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Elizabeth Banks is an American actress, director, writer, and producer. She is best known for starring as Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games film series (2012–2015) and as Gail Abernathy-McKadden in the Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017). Banks 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 also directed, wrote, produced, and starred in the action comedy film Charlie's Angels (2019).

Birth Name

Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell

Born

Sunday, 10 February 1974

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Actress Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Mrs. America	Jill Ruckelshaus, Jill Ruckelshaus (credit only)	2020
Charlie's Angels	Bosley	2019
Press Your Luck	Self - Host, Self	2019
Brightburn	Tori Breyer	2019
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part	Wyldstyle (voice) / Wyldstyle / Lucy	2019
The Happytime Murders	Jenny	2018
Hollywood Insider	Self	2018
Show Me the Movie!	Self	2018
Pitch Perfect 3	Gail	2017
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later	Lindsay	2017

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Actress Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Mrs. America	Jill Ruckelshaus, Jill Ruckelshaus (credit only)	2020
Charlie's Angels	Bosley	2019
Press Your Luck	Self - Host, Self	2019
Brightburn	Tori Breyer	2019
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part	Wyldstyle (voice) / Wyldstyle / Lucy	2019
The Happytime Murders	Jenny	2018
Hollywood Insider	Self	2018
Show Me the Movie!	Self	2018
Pitch Perfect 3	Gail	2017
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later	Lindsay	2017
The Gong Show	Herself - Judge	2017
Power Rangers	Rita Repulsa	2017
The LEGO Movie 4D: A New Adventure	Wyldstyle	2016
Birthday Stories with Lynn Hirschberg	Herself	2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2	Effie Trinket	2015
Moonbeam City	Pizzaz Miller, Pizzaz Miller (voice)	2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	2015
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp	Lindsay	2015
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot	Herself	2015
The Muppets.	Elizabeth Banks	2015
Celebrity Conversations		2015
Magic Mike XXL	Paris	2015
Love & Mercy	Melinda Ledbetter	2015
Pitch Perfect 2	Gail	2015
Resident Advisors	Doctor	2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden	Herself, Herself - At SpaceCamp	2015
Little Accidents	Diana Doyle	2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors	Self	2014
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1	Effie Trinket	2014
Bystander Revolution	Herself	2014
Walk Of Shame	Meghan	2014
Every Secret Thing	Detective Nancy Porter	2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Herself, Herself - Guest	2014
Unscripted	Herself	2014
The Lego Movie	Lucy (voice)	2014
Face in the Crowd	Face	2013
Ask a Badass with Elizabeth Banks	Herself	2013
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	Effie Trinket	2013
Celebrity Page	Herself, Self (archive footage), Self, Herself (archive footage)	2013
Movie 43	Amy	2013
Pitch Perfect	Gail	2012
Love, Marilyn	Herself	2012
Larry King Now	Herself - Guest	2012
People Like Us	Frankie	2012
Comedy Bang! Bang!	Herself	2012
What To Expect When You're Expecting	Agency Official	2012
Reggie Makes Music	Herself	2012
The Hunger Games	Effie Trinket	2012
Man On A Ledge	Lydia Mercer	2012
Just a Little Heart Attack	Woman	2011
Our Idiot Brother	Miranda	2011
Big Morning Buzz Live	Herself	2011
Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story	Beth (archive footage)	2011
The Details	Nealy Lang	2011
The Next Three Days	Lara Brennan	2010
Conan	Herself - Guest	2010
Film Fiend	Herself - Guest	2010
The Talk	Herself	2010
Modern Family	Sal	2009
The Jay Leno Show	Herself	2009
The Uninvited	Rachel	2009
Big Breaks	Starlet	2008
Role Models	Beth	2008
Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Miri	2008
W.	Laura Bush	2008
Meet Dave	Gina Morrison	2008
Definitely, Maybe	Emily	2008
Comanche Moon	Maggie	2008
Lovely, Still	alex malone	2008
Fred Claus	Charlene	2007
Meet Bill	Jess	2007
Phineas and Ferb	Grulinda (voice)	2007
Wainy Days	Shelly	2007
Chelsea Lately	Herself - Guest	2007
Spider-Man 3	Miss Brant	2007
The Graham Norton Show	Herself - Guest, Self - Guest	2007
Access Hollywood	Herself (archive footage)	2006
30 Rock	Avery Jessup	2006
Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition	Self	2006
Rachael Ray	Herself - Guest	2006
Invincible	Janet	2006
Slither	Starla Grant	2006
Made in Hollywood	Herself, Self (archive footage), Self	2005
Daltry Calhoun	May	2005
The 40-Year-Old Virgin	Beth	2005
Heights	Isabel	2005
Stella	Tamara	2005
The Baxter	Caroline Swann	2005
The Sisters	Nancy Pecket	2005
Robot Chicken	Mrs. Claus / Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara (voice)	2005
American Dad!	Lisa Silver, Becky Arangino	2005
Sexual Life	Sarah	2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Herself - Guest	2005
The Insider	Herself	2004
Spider-Man 2	Miss Brant	2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Herself, Herself - The Hunger Games, Self	2003
Seabiscuit	Marcela Howard	2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Herself - Guest, Herself - The Hunger Games, Herself	2003
The Trade	Sioux Sever	2003
Catch Me If You Can	Lucy	2002
Stella Shorts 1998-2002	Woman at Yoga Class	2002
Swept Away	Debi	2002
Without a Trace	Clarissa	2002
Spider-Man	Betty Brant	2002
Ordinary Sinner	Rachel	2001
Scrubs	Dr. Kim Briggs	2001
Wet Hot American Summer	Lindsay	2001
Hollywood Palms	Blair	2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm	Elizabeth Banks	2000
Shaft	Trey's Friend (as Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell)	2000
Uninvited	Lady Reporter (as Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell)	2000
Third Watch	Elaine Elchisak	1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jaina Jansen	1999
Family Guy	Pam Fishman	1999
Sex and the City	Catherine	1998
Surrender Dorothy	Vicki (as Elizabeth Casey)	1998
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah	Herself, Self - Guest	1996
Late Show with David Letterman	Herself - Guest, Herself	1993
Son Of The Pink Panther	Nurse	1993
Birds of a Feather	Receptionist	1989
Sidewalks Entertainment	Herself - Guest	1994
The New Statesman	Nun	1987
London's Burning	Karen	1988
Entertainment Tonight	Herself, Herself (archive footage)	1981
Saturday Night Live	Infinity + 5 / Various / Self - Host	1975

Director Filmography

Title	Year

Charlie's Angels	2019
Pitch Perfect 2	2015
Movie 43	2013
Just a Little Heart Attack	2011

Producer Filmography

Title	Year

Patty's Auto	2020
Charlie's Angels	2019
Shrill	2019
Pitch Perfect 3	2017
The Most Hated Woman in America	2017
Pitch Perfect 2	2015
Resident Advisors	2015
Get On Up	2014
Pitch Perfect	2012
Surrogates	2009

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Year	Type	Category	Won

2015	Emmy	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Nominated
2012	Emmy	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Nominated
2011	Emmy	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Nominated