Elizabeth Banks
Acting • Born 1974-02-10
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
136 credits
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
Movie • 2012
Self - Effie Trinket
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Movie • 2014
Self - Effie Trinket
Spider-Man
Movie • 2002
Miss Brant
Spider-Man 2
Movie • 2004
Miss Brant
Spider-Man 3
Movie • 2007
Miss Brant
Catch Me If You Can
Movie • 2002
Lucy
Wet Hot American Summer
Movie • 2001
Lindsay
W.
Movie • 2008
Laura Bush
A Mistake
Movie • 2024
Liz Taylor
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Movie • 2008
Miri
Robot Chicken's ATM Christmas Special
Movie • 2012
Mrs. Claus / Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara (voice)
Seabiscuit
Movie • 2003
Marcela Howard
Fred Claus
Movie • 2007
Charlene
Daltry Calhoun
Movie • 2005
May
Meet Dave
Movie • 2008
Gina Morrison
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Movie • 2005
Beth
Invincible
Movie • 2006
Janet Cantrell
Definitely, Maybe
Movie • 2008
Emily
Slither
Movie • 2006
Starla Grant
Swept Away
Movie • 2002
Debi
Meet Bill
Movie • 2007
Jess
The Baxter
Movie • 2005
Caroline Swann
Heights
Movie • 2005
Isabel
The Uninvited
Movie • 2009
Rachael
The Next Three Days
Movie • 2010
Lara
Role Models
Movie • 2008
Beth
Sexual Life
Movie • 2005
Sarah
The Sisters
Movie • 2005
Nancy Pecket
Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'
Movie • 2009
Self
Man on a Ledge
Movie • 2012
Lydia Mercer
The Beanie Bubble
Movie • 2023
Robbie
The Hunger Games
Movie • 2012
Effie Trinket
DreamQuil
Movie • 2026
Carol
Lovely, Still
Movie • 2009
Alex
Uninvited
Movie • 2000
Lady Reporter
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Movie • 2012
Wendy Cooper
Our Idiot Brother
Movie • 2011
Miranda Rochlin
Movie 43
Movie • 2013
Amy (segment "Beezel")
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Movie • 2013
Effie Trinket
People Like Us
Movie • 2012
Frankie Davis
Skincare
Movie • 2024
Hope Goldman
Love, Marilyn
Movie • 2013
Self
Pitch Perfect
Movie • 2012
Gail Abernathy-McKadden
The Lego Movie
Movie • 2014
Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
Just a Little Heart Attack
Movie • 2011
Woman
Walk of Shame
Movie • 2014
Meghan
Big Breaks
Movie • 2008
Starlet
Little Accidents
Movie • 2014
Diane Doyle
Every Secret Thing
Movie • 2014
Detective Nancy Porter
Love & Mercy
Movie • 2015
Melinda Ledbetter
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Movie • 2014
Effie Trinket
Magic Mike XXL
Movie • 2015
Paris
Pitch Perfect 2
Movie • 2015
Gail Abernathy-McKadden
Ordinary Sinner
Movie • 2001
Rachel
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Movie • 2015
Effie Trinket
Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
Movie • 2015
Self
Migration
Movie • 2023
Pam Mallard (voice)
Timms Valley
Movie • 2013
Beth Billings-Timms
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
Movie • 2015
Self
Power Rangers
Movie • 2017
Rita Repulsa / The Green Ranger
Pitch Perfect 3
Movie • 2017
Gail
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
Movie • 2014
Various (voice) (archive sound)
Face in the Crowd
Movie • 2013
Face
The Happytime Murders
Movie • 2018
Jenny
Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber
Movie • 2017
Herself - Host
Asteroids!
Movie • 2017
Cheez
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Movie • 2019
Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
Brightburn
Movie • 2019
Tori Breyer
Charlie's Angels
Movie • 2019
Boz
Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short
Movie • 2018
Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice)
Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase
Movie • 2017
Bird-Lady
The Power of the Present
Movie • 2017
Self - Green Ranger (2017)
Shaft
Movie • 2000
Trey's Friend
Surrender Dorothy
Movie • 1998
Vicki
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Movie • 2015
Self - Effie Trinket
This Is Not Sex
Movie • 2008
Call Jane
Movie • 2022
Joy
The Details
Movie • 2012
Nealy Lang
Show Her the Money
Movie • 2023
Herself
Stella Shorts 1998-2002
Movie • 2002
Yoga Student
Resident Advisors
Movie • 2015
Doctor
The Trade
Movie • 2003
Sioux Sever
Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend
Movie • 2003
Self
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
Movie • 2026
The Tony Danza Show
TV • 2004
Self
Modern Family
TV • 2009
Sal
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Becky Arangino (voice)
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Jaina Jansen
Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Clarissa
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self
30 Rock
TV • 2006
Avery Jessup
The Jay Leno Show
TV • 2009
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
Comanche Moon
TV • 2008
Maggie
Critics Choice Awards
TV • 2001
Self - Presenter
Resident Advisors
TV • 2015
Doctor
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
TV • 2015
Lindsay
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Moonbeam City
TV • 2015
Pizzaz Miller (voice)
The Muppets
TV • 2015
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Lisa Silver (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Curb Your Enthusiasm
TV • 2000
Elizabeth Banks
Sex and the City
TV • 1998
Catherine
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
TV • 2017
Lindsay
Made in Hollywood
TV • 2005
Self
The Gong Show
TV • 2017
Self - Judge
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Persephone (voice)
The Boys
TV • 2019
Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
The Russell Howard Hour
TV • 2017
Self
The Frame
TV • 2013
Effie Trinket
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
The Miniature Wife
TV • 2026
Lindy
Press Your Luck
TV • 2019
Self - Host
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
The Better Sister
TV • 2025
Nicky Macintosh
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Pam Fishman (voice)
Comedy Bang! Bang!
TV • 2012
Self
Mrs. America
TV • 2020
Jill Ruckelshaus
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
Third Watch
TV • 1999
Elaine Elchisak
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
The Emmy Awards
TV • 1949
Self
Robot Chicken
TV • 2005
Mrs. Claus / Scarlett (voice)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Scrubs
TV • 2001
Dr. Kim Briggs
Late Show with David Letterman
TV • 1993
Self - Guest