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).
| Organization | Category | Movie |
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Scrubs
as Dr. Kim Briggs
Episodes: 16
First Aired: Oct 02, 2001
30 Rock
as Avery Jessup
Episodes: 14
First Aired: Oct 11, 2006
Moonbeam City
as Pizzaz Miller (voice)
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Sep 16, 2015
Mrs. America
as Jill Ruckelshaus
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Apr 15, 2020
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
as Lindsay
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Jul 31, 2015
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
as Lindsay
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Aug 04, 2017
Modern Family
as Sal
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Sep 23, 2009
Comanche Moon
as Maggie
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jan 13, 2008
The Miniature Wife
as Lindy
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Unknown
American Dad!
as Becky Arangino (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 06, 2005
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Jaina Jansen
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1999
Without a Trace
as Clarissa
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 2002
Resident Advisors
as Doctor
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 09, 2015
American Dad!
as Lisa Silver (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 06, 2005
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Elizabeth Banks
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 15, 2000
Sex and the City
as Catherine
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 06, 1998
The Simpsons
as Persephone (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 17, 1989
The Boys
as Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 25, 2019
The Frame
as Effie Trinket
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 09, 2013
Honest Trailers
as Effie Trinket (archive footage)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 13, 2012
Ultra City Smiths
as Beth Billings-Timms
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 2021
The Better Sister
as Nicky
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Unknown
Family Guy
as Pam Fishman (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 31, 1999
Third Watch
as Elaine Elchisak
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 1999
Press Your Luck
as Self - Host
Episodes: 59
First Aired: Jun 11, 2019
I'm a LA... Get Me Out of Here!
as Self - Contestant
Episodes: 20
First Aired: Nov 17, 2019
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Feb 17, 2014
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Feb 22, 2007
The Daily Show
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jul 22, 1996
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 05, 1988
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 25, 2014
The Tony Danza Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 2004
The Early Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 01, 1999
The Jay Leno Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 2009
Red Queen
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Unknown
Critics Choice Awards
as Self - Presenter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 22, 2001
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 2015
The Muppets
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 26, 2003
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 11, 1975
Made in Hollywood
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 2005
The Gong Show
as Self - Judge
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 22, 2017
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 25, 1992
The Russell Howard Hour
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 2017
The View
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 11, 1997
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1981
Comedy Bang! Bang!
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 08, 2012
The Oscars
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 19, 1953
Conan
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 08, 2010
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 21, 2014
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