Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1974-02-10 (Age: 52)
Place of Birth
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
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).
Filmography (84)
DreamQuil
2026
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
2026
Skincare
2024
Migration
2023
Show Her the Money
2023
A Mistake
2023
The Beanie Bubble
2023
Call Jane
2022
Charlie's Angels
2019
Brightburn
2019
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019
Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short
2018
The Happytime Murders
2018
Pitch Perfect 3
2017
