Elizabeth Banks

ActorProducerDirectorWriter Feb 10 (age 52) Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA 1975–2026 (51 year career)

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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 di…

Known For

Film

Catch Me If You Can

Lucy

Film

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Effie Trinket

Film

Spider-Man

Miss Brant

Film

The Hunger Games

Effie Trinket

Film

Spider-Man 2

Miss Brant

Film

The Lego Movie

Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)

Film

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

Effie Trinket

Film

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

Effie Trinket

Filmography

Acting (135)

Movies (84)

DreamQuil

2026 Upcoming

as Carol

Sep 24

Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass

2026 Upcoming

Jul 10

Skincare

as Hope Goldman

A Mistake

as Liz Taylor

Migration

as Pam Mallard (voice)

The Beanie Bubble

as Robbie

Show Her the Money

as Herself

Call Jane

as Joy

Brightburn

as Tori Breyer

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

2019

as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)

6.7

Charlie's Angels

2019

as Boz

6.4

Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short

2018

as Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice)

6.3

The Happytime Murders

2018

as Jenny

5.8

Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase

2017

as Bird-Lady

7.0

Power Rangers

2017

as Rita Repulsa / The Green Ranger

6.3

Pitch Perfect 3

2017

as Gail

6.5

The Power of the Present

2017

as Self - Green Ranger (2017)

8.5

Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber

2017

as Herself - Host

Asteroids!

2017

as Cheez

5.0

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

2015

as Effie Trinket

6.9

Pitch Perfect 2

2015

as Gail Abernathy-McKadden

Magic Mike XXL

as Paris

Love & Mercy

as Melinda Ledbetter

The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

2015

as Self - Effie Trinket

7.2

Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman

2015

as Self

Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot

2015

as Self

6.4

Resident Advisors

2015

as Doctor

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

2014

as Effie Trinket

6.8

The Lego Movie

2014

as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)

Walk of Shame

as Meghan

Every Secret Thing

as Detective Nancy Porter

6.2

Little Accidents

2014

as Diane Doyle

5.4

Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

2014

as Self - Effie Trinket

6.4

Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials

2014

as Various (voice) (archive sound)

8.3

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

2013

as Effie Trinket

7.4

Movie 43

2013

as Amy (segment "Beezel")

Love, Marilyn

as Self

Timms Valley

as Beth Billings-Timms

6.2

Face in the Crowd

2013

as Face

The Hunger Games

2012

as Effie Trinket

7.2

Pitch Perfect

2012

as Gail Abernathy-McKadden

7.3

What to Expect When You're Expecting

as Wendy Cooper

Man on a Ledge

as Lydia Mercer

People Like Us

as Frankie Davis

The Details

as Nealy Lang

The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games

2012

as Self - Effie Trinket

8.5

Just a Little Heart Attack

as Woman

Our Idiot Brother

as Miranda Rochlin

Spider-Man Versus Kraven the Hunter

2011

as Betty Brant

The Next Three Days

as Lara

The Uninvited

as Rachael

Lovely, Still

as Alex

Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'

as Self

Meet Dave

as Gina Morrison

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

as Miri

Role Models

as Beth

as Laura Bush

Definitely, Maybe

as Emily

Big Breaks

as Starlet

This Is Not Sex

Spider-Man 3

as Miss Brant

Fred Claus

as Charlene

Meet Bill

as Jess

Slither

as Starla Grant

Invincible

as Janet Cantrell

The Sisters

as Nancy Pecket

The 40 Year Old Virgin

as Beth

Sexual Life

as Sarah

Daltry Calhoun

as May

The Baxter

as Caroline Swann

Heights

as Isabel

Spider-Man 2

as Miss Brant

Seabiscuit

as Marcela Howard

The Trade

as Sioux Sever

Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend

2003

as Self

Spider-Man

as Miss Brant

Catch Me If You Can

as Lucy

Swept Away

as Debi

Stella Shorts 1998-2002

2002

as Yoga Student

3.0

Wet Hot American Summer

as Lindsay

Ordinary Sinner

as Rachel

Shaft

as Trey's Friend

Uninvited

as Lady Reporter

Surrender Dorothy

as Vicki

Television (51)

The Miniature Wife

as Lindy

The Better Sister

as Nicky Macintosh

Ultra City Smiths

as Beth Billings-Timms

Mrs. America

as Jill Ruckelshaus

The Boys

as Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)

8.4

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

Press Your Luck

as Self - Host

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later

2017

as Lindsay

6.5

The Russell Howard Hour

as Self

The Gong Show

as Self - Judge

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self - Guest

6.1

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

as Lindsay

The Muppets

as Self

Moonbeam City

as Pizzaz Miller (voice)

5.8

Resident Advisors

2015

as Doctor

6.0

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self

5.9

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

as Self - Guest

5.2

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

The Frame

as Effie Trinket

Comedy Bang! Bang!

as Self

Conan

as Self

Modern Family

as Sal

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

The Jay Leno Show

as Self

Comanche Moon

as Maggie

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

30 Rock

as Avery Jessup

American Dad!

as Becky Arangino (voice)

7.0

Robot Chicken

2005

as Mrs. Claus / Scarlett (voice)

Made in Hollywood

as Self

The Tony Danza Show

as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

Without a Trace

as Clarissa

Scrubs

as Dr. Kim Briggs

Critics Choice Awards

as Self - Presenter

Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Elizabeth Banks

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Jaina Jansen

7.9

Family Guy

1999

as Pam Fishman (voice)

Third Watch

as Elaine Elchisak

The Early Show

as Self

Sex and the City

as Catherine

The View

as Self - Guest

The Daily Show

as Self

Late Show with David Letterman

1993

as Self - Guest

6.4

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

5.4

The Simpsons

1989

as Persephone (voice)

8.0

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

as Self - Guest

5.4

Entertainment Tonight

as Self

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

The Oscars

as Self

The Emmy Awards

as Self

Crew (32)

Movies (26)

DreamQuil

2026 Upcoming

Producer

Sep 24

Cocaine Bear

Director

Cocaine Bear

Producer

Bottoms

Producer

Cat Person

Executive Producer

Cocaine Bear: The True Story

Executive Producer

Charlie's Angels

Director

Charlie's Angels

Producer

Charlie's Angels

Screenplay

Pitch Perfect 3

Producer

Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber

2017

Executive Producer

The Most Hated Woman in America

Producer

Pitch Perfect 2

Director

Pitch Perfect 2

Producer

Resident Advisors

Executive Producer

Movie 43

Director

Pitch Perfect

Producer

Just a Little Heart Attack

Director

Surrogates

Executive Producer

Where the Fore Are We?

Producer

Harness

Producer

Cocaine Bear 2

Producer

The Greater Good

Director

The Grace Year

Director

Bad Hand

Producer

Betas

Producer

Television (6)

The Miniature Wife

Executive Producer

The Better Sister

Executive Producer

Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin

Executive Producer

Shrill

Executive Producer

Press Your Luck

Executive Producer

Resident Advisors

Executive Producer