Birthday
1974-02-10Place of Birth
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USABiography
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).Free Trial Channels
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The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019
6.5
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
2019
Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short
2018
6
as Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice)
2018
Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase
2017
6.8
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2017
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
2017
6.8
as Lindsay
2017
The Lego Movie: 4D – A New Adventure
2016
6.1
as Wyldstyle
2016
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
2015
7.3
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2015