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).

Filmography

• 2026DreamQuil — Carol, Producer
• 2026Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass — Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)
• 2026Mighty Mary — Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
• The Miniature Wife — Lindy McMichael Littlejohn, Executive Producer
• The Better Sister — Nicky Macintosh, Executive Producer
• 2024Skincare — Hope Goldman
• 2023A Mistake — Liz Taylor
• 2023Bottoms — Producer
• 2023Cat Person — Executive Producer
• 2023Cocaine Bear — Producer, Director
• 2023Cocaine Bear: The True Story — Executive Producer
• 2023Migration — Pam Mallard (voice)
• 2023The Beanie Bubble — Robbie
• 2022Call Jane — Joy
• Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin — Executive Producer
• Mrs. America — Jill Ruckelshaus
• 2019Brightburn — Tori Breyer
• 2019Charlie's Angels — Boz, Director, Screenplay, Producer
• Press Your Luck — Self - Host, Executive Producer
• Shrill — Executive Producer
• The Boys — Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)
• 2019The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part — Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
• 2018Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short — Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice)
• 2018The Happytime Murders — Jenny
• 2017Asteroids! — Cheez
• 2017Pitch Perfect 3 — Gail, Producer
• 2017Power Rangers — Rita Repulsa
• 2017Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase — Bird-Lady
• 2017The Most Hated Woman in America — Producer
• Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later — Lindsay
• 2017Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber — Self - Host, Executive Producer
• 2015Love & Mercy — Melinda Ledbetter
• 2015Magic Mike XXL — Paris
• Moonbeam City — Pizzaz Miller (voice)
• 2015Pitch Perfect 2 — Gail Abernathy-McKadden, Director, Producer
• 2015Resident Advisors — Doctor, Executive Producer
• Resident Advisors — Doctor, Executive Producer
• 2015The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 — Effie Trinket
• Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp — Lindsay
• 2014Every Secret Thing — Detective Nancy Porter
• 2014Little Accidents — Diane Doyle
• 2014Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials — Various (voice) (archive sound)
• 2014The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 — Effie Trinket
• 2014The Lego Movie — Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
• 2014Walk of Shame — Meghan
• 2013Face in the Crowd — Face
• 2013Movie 43 — Amy (segment "Beezel"), Director
• The Frame — Effie Trinket
• 2013The Hunger Games: Catching Fire — Effie Trinket
• 2013Timms Valley — Beth Billings-Timms
• 2012Man on a Ledge — Lydia Mercer
• 2012People Like Us — Frankie Davis
• 2012Pitch Perfect — Gail Abernathy-McKadden, Producer
• 2012The Details — Nealy Lang
• 2012The Hunger Games — Effie Trinket
• 2012What to Expect When You're Expecting — Wendy
• 2011Just a Little Heart Attack — Woman, Director
• 2011Our Idiot Brother — Miranda Rochlin
• 2010The Next Three Days — Lara Brennan
• 2009Lovely, Still — Alex
• Modern Family — Sal
• 2009Surrogates — Executive Producer
• 2009The Uninvited — Rachael
• 2008Big Breaks — Starlet
• Comanche Moon — Maggie
• 2008Definitely, Maybe — Emily
• 2008Meet Dave — Gina Morrison
• 2008Role Models — Beth
• 2008This Is Not Sex
• 2008W. — Laura Bush
• 2008Zack and Miri Make a Porno — Miri
• 2007Fred Claus — Charlene
• 2007Meet Bill — Jess
• 2007Spider-Man 3 — Miss Brant
• 30 Rock — Avery Jessup
• 2006Invincible — Janet Cantrell
• 2006Slither — Starla Grant
• American Dad! — Becky Arangino (voice), Lisa Silver (voice)
• 2005Daltry Calhoun — May
• 2005Heights — Isabel
• Robot Chicken — Mrs. Claus / Scarlett (voice)
• 2005Sexual Life — Sarah
• 2005The 40 Year-Old Virgin — Beth
• 2005The Baxter — Caroline Swann
• 2005The Sisters — Nancy Pecket
• 2004Spider-Man 2 — Miss Brant
• 2003Seabiscuit — Marcela Howard
• 2003The Trade — Sioux Sever
• 2002Catch Me If You Can — Lucy
• 2002Spider-Man — Miss Brant
• 2002Stella Shorts 1998-2002 — Yoga Student
• 2002Swept Away — Debi
• Without a Trace — Clarissa
• 2001Ordinary Sinner — Rachel
• Scrubs — Dr. Kim Briggs
• 2001Wet Hot American Summer — Lindsay
• Curb Your Enthusiasm — Elizabeth Banks
• 2000Shaft — Trey's Friend
• 2000Uninvited — Lady Reporter
• Family Guy — Pam Fishman (voice)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Jaina Jansen
• Third Watch — Elaine Elchisak
• Sex and the City — Catherine
• 1998Surrender Dorothy — Vicki
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• The Simpsons — Persephone (voice)
• Bad Hand — Producer
• Betas — Producer
• Cocaine Bear 2 — Producer
• Harness — Producer
• She's Fine — Heidi, Executive Producer
• The Grace Year — Director, Producer
• The Greater Good — Director
• The Magic School Bus — Ms. Frizzle, Producer
• Throttled — Producer
• Where the Fore Are We? — Producer

Appearances as themselves (40)

• Bear Grylls is Running Wild — Self
• The Puzzle Room with David Kwong — Self - Guest
• Variety & CNN Actors on Actors — Self
• 2023Show Her the Money — Herself
• I'm a LA… Get Me Out of Here! — Self - Contestant
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Gong Show — Self - Judge
• 2017The Power of the Present — Self - Green Ranger (2017)
• The Russell Howard Hour — Self
• 2015Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot — Self
• 2015Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• 2015The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 — Self - Effie Trinket
• The Muppets — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• 2014Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire — Self - Effie Trinket
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2013Love, Marilyn — Self
• Comedy Bang! Bang! — Self
• 2012The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games — Self - Effie Trinket
• Conan — Self
• 2009Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno' — Self
• The Jay Leno Show — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• Made in Hollywood — Self
• The Tony Danza Show — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• 2003Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend — Self
• Critics Choice Awards — Self - Presenter
• The Early Show — Self
• The View — Self - Guest
• The Daily Show — Self
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Entertainment Tonight — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• The Oscars — Self
• The Emmy Awards — Self