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Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Banks

Director & actor · born 10 February 1974 · Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

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).

Where to start: Catch Me If You Can (2002).

As director 7

As actor 77

TV shows 26

Frequently asked questions

What is the best Elizabeth Banks movie?

By viewer score, Catch Me If You Can (2002) at 8.0/10.

What are Elizabeth Banks’s most popular movies?

The Hunger Games, Spider-Man, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

How many movies has Elizabeth Banks made?

84 films on TMDB, 7 as director, 77 as actor.

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