
Elizabeth Banks
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).
Acting (77 movies)

The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
2012

Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2014

Spider-Man
2002

Spider-Man 2
2004

Spider-Man 3
2007

Catch Me If You Can
2002

Wet Hot American Summer
2001

W.
2008

A Mistake
2024

Zack and Miri Make a Porno
2008

Robot Chicken's ATM Christmas Special
2012

Seabiscuit
2003

Fred Claus
2007

Daltry Calhoun
2005

Meet Dave
2008

The 40 Year Old Virgin
2005

Invincible
2006

Definitely, Maybe
2008

Slither
2006

Swept Away
2002

Meet Bill
2007

The Baxter
2005

Heights
2005

The Uninvited
2009

The Next Three Days
2010

Role Models
2008

Sexual Life
2005

The Sisters
2005

Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'
2009

Man on a Ledge
2012

The Beanie Bubble
2023

The Hunger Games
2012

Lovely, Still
2009

Uninvited
2000

What to Expect When You're Expecting
2012

Our Idiot Brother
2011

Movie 43
2013

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013

People Like Us
2012

Skincare
2024

Love, Marilyn
2013

Pitch Perfect
2012

The Lego Movie
2014

Walk of Shame
2014

Little Accidents
2014

Every Secret Thing
2014

Love & Mercy
2015

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014

Magic Mike XXL
2015

Pitch Perfect 2
2015

Ordinary Sinner
2001

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015

Migration
2023

Timms Valley
2013

Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
2015

Power Rangers
2017

Pitch Perfect 3
2017

Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
2014

Face in the Crowd
2013

The Happytime Murders
2018

Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber
2017

Asteroids!
2017

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019

Brightburn
2019

Charlie's Angels
2019

Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short
2018

Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase
2017

The Power of the Present
2017

Shaft
2000

Surrender Dorothy
1998

The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
2015

Call Jane
2022

The Details
2012

Show Her the Money
2023

Stella Shorts 1998-2002
2002

Resident Advisors
2015

The Trade
2003
Directing (5 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Surrogates | 2009 | Executive Producer |
| Pitch Perfect | 2012 | Producer |
| Resident Advisors | 2015 | Executive Producer |
| Pitch Perfect 2 | 2015 | Producer |
| The Most Hated Woman in America | 2017 | Producer |
| Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber | 2017 | Executive Producer |
| Pitch Perfect 3 | 2017 | Producer |
| Charlie's Angels | 2019 | Screenplay |
| Charlie's Angels | 2019 | Producer |
| Cocaine Bear | 2023 | Producer |
| Cocaine Bear: The True Story | 2023 | Executive Producer |
| Bottoms | 2023 | Producer |
| Cat Person | 2023 | Executive Producer |
