MOVIE2003
Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend
as Self
★5.3
MOVIE2000
Uninvited
as Lady Reporter
MOVIE2017
Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber
as Herself - Host
★7.0
MOVIE2017
Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase
as Bird-Lady