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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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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).
Known For
The Oscars
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Simpsons
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
American Dad!
Scrubs
Third Watch
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Graham Norton Show
Saturday Night Live
The Daily Show
The Boys
Modern Family
Family Guy
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Sex and the City
The Early Show
Honest Trailers
Without a Trace
30 Rock
The Jay Leno Show
Resident Advisors
Critics Choice Awards
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Movie 43
Shaft
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
Pitch Perfect
Spider-Man
Catch Me If You Can
Pitch Perfect 2
Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 3
Magic Mike XXL
Fred Claus
Ultra City Smiths
Power Rangers
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Mrs. America
The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Role Models
Pitch Perfect 3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
What to Expect When You're Expecting
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Uninvited
Charlie's Angels
Slither
Love & Mercy
Definitely, Maybe
Invincible
The Beanie Bubble
The Better Sister
Brightburn
Migration
Meet Dave
The Lego Movie
Our Idiot Brother
Moonbeam City
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Man on a Ledge
The Next Three Days
Red Queen
The Miniature Wife
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
Call Jane
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Press Your Luck
Production Credits
The Miniature Wife
Red Queen
Pitch Perfect 2
Cocaine Bear
Pitch Perfect 3
Charlie's Angels
Movie 43
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
The Better Sister
Shrill
Foreign Relations
Press Your Luck
The Most Hated Woman in America
Pitch Perfect
Bottoms
Resident Advisors
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