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).
Spider-Man
as Miss Brant
Swept Away
as Debi
Spider-Man 3
as Miss Brant
Migration
as Pam Mallard (voice)
Catch Me If You Can
as Lucy
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
as Effie Trinket
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Effie Trinket
The Lego Movie
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
Spider-Man 2
as Miss Brant
The Hunger Games
as Effie Trinket
Pitch Perfect 2
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
Pitch Perfect
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
The 40 Year Old Virgin
as Beth
Power Rangers
as Rita Repulsa / The Green Ranger
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Effie Trinket
Movie 43
as Amy (segment "Beezel")
Brightburn
as Tori Breyer
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
as Miri
Charlie's Angels
as Boz
Meet Dave
as Gina Morrison
The Next Three Days
as Lara Brennan
Slither
as Starla Grant
Shaft
as Trey's Friend
Pitch Perfect 3
as Gail
The Uninvited
as Rachael
Walk of Shame
as Meghan
Definitely, Maybe
as Emily
Role Models
as Beth
Seabiscuit
as Marcela Howard
What to Expect When You're Expecting
as Wendy Cooper
Man on a Ledge
as Lydia Mercer
Fred Claus
as Charlene
The Power of the Present
as Self - Green Ranger (2017)
People Like Us
as Frankie Davis
Magic Mike XXL
as Paris
Invincible
as Janet Cantrell
The Happytime Murders
as Jenny
Meet Bill
as Jess
W.
as Laura Bush
Every Secret Thing
as Detective Nancy Porter
Our Idiot Brother
as Miranda Rochlin
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
as Elizabeth Banks
Love & Mercy
as Melinda Ledbetter
Wet Hot American Summer
as Lindsay
Call Jane
as Joy
Sexual Life
as Sarah
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
as Self - Effie Trinket
Heights
as Isabel
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
as Self - Effie Trinket
The Baxter
as Caroline Swann
The Beanie Bubble
as Robbie
The Details
as Nealy Lang
Skincare
as Hope Goldman
Love, Marilyn
as Self
Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'
as Self
DreamQuil
as Carol
Stella Shorts 1998-2002
as Yoga Student
The Sisters
as Nancy Pecket
Lovely, Still
as Alex
Daltry Calhoun
as May
Timms Valley
as Beth Billings-Timms
Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short
as Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice)
Big Breaks
as Starlet
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Self - Effie Trinket
Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
as Self
Ordinary Sinner
as Rachel
Resident Advisors
as Doctor
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
as Various (voice) (archive sound)
A Mistake
as Liz Taylor
This Is Not Sex
Surrender Dorothy
as Vicki
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
as Self
Little Accidents
as Diane Doyle
Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase
as Bird-Lady
Show Her the Money
as Herself
Face in the Crowd
as Face
The Trade
as Sioux Sever
Uninvited
as Lady Reporter
Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend
as Self
Just a Little Heart Attack
as Woman
Asteroids!
as Cheez
Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber
as Herself - Host