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Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks’s screen credits include Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice) in The Lego Movie, Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2.
Born February 10, 1974 Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA7 movies on MoviHero
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About Elizabeth Banks
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 …
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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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- 2026DreamQuil1h 29m · Horror · MysteryCarolUpcoming
- 2015The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 22h 17m · Action · AdventureEffie Trinket
- 2014The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 12h 3m · Adventure · Science FictionEffie Trinket
- 2014The Lego Movie1h 40m · Adventure · AnimationWyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
- 2013The Hunger Games: Catching Fire2h 26m · Action · AdventureEffie Trinket
- 2012The Hunger Games2h 22m · Action · AdventureEffie Trinket
- 2005The 40 Year-Old Virgin1h 56m · Comedy · RomanceBeth
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- 2026Mighty MaryProducer · Narrator (voice)
- 2026Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex PassElizabeth Banks (uncredited)
- 2024SkincareHope Goldman
- 2023MigrationPam Mallard (voice)
- 2023Cat PersonProducer
- 2023Show Her the MoneyHerself
- 2023A MistakeLiz Taylor
- 2023BottomsProducer
- 2023The Beanie BubbleRobbie
- 2023Cocaine Bear: The True StoryProducer
- 2023Cocaine BearDirector · Producer
- 2022Call JaneJoy
- 2019Charlie's AngelsDirector · Writer · Producer · Boz
- 2019BrightburnTori Breyer
- 2019The Lego Movie 2: The Second PartWyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
- 2018Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie ShortLucy / Wyldstyle (voice)
- 2018The Happytime MurdersJenny
- 2017Pitch Perfect 3Producer · Gail
- 2017Sesame Street: The Magical Wand ChaseBird-Lady
- 2017Yours Sincerely, Lois WeberProducer · Self - Host
- 2017The Power of the PresentSelf - Green Ranger (2017)
- 2017Power RangersRita Repulsa
- 2017The Most Hated Woman in AmericaProducer
- 2017Asteroids!Cheez
- 2015Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet HotSelf
- 2015Magic Mike XXLParis
- 2015Love & MercyMelinda Ledbetter
- 2015Pitch Perfect 2Director · Producer · Gail Abernathy-McKadden
- 2015Resident AdvisorsProducer · Doctor
- 2015Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour HoffmanSelf
- 2015The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1Self - Effie Trinket
- 2014Robot Chicken: Christmas SpecialsVarious (voice) (archive sound)
- 2014Walk of ShameMeghan
- 2014Every Secret ThingDetective Nancy Porter
- 2014Little AccidentsDiane Doyle
- 2014Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching FireSelf - Effie Trinket
- 2013Timms ValleyBeth Billings-Timms
- 2013Face in the CrowdFace
- 2013Love, MarilynSelf
- 2013Movie 43Director · Amy (segment "Beezel")
- 2012The DetailsNealy Lang
- 2012Pitch PerfectProducer · Gail Abernathy-McKadden
- 2012The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger GamesSelf - Effie Trinket
- 2012People Like UsFrankie Davis
- 2012What to Expect When You're ExpectingWendy
- 2012Man on a LedgeLydia Mercer
- 2011Just a Little Heart AttackDirector · Woman
- 2011Our Idiot BrotherMiranda Rochlin
- 2010The Next Three DaysLara Brennan
- 2009Lovely, StillAlex
- 2009SurrogatesProducer
- 2009Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'Self
- 2009The UninvitedRachael
- 2008Big BreaksStarlet
- 2008Role ModelsBeth
- 2008W.Laura Bush
- 2008This Is Not SexActor
- 2008Zack and Miri Make a PornoMiri
- 2008Meet DaveGina Morrison
- 2008Definitely, MaybeEmily
- 2007Fred ClausCharlene
- 2007Meet BillJess
- 2007Spider-Man 3Miss Brant
- 2006InvincibleJanet Cantrell
- 2006SlitherStarla Grant
- 2005Daltry CalhounMay
- 2005The BaxterCaroline Swann
- 2005HeightsIsabel
- 2005The SistersNancy Pecket
- 2005Sexual LifeSarah
- 2004Spider-Man 2Miss Brant
- 2003Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the LegendSelf
- 2003SeabiscuitMarcela Howard
- 2003The TradeSioux Sever
- 2002Stella Shorts 1998-2002Yoga Student
- 2002Catch Me If You CanLucy
- 2002Swept AwayDebi
- 2002Spider-ManMiss Brant
- 2001Ordinary SinnerRachel
- 2001Wet Hot American SummerLindsay
- 2000ShaftTrey's Friend
- 2000UninvitedLady Reporter
- 1998Surrender DorothyVicki
- Bad HandProducer
- BetasProducer
- Cocaine Bear 2Producer
- HarnessProducer
- The Grace YearDirector · Producer
- The Greater GoodDirector
- The Magic School BusProducer · Ms. Frizzle
- ThrottledProducer
- Where the Fore Are We?Producer
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