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Elizabeth Banks
7 FOLLOWERS • 87 CREDITS • FEB 10, 1974 • 50
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).
Known For
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The Oscars
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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The Simpsons
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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American Dad!
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Curb Your Enthusiasm
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Scrubs
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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The Graham Norton Show
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Saturday Night Live
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The Daily Show
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The Boys
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Modern Family
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Family Guy
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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Sex and the City
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The Early Show
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Honest Trailers
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Without a Trace
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30 Rock
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The Jay Leno Show
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Resident Advisors
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Critics' Choice Movie Awards
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Movie 43
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Shaft
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Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
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Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
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Pitch Perfect
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Spider-Man
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Catch Me If You Can
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Spider-Man 2
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Pitch Perfect 2
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Spider-Man 3
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Magic Mike XXL
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Fred Claus
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Power Rangers
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Ultra City Smiths
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Mrs. America
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The 40 Year Old Virgin
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
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Pitch Perfect 3
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
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The Hunger Games
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The Uninvited
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Charlie's Angels
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Love & Mercy
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Role Models
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Slither
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Definitely, Maybe
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Invincible
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The Lego Movie
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Migration
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Man on a Ledge
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Meet Dave
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The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
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The Better Sister
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Brightburn
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Our Idiot Brother
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The Beanie Bubble
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Moonbeam City
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The Next Three Days
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Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
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Press Your Luck
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The Miniature Wife
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Zack and Miri Make a Porno
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Call Jane
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Red Queen
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