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Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Banks is an American actress, director, writer, and producer. 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). Banks made her directorial film debut with Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), whose $69 million opening-weekend gross set a record for a first-time director.


Aliases
  • Elizabeth Irene Mitchell​
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The Hunger Games

2012
as Effie Trinket

Pitch Perfect 3

2017
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden-Feinberger

Spider-Man 2

2004
as Miss Brant

Spider-Man

2002
as Betty Brant

Spider-Man 3

2007
as Miss Brant

The Lego Movie

2014
as Lucy "Wyldstyle" (voice)

Pitch Perfect

2012
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden

Migration

2023
as Pam Mallard

Brightburn

2019
as Tori Breyer

Mrs. America

2020
as Jill Ruckelshaus

Pitch Perfect 2

2015
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden-Feinberger

Meet Dave

2008
as Gina Morrison

Power Rangers

2017
as Rita Repulsa / The Green Ranger

30 Rock

2006
as Avery Jessup

The Uninvited

2009
as Rachael

Magic Mike XXL

2015
as Paris

Man on a Ledge

2012
as Lydia Mercer

Role Models

2008
as Beth

Movie 43

2013
as Amy (segment "Beezel")

Walk of Shame

2014
as Meghan Miles

Meet Bill

2008
as Jess

Timms Valley

2013
as Beth Billings-Timms

Press Your Luck (2019)

2019
as Elizabeth Banks

Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber

2017
as Herself - Host

Love & Mercy

2015
as Melinda Ledbetter

Moonbeam City

2015
as Pizzaz Miller

Comanche Moon

2008
as Maggie

Invincible

2006
as Janet Cantrell

Asteroids!

2017
as Cheez

The Baxter

2005
as Caroline Swann

The Sisters

2005
as Nancy Pecket

Lovely, Still

2008
as alex malone

Grojband: The Movie

2023
as Wyldstyle

The Details

2011
as Nealy Lang

People Like Us

2012
as Frankie Davis

Love, Marilyn

2012
as Herself

Our Idiot Brother

2011
as Miranda Rochlin

Ordinary Sinner

2001
as Rachel

Call Jane

2022
as Joy Griffin

Bedrock

as Pebbles

Seabiscuit

2003
as Marcela Howard

Little Accidents

2015
as Diane Doyle

Big Breaks

2008
as Starlet

Slither

2006
as Starla Grant

Fred Claus

2007
as Charlene

Sexual Life

2005
as Sarah

Swept Away

2002
as Debi

W.

2008
as Laura Bush

Every Secret Thing

2014
as Detective Nancy Porter

Heights

2005
as Isabel

Director

Movie Pitch Perfect 2 2015
Movie Charlie's Angels 2019
Movie Cocaine Bear 2023
Movie Movie 43 2013
Movie The Paper Bag Princess
Movie Just a Little Heart Attack 2011

Writer

Movie Charlie's Angels 2019

Executive Producer

Episode Shrill
Annie
2019
Episode Shrill
Annie
2019
Episode Shrill
Date
2019
Episode Shrill
Date
2019
Episode Shrill
Pencil
2019
Episode Shrill
Pencil
2019
Episode Shrill
Pool
2019
Episode Shrill
Pool
2019
Episode Shrill
Article
2019
Episode Shrill
Article
2019
Episode Shrill
Troll
2019
Episode Shrill
Troll
2019
Episode Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
Backpfeifengesicht
2022
Episode Shrill
Camp
2020
Episode Shrill
Kevin
2020
Episode Shrill
Skate
2020
Episode Shrill
Freak
2020
Episode Shrill
Wedding
2020
Episode Shrill
WAHAM
2020
Episode Shrill
Salon
2020
Episode Shrill
HR
2020
Episode Shrill
Ribs
2021
Episode Shrill
Will
2021
Episode Shrill
Retreat
2021
Episode Shrill
Ranchers
2021
Episode Shrill
No
2021
Episode Shrill
Sorry
2021
Episode Shrill
Beach
2021
Episode Shrill
Move
2021

Producer

Movie Pitch Perfect 2012
Movie Pitch Perfect 2 2015
Movie Pitch Perfect 3 2017
Movie Charlie's Angels 2019
Movie Bottoms 2023
Movie Surrogates 2009
Movie The Paper Bag Princess
Movie The Most Hated Woman in America 2017
Movie White Girl Problems

Guest Star

Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska, Elizabeth Banks, Freddie Highmore, Cage the Elephant
2019
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Elizabeth Banks, Bradley Whitford, David Tennant, Billy Ray Cyrus
2019
Episode 30 Rock
Future Husband
2010
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Will Smith, Elizabeth Banks, Jakob Dylan & Jade Castrinos
2019
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Elizabeth Banks, Dave Grohl
2020
Episode 30 Rock
¡Qué Sorpresa!
2011
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Elizabeth Banks, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin
2015
Episode 30 Rock
I Do Do
2010
Episode 30 Rock
Lee Marvin vs. Derek Jeter
2010
Episode The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Garth Brooks, Elizabeth Banks
2010
Episode Modern Family
Finale (1)
2020
Episode 30 Rock
The Moms
2010
Episode The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Elizabeth Banks, Baker Marjorie Johnson, Carrot Top
2010
Episode 30 Rock
Emmanuelle Goes to Dinosaur Land
2010
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Elizabeth Banks, Jon Glaser, Tim McGraw
2015
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Elizabeth Banks, Danny Pudi, The Band CAMINO
2021
Episode 30 Rock
When It Rains, It Pours
2010
Episode American Dad!
1600 Candles
2008
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Celebrities Read Mean Tweets #9
1970
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Elizabeth Banks, Ronda Rousey, Little Big Town
2015
Episode Moonbeam City
Mall Hath No Fury
2015
Episode Conan (2010)
Catcher in the Rye 2: The Catchening
2012
Episode Scrubs
My Point of No Return
2007
Episode Moonbeam City
Lights! Camera! Reenaction!
2015
Episode 30 Rock
Everything Sunny All the Time Always
2011
Episode Moonbeam City
The Strike Visualizer Strikes Again
2015
Episode MTV After Hours
The Hunger Games Lost Auditions with Elizabeth Banks
2014
Episode Moonbeam City
Quest for Aquatica
2015
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Kid Scientists, Elizabeth Banks, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
2012
Episode Moonbeam City
Glitzotrene : One Town’s Seduction
2015
Episode Moonbeam City
Lasers and Liars
2015
Episode Moonbeam City
Cop Con
2015
Episode Saturday Night Live
Elizabeth Banks/Disclosure
2015
Episode Today
May 10, 2012
2012
Episode Moonbeam City
Stuntstravaganza
2015
Episode 30 Rock
Gentleman's Intermission
2010
Episode Chelsea Lately
Elizabeth Banks
2011
Episode Modern Family
Best Men
2013
Episode Moonbeam City
The Legend of Circuit Lake
2015
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Elizabeth Banks, Matt Smith, Chris Laker
2017
Episode Moonbeam City
The Wedding of Rad (Lie)
2015
Episode Conan (2010)
Elizabeth Banks, Vinnie Jones, Sir Sly
2015
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Russell Wilson, Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett
2019
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Elizabeth Banks
2012
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Day 2 of 12 Days, Elizabeth Banks, Ellie Goulding
2015
Episode Conan (2010)
Mr. Gorbachev, Put Up Some Drapes!
2012
Episode 30 Rock
The Return of Avery Jessup
2012
Episode Without a Trace
Snatch Back
2002
Episode Modern Family
Great Expectations
2009
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Elizabeth Banks, Jorja Fox
2021
Episode Modern Family
Do You Believe in Magic?
2017
Episode The Daily Show
Elizabeth Banks
2014
Episode 30 Rock
Anna Howard Shaw Day
2010
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Elizabeth Banks, Sebastian Maniscalco, Martha Stewart
2019
Episode Vanity Fair: Notes On a Scene
Elizabeth Banks Breaks Down a Scene from 'Charlie's Angels'
2019
Episode The Muppets
Pig Girls Don't Cry
2015
Episode 30 Rock
Christmas Attack Zone
2010
Episode Today
May 4, 2015
2015
Episode The Academy Awards
The 95th Academy Awards 2023
2023
Episode Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sacrifice
2001
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Elizabeth Banks, Marc Maron, Earl Sweatshirt ft. BadBadNotGood
2015
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Elizabeth Banks; Larry King; Daughtry
2013
Episode Curb Your Enthusiasm
A Disturbance in the Kitchen
2017
Episode Modern Family
Fight or Flight
2015
Episode 30 Rock
What Will Happen to the Gang Next Year?
2012
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Simon Baker, Elizabeth Banks, Seal
2012
Episode 30 Rock
Double-Edged Sword
2011
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Jeremy Piven, Elizabeth Banks, Lou Reed
2008
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Elizabeth Banks, J.J. Abrams, Kate Tempest
2017
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Elizabeth Banks; Ben McKenzie; Mindless Behavior
2012
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Elizabeth Banks, Rich Fulcher
2011
Episode The Daily Show
Elizabeth Banks
2012
Episode The Graham Norton Show
Episode 3
2022