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Elizabeth Banks

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

2023
Migration

as Pam Mallard (voice)

Movie
2019
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)

Movie
2017
Pitch Perfect 3

as Gail

Movie
2017
The Power of the Present

as Self - Green Ranger (2017)

Movie
2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

as Effie Trinket

Movie
2014
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

as Effie Trinket

Movie
2014
The Lego Movie

as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)

Movie
2013
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

as Effie Trinket

Movie
2012
Pitch Perfect

as Gail Abernathy-McKadden

Movie
2012
What to Expect When You're Expecting

as Wendy Cooper

Movie
2012
The Hunger Games

as Effie Trinket

Movie
2010
The Next Three Days

as Lara

Movie
2007
Meet Bill

as Jess

Movie
2007
Spider-Man 3

as Miss Brant

Movie
2006
Slither

as Starla Grant

Movie
2005
The 40 Year Old Virgin

as Beth

Movie
2004
Spider-Man 2

as Miss Brant

Movie
2002
Catch Me If You Can

as Lucy

Movie
2002
Spider-Man

as Miss Brant

Movie
2001
Wet Hot American Summer

as Lindsay

Movie
2009
Modern Family

as Sal

TV Show