Cast & creator
Elizabeth Banks
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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).
Also known as: Elizabeth Casey, Elizabeth Irene Mitchell, Elizabeth Mitchell
115
film credits
64
television credits
142
1949–2026 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (179)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Jaina Jansen
1999
The Simpsons
Persephone (voice)
1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Family Guy
Pam Fishman (voice)
1999
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
American Dad!
Becky Arangino (voice)
2005American Dad!
Lisa Silver (voice)
2005
Conan
Self
2010
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Modern Family
Sal
2009
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The View
Self - Guest
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
The Boys
Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)
2019
Scrubs
Dr. Kim Briggs
2001
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Elizabeth Banks
2000
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Without a Trace
Clarissa
2002
Third Watch
Elaine Elchisak
1999
Robot Chicken
Mrs. Claus / Scarlett (voice)
2005
30 Rock
Avery Jessup
2006
Sex and the City
Catherine
1998
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014The Tony Danza Show
Self
2004
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Effie Trinket
2014
Spider-Man
Miss Brant
2002
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Self
2012
Spider-Man 3
Miss Brant
2007
The Oscars
Self
1953
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Effie Trinket
2013
Catch Me If You Can
Lucy
2002
The Jay Leno Show
Self
2009
Migration
Pam Mallard (voice)
2023
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Effie Trinket
2015
Made in Hollywood
Self
2005
The Hunger Games
Effie Trinket
2012
The Lego Movie
Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
2014
The Russell Howard Hour
Self
2017
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
2019
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
The Muppets
Self
2015
The Miniature Wife
Lindy McMichael Littlejohn
2026The Miniature Wife
Executive Producer
2026
Mrs. America
Jill Ruckelshaus
2020
The 40 Year-Old Virgin
Beth
2005
The Better Sister
Nicky Macintosh
2025The Better Sister
Executive Producer
2025
Pitch Perfect
Gail Abernathy-McKadden
2012Pitch Perfect
Producer
2012
Cocaine Bear
Director
2023Cocaine Bear
Producer
2023
Pitch Perfect 2
Gail Abernathy-McKadden
2015Pitch Perfect 2
Director
2015Pitch Perfect 2
Producer
2015
Spider-Man 2
Miss Brant
2004
Man on a Ledge
Lydia Mercer
2012
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
Lindsay
2017
The Early Show
Self
1999
Charlie's Angels
Boz
2019Charlie's Angels
Director
2019Charlie's Angels
Screenplay
2019Charlie's Angels
Producer
2019
Power Rangers
Rita Repulsa
2017
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
Lindsay
2015
Brightburn
Tori Breyer
2019
The Gong Show
Self - Judge
2017
The Next Three Days
Lara Brennan
2010
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)
2026
Definitely, Maybe
Emily
2008
Role Models
Beth
2008
Pitch Perfect 3
Gail
2017Pitch Perfect 3
Producer
2017
Movie 43
Amy (segment "Beezel")
2013Movie 43
Director
2013
Slither
Starla Grant
2006
Critics Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
2001
Surrogates
Executive Producer
2009
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Self
2025
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Miri
2008
Shrill
Executive Producer
2019
Meet Dave
Gina Morrison
2008
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Wendy
2012
The Uninvited
Rachael
2009
Fred Claus
Charlene
2007
Bottoms
Producer
2023
Invincible
Janet Cantrell
2006
The Frame
Effie Trinket
2013
Walk of Shame
Meghan
2014
The Beanie Bubble
Robbie
2023
Resident Advisors
Doctor
2015Resident Advisors
Executive Producer
2015
Shaft
Trey's Friend
2000
Magic Mike XXL
Paris
2015
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
Press Your Luck
Self - Host
2019Press Your Luck
Executive Producer
2019
Comanche Moon
Maggie
2008
Moonbeam City
Pizzaz Miller (voice)
2015I'm a LA… Get Me Out of Here!
Self - Contestant
2019
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
Executive Producer
2022
The Happytime Murders
Jenny
2018
Call Jane
Joy
2022
Wet Hot American Summer
Lindsay
2001
Love & Mercy
Melinda Ledbetter
2015
Our Idiot Brother
Miranda Rochlin
2011
Bear Grylls is Running Wild
Self
2026
People Like Us
Frankie Davis
2012
Seabiscuit
Marcela Howard
2003
Swept Away
Debi
2002
Cat Person
Executive Producer
2023
Mighty Mary
Narrator (voice)
2026Mighty Mary
Executive Producer
2026
Every Secret Thing
Detective Nancy Porter
2014
DreamQuil
Carol
2026DreamQuil
Producer
2026
Meet Bill
Jess
2007
Skincare
Hope Goldman
2024
A Mistake
Liz Taylor
2023
Love, Marilyn
Self
2013She's Fine
Heidi
She's Fine
Executive Producer
W.
Laura Bush
2008
The Puzzle Room with David Kwong
Self - Guest
2026
The Most Hated Woman in America
Producer
2017
Ordinary Sinner
Rachel
2001
The Power of the Present
Self - Green Ranger (2017)
2017
Little Accidents
Diane Doyle
2014
Sexual Life
Sarah
2005Throttled
Producer
The Details
Nealy Lang
2012
The Baxter
Caroline Swann
2005
Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short
Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice)
2018
Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'
Self
2009
Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase
Bird-Lady
2017
Surrender Dorothy
Vicki
1998
Stella Shorts 1998-2002
Yoga Student
2002Big Breaks
Starlet
2008
Lovely, Still
Alex
2009Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend
Self
2003
The Sisters
Nancy Pecket
2005Bad Hand
Producer
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
Self - Effie Trinket
2012
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
Self
2015
Cocaine Bear: The True Story
Executive Producer
2023
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Self - Effie Trinket
2015
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
Various (voice) (archive sound)
2014Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
Self
2015
Daltry Calhoun
May
2005
Heights
Isabel
2005
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Self - Effie Trinket
2014
Timms Valley
Beth Billings-Timms
2013
The Magic School Bus
Ms. Frizzle
The Magic School Bus
Producer
Show Her the Money
Herself
2023
Face in the Crowd
Face
2013Just a Little Heart Attack
Woman
2011Just a Little Heart Attack
Director
2011
Asteroids!
Cheez
2017This Is Not Sex
2008Betas
Producer
Where the Fore Are We?
Producer
Resident Advisors
Doctor
2015Resident Advisors
Executive Producer
2015
Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber
Self - Host
2017Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber
Executive Producer
2017
The Trade
Sioux Sever
2003Cocaine Bear 2
Producer
Uninvited
Lady Reporter
2000The Greater Good
Director
The Grace Year
Director
The Grace Year
Producer
Harness
Producer