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DreamQuil
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Elizabeth Banks
Also known as Elizabeth Casey, Elizabeth Irene Mitchell, Elizabeth Mitchell
Biography
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).
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Full filmography
2026
2024
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Skincare
as Hope Goldman
2024
2023
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A Mistake
as Liz Taylor
2023
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The Beanie Bubble
as Robbie
2023
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Migration
London premiereas Pam Mallard (voice)
2023
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Show Her the Money
as Herself
2023
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Cocaine Bear
2023
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Cat Person
2023
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Bottoms
2023
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Cocaine Bear: The True Story
2023
2022
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Call Jane
as Joy
2022
2019
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The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
2019
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Brightburn
as Tori Breyer
2019
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Charlie's Angels
2019
2018
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The Happytime Murders
as Jenny
2018
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Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short
as Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice)
2018
2017
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Power Rangers
as Rita Repulsa
2017
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Pitch Perfect 3
2017
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Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber
2017
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Asteroids!
as Cheez
2017
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Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase
as Bird-Lady
2017
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The Power of the Present
as Self - Green Ranger (2017)
2017
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The Most Hated Woman in America
2017
2015
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Love & Mercy
as Melinda Ledbetter
2015
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Magic Mike XXL
as Paris
2015
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Pitch Perfect 2
2015
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
London premiereas Effie Trinket
2015
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Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
as Self
2015
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Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
as Self
2015
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The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
as Self - Effie Trinket
2015
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Resident Advisors
2015
2014
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Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Self - Effie Trinket
2014
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The Lego Movie
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
2014
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Walk of Shame
as Meghan
2014
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Little Accidents
as Diane Doyle
2014
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Every Secret Thing
as Detective Nancy Porter
2014
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
London premiereas Effie Trinket
2014
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Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
as Various (voice) (archive sound)
2014
2013
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Movie 43
2013
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Effie Trinket
2013
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Love, Marilyn
as Self
2013
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Timms Valley
as Beth Billings-Timms
2013
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Face in the Crowd
as Face
2013
2012
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The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
as Self - Effie Trinket
2012
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Man on a Ledge
as Lydia Mercer
2012
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The Hunger Games
as Effie Trinket
2012
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What to Expect When You're Expecting
as Wendy Cooper
2012
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People Like Us
as Frankie Davis
2012
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Pitch Perfect
2012
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The Details
as Nealy Lang
2012
2011
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Our Idiot Brother
as Miranda Rochlin
2011
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Just a Little Heart Attack
2011
2010
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The Next Three Days
as Lara Brennan
2010
2009
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The Uninvited
as Rachael
2009
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Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'
as Self
2009
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Lovely, Still
as Alex
2009
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Surrogates
2009
2008
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W.
as Laura Bush
2008