Acting
Elizabeth Banks
Born Feb 10, 1974 · Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
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).
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Acting
The Magic School Bus
Adventure · Comedy · Science Fiction
DreamQuil
2026
Horror · Mystery · Science Fiction
Mighty Mary
2026
Documentary
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
2026
Comedy
The Miniature Wife
2026
Drama · Comedy
The Better Sister
2025
Drama · Crime · Mystery
Skincare
2024
Thriller · Drama · Comedy
Migration
2023
Family · Comedy · Adventure
Show Her the Money
2023
Documentary
A Mistake
2023
Thriller · Drama
The Beanie Bubble
2023
Comedy · Drama
Call Jane
2022
Drama · History
Mrs. America
2020
Drama
Charlie's Angels
2019
Action · Adventure · Comedy
The Boys
2019
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Action & Adventure
Brightburn
2019
Horror · Science Fiction · Drama
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019
Action · Adventure · Animation
Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short
2018
Animation · Comedy · Family
The Happytime Murders
2018
Action · Crime · Comedy
Pitch Perfect 3
2017
Music · Comedy
Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase
2017
TV Movie · Family
Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber
2017
Documentary
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
2017
Comedy
The Power of the Present
2017
Documentary
Power Rangers
2017
Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Asteroids!
2017
Animation · Science Fiction
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Moonbeam City
2015
Animation · Comedy
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
2015
Documentary
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
2015
Comedy
Magic Mike XXL
2015
Comedy · Drama
Love & Mercy
2015
Drama · Music · History
Pitch Perfect 2
2015
Comedy · Music
Resident Advisors
2015
Comedy
Resident Advisors
2015
Comedy
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
2015
Documentary
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
Science Fiction · Adventure · Thriller
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
2014
Animation · Comedy
Walk of Shame
2014
Comedy
Every Secret Thing
2014
Thriller · Crime · Mystery
Little Accidents
2014
Drama
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2014
Documentary
The Lego Movie
2014
Animation · Family · Adventure
Timms Valley
2013
Comedy · Animation
Face in the Crowd
2013
Drama
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
Adventure · Action · Science Fiction
Love, Marilyn
2013
Documentary
The Frame
2013
News · Documentary
Movie 43
2013
Comedy
The Details
2012
Comedy · Drama
Pitch Perfect
2012
Comedy · Music · Romance
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
2012
Documentary
People Like Us
2012
Drama
What to Expect When You're Expecting
2012
Romance · Comedy · Drama
The Hunger Games
2012
Science Fiction · Adventure · Action
Man on a Ledge
2012
Action · Thriller · Crime
Our Idiot Brother
2011
Comedy · Drama
The Next Three Days
2010
Romance · Drama · Thriller
Lovely, Still
2009
Drama · Romance
Modern Family
2009
Comedy
Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'
2009
Documentary
The Uninvited
2009
Horror
Role Models
2008
Comedy
W.
2008
Drama
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
2008
Comedy · Romance
Meet Dave
2008
Comedy · Science Fiction · Adventure
Definitely, Maybe
2008
Comedy · Romance
Comanche Moon
2008
Drama · Western
Fred Claus
2007
Action · Comedy · Drama
Meet Bill
2007
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Spider-Man 3
2007
Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
30 Rock
2006
Comedy
Invincible
2006
Drama · History
Slither
2006
Horror · Science Fiction · Comedy
Daltry Calhoun
2005
Comedy · Drama · Music
The Baxter
2005
Comedy · Romance
The 40 Year-Old Virgin
2005
Comedy · Romance
Heights
2005
Drama · Romance
The Sisters
2005
Drama
Robot Chicken
2005
Comedy · Animation
American Dad!
2005
Animation · Comedy
Sexual Life
2005
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Spider-Man 2
2004
Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Seabiscuit
2003
Drama · History
The Trade
2003
Stella Shorts 1998-2002
2002
Comedy
Catch Me If You Can
2002
Drama · Crime
Swept Away
2002
Comedy · Romance
Without a Trace
2002
Crime · Mystery · Action & Adventure
Spider-Man
2002
Action · Science Fiction
Ordinary Sinner
2001
Romance · Drama
Scrubs
2001
Comedy
Wet Hot American Summer
2001
Comedy
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Comedy
Shaft
2000
Action · Adventure · Crime
Uninvited
2000
Drama · Thriller
Third Watch
1999
Drama · Crime
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Family Guy
1999
Animation · Comedy
Sex and the City
1998
Drama · Comedy
Surrender Dorothy
1998
Horror · Comedy · Drama
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Talk · Comedy
The Simpsons
1989
Animation · Comedy
