Acting · Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA · Born February 10, 1974
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).
MovieThe Hunger Games Series
2026
as Effie Trinket
MovieDreamQuil
2026
as Carol
MovieGail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
2026
as Elizabeth Banks
TVThe Puzzle Room with David Kwong
2026
as Self - Guest
TVBear Grylls is Running Wild
2026
as Self
TVThe Miniature Wife
2026
as Lindy McMichael Littlejohn
TVVariety & CNN Actors on Actors
2025
as Self
TVThe Better Sister
2025
as Nicky Macintosh
MovieSkincare
2024
as Hope Goldman
MovieMigration
2023
as Pam Mallard (voice)
MovieShow Her the Money
2023
as Herself
MovieA Mistake
2023
as Liz Taylor
MovieThe Beanie Bubble
2023
as Robbie
MovieCall Jane
2022
as Joy
TVMrs. America
2020
as Jill Ruckelshaus
MovieCharlie's Angels
2019
as Boz
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
TVThe Boys
2019
as Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)
TVPress Your Luck
2019
as Self - Host
MovieBrightburn
2019
as Tori Breyer
MovieThe Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
MovieEmmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short
2018
as Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice)
MovieThe Happytime Murders
2018
as Jenny
MoviePitch Perfect 3
2017
as Gail
MovieSesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase
2017
as Bird-Lady
TVThe Russell Howard Hour
2017
as Self
MovieYours Sincerely, Lois Weber
2017
as Herself - Host
TVWet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
2017
as Lindsay
MovieThe Power of the Present
2017
as Self - Green Ranger (2017)
TVThe Gong Show
2017
as Self - Judge
MoviePower Rangers
2017
as Rita Repulsa / The Green Ranger
MovieAsteroids!
2017
as Cheez
MovieThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
as Effie Trinket
TVThe Muppets
2015
as Self
TVMoonbeam City
2015
as Pizzaz Miller (voice)
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
MovieHurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
2015
as Self
TVWet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
2015
as Lindsay
MovieMagic Mike XXL
2015
as Paris
MovieLove & Mercy
2015
as Melinda Ledbetter
MoviePitch Perfect 2
2015
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
MovieResident Advisors
2015
as Doctor
TVResident Advisors
2015
as Doctor
Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
2015
as Self
MovieThe Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
2015
as Self - Effie Trinket
TVVariety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
MovieThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
as Effie Trinket
MovieRobot Chicken: Christmas Specials
2014
as Various (voice) (archive sound)
MovieWalk of Shame
2014
as Meghan
MovieEvery Secret Thing
2014
as Detective Nancy Porter
MovieLittle Accidents
2014
as Diane Doyle
MovieSurviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2014
as Self - Effie Trinket
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
MovieThe Lego Movie
2014
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
MovieTimms Valley
2013
as Beth Billings-Timms
MovieFace in the Crowd
2013
as Face
MovieThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
as Effie Trinket
MovieLove, Marilyn
2013
as Self
TVThe Frame
2013
as Effie Trinket
MovieMovie 43
2013
as Amy (segment "Beezel")
MovieThe Details
2012
as Nealy Lang
MoviePitch Perfect
2012
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
MovieThe World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
2012
as Self - Effie Trinket
MoviePeople Like Us
2012
as Frankie Davis
TVComedy Bang! Bang!
2012
as Self
MovieWhat to Expect When You're Expecting
2012
as Wendy Cooper
MovieThe Hunger Games
2012
as Effie Trinket
MovieMan on a Ledge
2012
as Lydia Mercer
Just a Little Heart Attack
2011
as Woman
MovieOur Idiot Brother
2011
as Miranda Rochlin
MovieThe Next Three Days
2010
as Lara Brennan
TVConan
2010
as Self
MovieLovely, Still
2009
as Alex
TVModern Family
2009
as Sal
TVThe Jay Leno Show
2009
as Self
TVWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
MoviePopcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'
2009
as Self
MovieThe Uninvited
2009
as Rachael
Big Breaks
2008
as Starlet
MovieRole Models
2008
as Beth
MovieW.
2008
as Laura Bush
This Is Not Sex
2008
MovieZack and Miri Make a Porno
2008
as Miri
MovieMeet Dave
2008
as Gina Morrison
MovieDefinitely, Maybe
2008
as Emily
TVComanche Moon
2008
as Maggie
MovieFred Claus
2007
as Charlene
MovieMeet Bill
2007
as Jess
MovieSpider-Man 3
2007
as Miss Brant
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
TV30 Rock
2006
as Avery Jessup
MovieInvincible
2006
as Janet Cantrell
MovieSlither
2006
as Starla Grant
TVMade in Hollywood
2005
as Self
MovieDaltry Calhoun
2005
as May
MovieThe Baxter
2005
as Caroline Swann
MovieThe 40 Year Old Virgin
2005
as Beth
MovieHeights
2005
as Isabel
MovieThe Sisters
2005
as Nancy Pecket
TVRobot Chicken
2005
as Mrs. Claus / Scarlett (voice)
TVAmerican Dad!
2005
as Becky Arangino (voice)
MovieSexual Life
2005
as Sarah
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self
MovieSpider-Man 2
2004
as Miss Brant
Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend
2003
as Self
MovieSeabiscuit
2003
as Marcela Howard
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
MovieThe Trade
2003
as Sioux Sever
MovieStella Shorts 1998-2002
2002
as Yoga Student
MovieCatch Me If You Can
2002
as Lucy
MovieSwept Away
2002
as Debi
TVWithout a Trace
2002
as Clarissa
MovieSpider-Man
2002
as Miss Brant
MovieOrdinary Sinner
2001
as Rachel
TVScrubs
2001
as Dr. Kim Briggs
MovieWet Hot American Summer
2001
as Lindsay
TVCritics Choice Awards
2001
as Self - Presenter
TVCurb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Elizabeth Banks
MovieShaft
2000
as Trey's Friend
MovieUninvited
2000
as Lady Reporter
TVThe Early Show
1999
as Self
TVThird Watch
1999
as Elaine Elchisak
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Jaina Jansen
TVFamily Guy
1999
as Pam Fishman (voice)
TVSex and the City
1998
as Catherine
MovieSurrender Dorothy
1998
as Vicki
TVThe View
1997
as Self - Guest
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self
TVLate Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Persephone (voice)
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
TVEntertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVThe Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
MovieThe Magic School Bus
as Ms. Frizzle
Signal Hill
as Mary Neiswender
Untitled Elizabeth Banks Apple TV Series
as Heidi
