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).
as Ms. Frizzle
as Heidi(2 eps)
as Karen Read(1 ep)
as Carol
as Narrator (voice)
as Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Lindy McMichael Littlejohn(10 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Nicky Macintosh(8 eps)
as Hope Goldman
as Pam Mallard (voice)
as Herself
as Liz Taylor
as Robbie
as Joy
as Jill Ruckelshaus(9 eps)
as Self - Contestant(18 eps)
as Boz
as Self(2 eps)
as Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)(1 ep)
as Self - Host(73 eps)
as Tori Breyer
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
as Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice)
as Jenny
as Gail
as Bird-Lady
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Host
as Lindsay(8 eps)
as Self - Green Ranger (2017)
as Self - Judge(1 ep)
as Rita Repulsa
as Cheez
as Effie Trinket
as Self(1 ep)
as Pizzaz Miller (voice)(10 eps)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Lindsay(8 eps)
as Paris
as Melinda Ledbetter
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
as Doctor
as Doctor(1 ep)
as Self - Effie Trinket
as Self(1 ep)
as Effie Trinket
as Various (voice) (archive sound)
as Meghan
as Detective Nancy Porter
as Diane Doyle
as Self - Effie Trinket
as Self - Guest(2 eps)
as Self(3 eps)
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
as Beth Billings-Timms
as Face
as Effie Trinket
as Self
as Effie Trinket(1 ep)
as Amy (segment "Beezel")
as Nealy Lang
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
as Self - Effie Trinket
as Frankie Davis
as Self(1 ep)
as Effie Trinket
as Lydia Mercer
as Woman
as Miranda Rochlin
as Lara Brennan
as Self(3 eps)
as Alex
as Sal(7 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Rachael
as Starlet
as Beth
as Laura Bush
as Miri
as Gina Morrison
as Emily
as Maggie(3 eps)
as Charlene
as Jess
as Miss Brant
as Self(3 eps)
as Avery Jessup(14 eps)
as Janet Cantrell
as Starla Grant
as Self(1 ep)
as May
as Caroline Swann
as Beth
as Isabel
as Nancy Pecket
as Mrs. Claus / Scarlett (voice)(1 ep)
as Becky Arangino (voice)(1 ep)
as Lisa Silver (voice)(1 ep)
as Sarah
as Self(1 ep)
as Miss Brant
as Marcela Howard
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(5 eps)
as Sioux Sever
as Yoga Student
as Lucy
as Debi
as Clarissa(1 ep)
as Miss Brant
as Rachel
as Dr. Kim Briggs(16 eps)
as Lindsay
as Self - Presenter(1 ep)
as Elizabeth Banks(1 ep)
as Trey's Friend
as Lady Reporter
as Self(1 ep)
as Elaine Elchisak(1 ep)
as Jaina Jansen(1 ep)
as Pam Fishman (voice)(1 ep)
as Catherine(1 ep)
as Vicki
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Self(2 eps)
as Self - Audience Member(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Persephone (voice)(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(3 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Host(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)