Acting
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Woman
10 Feb 1974 (50)
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
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).
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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— | The Better Sister | Executive Producer |
— | The Miniature Wife | Executive Producer |
— | Red Queen | Director |
— | Red Queen | Executive Producer |
— | The Grace Year | Producer |
— | The Grace Year | Director |
— | Cocaine Bear 2 | Producer |
— | DreamQuil | Producer |
— | The Greater Good | Director |
— | Foreign Relations | Producer |
— | Where the Fore Are We? | Producer |
2023 | Cocaine Bear | Producer |
2023 | Cocaine Bear | Director |
2023 | Bottoms | Producer |
2023 | Cat Person | Executive Producer |
2023 | Cocaine Bear: The True Story | Executive Producer |
2022 | Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin | Executive Producer |
2019 | Charlie's Angels | Director |
2019 | Charlie's Angels | Screenplay |
2019 | Charlie's Angels | Producer |
2019 | Shrill | Executive Producer |
2019 | Press Your Luck | Executive Producer |
2017 | Pitch Perfect 3 | Producer |
2017 | The Most Hated Woman in America | Producer |
2017 | Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber | Executive Producer |
2015 | Pitch Perfect 2 | Director |
2015 | Pitch Perfect 2 | Producer |
2015 | Resident Advisors | Executive Producer |
2013 | Movie 43 | Director |
2012 | Pitch Perfect | Producer |
2011 | Just a Little Heart Attack | Director |
2009 | Surrogates | Executive Producer |