Elizabeth Banks

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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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2026
DreamQuil
Movie Carol
2026
Mighty Mary
Movie Narrator (voice)
2026
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
Movie Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)
2026
The Puzzle Room with David Kwong
TV show Self - Guest
2026
Bear Grylls is Running Wild
TV show Self
2026
The Miniature Wife
TV show Lindy McMichael Littlejohn
2025
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
TV show Self
2025
The Better Sister
TV show Nicky Macintosh
2024
Skincare
Movie Hope Goldman
2023
Migration
Movie Pam Mallard (voice)
2023
Cat Person
Movie Executive Producer
2023
Show Her the Money
Movie Herself
2023
A Mistake
Movie Liz Taylor
2023
Bottoms
Movie Producer
2023
The Beanie Bubble
Movie Robbie
2023
Cocaine Bear: The True Story
Movie Executive Producer