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

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2025
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2021
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2001
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2020
The Simpsons
2023
The Daily Show
2012
Family Guy
2012
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2025
Late Show with David Letterman
2008
American Dad!
2007
Conan
2012

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
142
Directing
7
Writing
1
Producing
29
2026
DreamQuil
as Carol · unreleased
2026
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
as Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)
2026
Mighty Mary
as Narrator (voice)
2026
The Miniature Wife
as Lindy McMichael Littlejohn
2026
Bear Grylls is Running Wild
as Self
2026
The Puzzle Room with David Kwong
as Self - Guest
2026
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
as Self
2025
The Better Sister
as Nicky Macintosh
2025
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2025
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2025
The Emmy Awards
as Self
2024
Skincare
as Hope Goldman
2023
A Mistake
as Liz Taylor
2023
The Beanie Bubble
as Robbie
2023
Migration
as Pam Mallard (voice)
2023
Show Her the Money
as Herself
2023
Made in Hollywood
as Self
2023
The Simpsons
as Persephone (voice)
2023
The Oscars
as Self
2022
Call Jane
as Joy
2022
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2022
The Boys
as Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)
2022
The View
as Self - Guest
2021
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
2021
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2020
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2020
Mrs. America
as Jill Ruckelshaus
2020
I'm a LA… Get Me Out of Here!
as Self - Contestant
2019
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
2019
Brightburn
as Tori Breyer
2019
Charlie's Angels
as Boz
2019
The Russell Howard Hour
as Self
2019
Press Your Luck
as Self - Host
2019
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2018
The Happytime Murders
as Jenny
2018
Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short
as Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice)
2017
Power Rangers
as Rita Repulsa
2017
Pitch Perfect 3
as Gail
2017
Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber
as Self - Host
2017
Asteroids!
as Cheez
2017
Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase
as Bird-Lady
2017
The Power of the Present
as Self - Green Ranger (2017)
2017
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Elizabeth Banks
2017
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2017
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
as Lindsay
2017
The Gong Show
as Self - Judge
2016
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
2015
Love & Mercy
as Melinda Ledbetter
2015
Magic Mike XXL
as Paris
2015
Pitch Perfect 2
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Effie Trinket
2015
Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
as Self
2015
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
as Self
2015
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
as Self - Effie Trinket
2015
Resident Advisors
as Doctor
2015
Resident Advisors
as Doctor
2015
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
as Lindsay
2015
Moonbeam City
as Pizzaz Miller (voice)
2015
The Muppets
as Self
2015
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Self - Effie Trinket
2014
The Lego Movie
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
2014
Walk of Shame
as Meghan
2014
Little Accidents
as Diane Doyle
2014
Every Secret Thing
as Detective Nancy Porter
2014
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
as Effie Trinket
2014
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
as Various (voice) (archive sound)
2013
Movie 43
as Amy (segment "Beezel")
2013
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Effie Trinket
2013
Love, Marilyn
as Self
2013
Timms Valley
as Beth Billings-Timms
2013
Face in the Crowd
as Face
2013
The Frame
as Effie Trinket
2012
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
as Self - Effie Trinket
2012
Man on a Ledge
as Lydia Mercer
2012
The Hunger Games
as Effie Trinket
2012
What to Expect When You're Expecting
as Wendy
2012
People Like Us
as Frankie Davis
2012
Pitch Perfect
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
2012
The Details
as Nealy Lang
2012
The Daily Show
as Self
2012
Family Guy
as Pam Fishman (voice)
2012
Comedy Bang! Bang!
as Self
2012
Robot Chicken
as Mrs. Claus / Scarlett (voice)
2012
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2012
Conan
as Self
2011
Our Idiot Brother
as Miranda Rochlin
2011
Just a Little Heart Attack
as Woman
2010
The Next Three Days
as Lara Brennan
2010
30 Rock
as Avery Jessup
2009
The Uninvited
as Rachael
2009
Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'
as Self
2009
Lovely, Still
as Alex
2009
Modern Family
as Sal
2009
The Jay Leno Show
as Self
2009
Critics Choice Awards
as Self - Presenter
2008
W.
as Laura Bush
2008
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
as Miri
2008
Meet Dave
as Gina Morrison
2008
Definitely, Maybe
as Emily
2008
Role Models
as Beth
2008
Big Breaks
as Starlet
2008
This Is Not Sex
2008
Comanche Moon
as Maggie
2008
American Dad!
as Lisa Silver (voice)
2008
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2008
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
2007
Spider-Man 3
as Miss Brant
2007
Fred Claus
as Charlene
2007
Meet Bill
as Jess
2007
American Dad!
as Becky Arangino (voice)
2006
Invincible
as Janet Cantrell
2006
Slither
as Starla Grant
2006
The Tony Danza Show
as Self
2006
The Early Show
as Self
2006
Scrubs
as Dr. Kim Briggs
2005
Daltry Calhoun
as May
2005
The 40 Year-Old Virgin
as Beth
2005
The Baxter
as Caroline Swann
2005
Heights
as Isabel
2005
Sexual Life
as Sarah
2005
The Sisters
as Nancy Pecket
2004
Spider-Man 2
as Miss Brant
2003
Seabiscuit
as Marcela Howard
2003
The Trade
as Sioux Sever
2003
Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend
as Self
2002
Spider-Man
as Miss Brant
2002
Catch Me If You Can
as Lucy
2002
Swept Away
as Debi
2002
Stella Shorts 1998-2002
as Yoga Student
2002
Without a Trace
as Clarissa
2001
Wet Hot American Summer
as Lindsay
2001
Ordinary Sinner
as Rachel
2001
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Jaina Jansen
2000
Uninvited
as Lady Reporter
2000
Shaft
as Trey's Friend
2000
Sex and the City
as Catherine
1999
Third Watch
as Elaine Elchisak
1998
Surrender Dorothy
as Vicki
The Magic School Bus
as Ms. Frizzle
She's Fine
as Heidi