Elizabeth Banks
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).
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
(Self (Effie Trinket))
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
(Self (Effie Trinket))
Spider-Man
(Miss Brant)
Spider-Man 3
(Miss Brant)
Spider-Man 2
(Miss Brant)
Catch Me If You Can
(Lucy)
Wet Hot American Summer
(Lindsay)
W.
(Laura Bush)
A Mistake
(Liz Taylor)
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
(Miri)
Robot Chicken's ATM Christmas Special
(Mrs. Claus / Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara (voice))
Seabiscuit
(Marcela Howard)
Fred Claus
(Charlene)
Daltry Calhoun
(May)
Meet Dave
(Gina Morrison)
The 40 Year Old Virgin
(Beth)
Invincible
(Janet Cantrell)
Definitely, Maybe
(Emily)
Slither
(Starla Grant)
Swept Away
(Debi)
Meet Bill
(Jess)
The Baxter
(Caroline Swann)
Heights
(Isabel)
The Uninvited
(Rachael)
The Next Three Days
(Lara)
Role Models
(Beth)
Sexual Life
(Sarah)
The Sisters
(Nancy Pecket)
Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'
(Self)
Man on a Ledge
(Lydia Mercer)
The Beanie Bubble
(Robbie)
The Hunger Games
(Effie Trinket)
DreamQuil
(Carol)
Lovely, Still
(Alex)
Uninvited
(Lady Reporter)
What to Expect When You're Expecting
(Wendy Cooper)
Our Idiot Brother
(Miranda Rochlin)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
(Effie Trinket)
Movie 43
(Amy (segment "Beezel"))
People Like Us
(Frankie Davis)
Skincare
(Hope Goldman)
Love, Marilyn
(Self)
Pitch Perfect
(Gail Abernathy-McKadden)
The Lego Movie
(Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice))
Just a Little Heart Attack
(Woman)
Walk of Shame
(Meghan)
Big Breaks
(Starlet)
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
(Self (archive footage))
Little Accidents
(Diane Doyle)
Every Secret Thing
(Detective Nancy Porter)
Love & Mercy
(Melinda Ledbetter)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
(Effie Trinket)
Magic Mike XXL
(Paris)
Pitch Perfect 2
(Gail Abernathy-McKadden)
Ordinary Sinner
(Rachel)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
(Effie Trinket)
Straight From The Heart: A Tribute To Philip Seymour Hoffman
(Self)
Migration
(Pam Mallard (voice))
Timms Valley
(Beth Billings-Timms)
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
(Self)
Power Rangers
(Rita Repulsa / The Green Ranger)
Pitch Perfect 3
(Gail)
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
(Various (voice) (archive sound))
Face in the Crowd
(Face)
The Happytime Murders
(Jenny)
Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber
(Herself - Host)
Asteroids!
(Cheez)
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
(Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice))
Brightburn
(Tori Breyer)
Charlie's Angels
(Boz)
Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short
(Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice))
Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase
(Bird-Lady)
The Power of the Present
(Self - Green Ranger (2017))
Shaft
(Trey's Friend)
Surrender Dorothy
(Vicki)
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
(Self (Effie Trinket))
This Is Not Sex
Call Jane
(Joy)
The Details
(Nealy Lang)
Show Her the Money
(Herself)
The Tony Danza Show
(Self)
Modern Family
(Sal)
American Dad!
(Becky Arangino (voice))
The Daily Show
(Self)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(Jaina Jansen)
Without a Trace
(Clarissa)
The Early Show
(Self)
30 Rock
(Avery Jessup)
Scrubs
(Dr. Kim Briggs)
The Jay Leno Show
(Self)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(Self - Guest)
Red Queen
Comanche Moon
(Maggie)
Critics Choice Awards
(Herself - Presenter)
Resident Advisors
(Doctor)
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
(Lindsay)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(Self)
Moonbeam City
(Pizzaz Miller (voice))
The Muppets
(Self)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(Self)
American Dad!
(Lisa Silver (voice))
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Host)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
(Elizabeth Banks)
Sex and the City
(Catherine)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self)
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
(Lindsay)
Made in Hollywood
(Self)
The Gong Show
(Self - Judge)
The Simpsons
(Persephone (voice))
The Boys
(Elizabeth Banks (uncredited))
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
(Self)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Russell Howard Hour
(Self)
The Frame
(Effie Trinket)
Honest Trailers
(Effie Trinket (archive footage))
The View
(Self - Guest)
The Miniature Wife
(Lindy)
Ultra City Smiths
(Beth Billings-Timms)
Press Your Luck
(Self - Host)
Entertainment Tonight
(Self)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
The Better Sister
(Nicky)
Family Guy
(Pam Fishman (voice))
Comedy Bang! Bang!
(Self)
Mrs. America
(Jill Ruckelshaus)
The Oscars
(Self)
Conan
(Self)
Third Watch
(Elaine Elchisak)
I'm a LA... Get Me Out of Here!
(Self - Contestant)
Cocaine Bear
(Director)
Cocaine Bear
(Producer)
Movie 43
(Director)
Pitch Perfect
(Producer)
Just a Little Heart Attack
(Director)
Pitch Perfect 2
(Director)
Where the Fore Are We?
(Producer)
Pitch Perfect 2
(Producer)
Foreign Relations
(Producer)
Pitch Perfect 3
(Producer)
The Most Hated Woman in America
(Producer)
Cat Person
(Executive Producer)
Charlie's Angels
(Director)
Bottoms
(Producer)
The Greater Good
(Director)
Cocaine Bear: The True Story
(Executive Producer)
DreamQuil
(Producer)
Charlie's Angels
(Screenplay)
Charlie's Angels
(Producer)
Cocaine Bear 2
(Producer)
Surrogates
(Executive Producer)
Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber
(Executive Producer)
The Grace Year
(Producer)
The Grace Year
(Director)
Shrill
(Executive Producer)
Press Your Luck
(Executive Producer)
Red Queen
(Executive Producer)
Red Queen
(Director)
Resident Advisors
(Executive Producer)
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
(Executive Producer)
The Miniature Wife
(Executive Producer)
The Better Sister
(Executive Producer)