Elizabeth Banks

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Elizabeth Banks (born Elizabeth Mitchell; February 10, 1974) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is known for playing chaperone Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games film series (2012–2015) and an ICCA commentator 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 directed the action comedy Charlie's Angels (2019) and the horror comedy film Cocaine Bear (2023). Banks founded the film and television production company Brownstone Productions in 2002 with her husband, Max Handelman. Banks made her film debut in the low-budget independent film Surrender Dorothy (1998). She has appeared in films such as Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), Seabiscuit (2003), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Slither (2006), Invincible (2006), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), Role Models (2008), The Next Three Days (2010), Man on a Ledge (2012), What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012), Movie 43 (2013), The Lego Movie film series (2014–2019), Love & Mercy (2014), Walk of Shame (2014), Magic Mike XXL (2015), Power Rangers (2017), Brightburn (2019), Call Jane (2022), Migration (2023), and Skincare (2024). On television, Banks had a recurring role as Avery Jessup on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock (2010–2012), which earned her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She had recurring roles on the comedy series Scrubs (2006–2009) and Modern Family (2009–2020), the latter of which earned her a third Primetime Emmy Award nomination. She also starred in the Netflix miniseries Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015) and Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017). Banks began hosting the ABC revival of the game show Press Your Luck in 2019.

Career

1. 1974
   Born
2. 2009
   Won Max Mara Face of the Future Award
3. 2012
   Won MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Transformation
4. 2015
   Won MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Transformation
5. 2017
   Won Crystal Award
6. 2020
   Won Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
7. Member of Writers Guild of America West
8. Notable work: The 40-Year-Old Virgin
9. Notable work: Definitely, Maybe
10. Notable work: Zack and Miri Make a Porno
11. Notable work: The Hunger Games

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Pittsfield
• •Citizenship: United States
• •Known as: actor, television actor, film actor, film producer
• •Spouse: Max Handelman