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Elizabeth Banks
8 FOLLOWERS • 88 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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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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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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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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Curb Your Enthusiasm
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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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Spider-Man 2
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Pitch Perfect 2
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Catch Me If You Can
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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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The 40 Year Old Virgin
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Pitch Perfect 3
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
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The Hunger Games
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What to Expect When You're Expecting
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
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The Uninvited
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Charlie's Angels
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Mrs. America
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Love & Mercy
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Slither
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Invincible
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Definitely, Maybe
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Role Models
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The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
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Our Idiot Brother
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The Better Sister
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Brightburn
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The Next Three Days
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Man on a Ledge
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Meet Dave
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Moonbeam City
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The Lego Movie
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The Beanie Bubble
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Migration
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Zack and Miri Make a Porno
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The Miniature Wife
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Call Jane
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Press Your Luck
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Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
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Red Queen
Production Credits
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