
Elizabeth Banks
Born: 1974-02-10
From: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
About: 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
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Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Self - Effie Trinket
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Robot Chicken's ATM Christmas Special
Mrs. Claus / Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara (voice)
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Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'
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What to Expect When You're Expecting
Wendy Cooper
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Effie Trinket
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Pitch Perfect
Gail Abernathy-McKadden
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The Lego Movie
Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
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Every Secret Thing
Detective Nancy Porter
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Effie Trinket
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Pitch Perfect 2
Gail Abernathy-McKadden
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Effie Trinket
Show InfoStraight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
Self
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Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
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Power Rangers
Rita Repulsa / The Green Ranger
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Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
Various (voice) (archive sound)
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Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber
Herself - Host
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The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
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Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short
Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice)
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Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase
Bird-Lady
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The Power of the Present
Self - Green Ranger (2017)
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The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Self - Effie Trinket
Show InfoWinners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend
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