Elizabeth Banks
Highest Rated: 96% The LEGO Movie (2014)
Lowest Rated: 5% Movie 43 (2013)
Birthday: Feb 10, 1974
Birthplace: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
A force of energy both in front of and behind the camera, Elizabeth Banks was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 1974. She spent her youth heavily involved in athletics, riding horses and playing Little League baseball until during one fateful game, she broke her leg while sliding into third base. The injury prevented Banks from playing any sports in the immediate aftermath, and so she auditioned for a school play instead, thus beginning what would become a lifelong interest in acting. She eventually graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in communications and went on to enroll in an MFA program at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Though she was offered a role on the soap opera "Santa Barbara" (NBC, 1984-1993) during this time, Banks had already taken out student loans in order to pay for her education and opted to remain in school. After graduating in 1998, Banks made her on-screen debut in the drama "Surrender Dorothy" (1998). Minor TV appearances followed before she landed a prominent role in the cult-favorite comedy "Wet Hot American Summer" (2001). From there, Banks quickly moved on to play Betty Brant in the blockbuster hit "Spider-Man" (2002) -a role she would continue throughout the hit franchise. With her prominence steadily rising, Banks went on to appear in the comedy "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" (2004) before co-starring as Dr. Kim Briggs on the fifth season of the comedy series "Scrubs" (NBC, 2001-2010). Comedy remained a major spoke in Banks' wheelhouse as she starred in Kevin Smith's "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" (2008), but she still branched out into other genres, playing Laura Bush in Oliver Stone's George W. Bush biopic "W." (2008) and opposite Russell Crowe in the thriller "The Next Three Days" (2010). After a celebrated run as recurring character Avery Jessup on the acclaimed sitcom "30 Rock" (NBC, 2006-2013), Banks joined the massively popular "Hunger Games" franchise as Capitol-dwelling Effie Trinket in "The Hunger Games" (2012), a role she eventually played in all four films in the series. The year 2012 also saw Banks play Gail in the acapella comedy "Pitch Perfect" (2012). She returned for the sequel as well, not only reprising the role of Gail but stepping behind the camera in her feature film directorial debut. It proved a huge success, far out-grossing the first film and cementing Banks' role as a director. She reunited with her "Wet Hot American Summer" castmates for the latter-day prequel series "Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp" (Netflix, 2015) and for the sequel series "Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later" (Netflix, 2017), much to fans' delight, before playing Gail once again in "Pitch Perfect 3" (2017). This time, Banks did not helm the movie herself, as she was already laying the groundwork for her next project as a director, the "Charlie's Angels" (2019) reboot, in which she also appeared as Bosley. With her credibility sky-high and rising, Banks next co-starred with award winning actor Cate Blanchett in the period series "Mrs. America" (FX, 2020-).
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Elizabeth Banks
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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72% | No Score Yet | A Mistake | Dr Elizabeth Taylor (Character) | - | 2024 |
65% |
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Skincare |
Hope (Character), Executive Producer |
$456.0K | 2024 |
73% |
|
Migration | Pam (Voice) | $127.3M | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Show Her the Money | Self | - | 2023 |
46% |
|
Cat Person | Executive Producer | $55.5K | 2023 |
90% |
|
Bottoms | Producer | $12.0M | 2023 |
47% |
|
The Beanie Bubble | Robbie (Character) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet |
|
Cocaine Bear: The True Story | Executive Producer | - | 2023 |
66% |
|
Cocaine Bear |
Director, Producer |
$64.4M | 2023 |
82% |
|
Call Jane | Joy (Character) | $512.8K | 2022 |
52% |
|
Charlie's Angels |
Bosley "Boz" (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$17.8M | 2019 |
57% |
|
Brightburn | Tori Breyer (Character) | $17.3M | 2019 |
84% |
|
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part |
Wyldstyle/ |
$105.8M | 2019 |
23% |
|
The Happytime Murders | Jenny (Character) | $20.7M | 2018 |
28% |
|
Pitch Perfect 3 |
Gail (Character), Producer |
$104.9M | 2017 |
38% |
|
The Most Hated Woman in America | Producer | - | 2017 |
51% |
|
Saban's Power Rangers | Rita Repulsa (Character) | $85.3M | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Resident Advisors |
Unknown (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot | Unknown (Character) | - | 2015 |
65% |
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Magic Mike XXL | Paris (Character) | $66.0M | 2015 |
65% |
|
Pitch Perfect 2 |
Gail (Character), Director, Producer |
$183.7M | 2015 |
69% |
|
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 | Effie Trinket (Character) | $281.7M | 2015 |
89% |
|
Love & Mercy | Melinda Ledbetter (Character) | $12.5M | 2014 |
32% |
|
Every Secret Thing | Detective Nancy Porter (Character) | $97.0K | 2014 |
55% |
|
Little Accidents | Diana (Character) | $10.1K | 2014 |
15% |
|
Walk of Shame | Meghan (Character) | $39.8K | 2014 |
69% |
|
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 | Effie Trinket (Character) | - | 2014 |
96% |
|
The LEGO Movie |
Wyldstyle/ |
$257.8M | 2014 |
90% |
|
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Effie Trinket (Character) | - | 2013 |
5% |
|
Movie 43 |
Amy (Character), Director |
$8.8M | 2013 |
65% |
|
Love, Marilyn | Unknown (Character) | - | 2012 |
82% |
|
Pitch Perfect |
Gail (Character), Producer |
$65.0M | 2012 |
53% |
|
People Like Us | Frankie (Character) | $12.4M | 2012 |
23% |
|
What to Expect When You're Expecting | Wendy (Character) | $41.1M | 2012 |
84% |
|
The Hunger Games | Effie Trinket (Character) | $408.0M | 2012 |
31% |
|
Man on a Ledge | Lydia Spencer (Character) | $18.6M | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Havana in Bushwick | Pilar (Character) | - | 2012 |
47% |
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The Details | Nealy Lang (Character) | $63.6K | 2011 |
71% |
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Our Idiot Brother | Miranda (Character) | $24.8M | 2011 |
50% |
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The Next Three Days | Lara Brennan (Character) | $21.1M | 2010 |
37% |
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Surrogates | Executive Producer | $38.5M | 2009 |
32% |
|
The Uninvited | Rachel (Character) | $28.6M | 2009 |
73% |
|
Lovely, Still | Alex (Character) | $124.7K | 2008 |
77% |
|
Role Models | Beth (Character) | $67.3M | 2008 |
65% |
|
Zack and Miri Make a Porno | Miri (Character) | $31.5M | 2008 |
58% |
|
W. | Laura Bush (Character) | $25.5M | 2008 |
20% |
|
Meet Dave | Gina Morrison (Character) | $11.8M | 2008 |
71% |
|
Definitely, Maybe | Emily (Character) | $32.0M | 2008 |
20% |
|
Meet Bill | Jess (Character) | $59.1K | 2007 |
21% |
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Fred Claus | Charlene (Character) | $72.0M | 2007 |
63% |
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Spider-Man 3 | Miss Brant (Character) | $336.5M | 2007 |
72% |
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Invincible | Janet Cantrell (Character) | $57.8M | 2006 |
87% |
|
Slither | Starla Grant (Character) | $7.8M | 2006 |
29% |
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The Sisters | Nancy Pecket (Character) | - | 2005 |
7% |
|
Daltry Calhoun | May (Character) | $12.5K | 2005 |
32% |
|
The Baxter | Caroline Swann (Character) | $181.9K | 2005 |
63% |
|
Heights | Isabel (Character) | $1.2M | 2005 |
85% |
|
The 40 Year-Old Virgin | Beth (Character) | $109.2M | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Sexual Life | Sarah (Character) | - | 2004 |
93% |
|
Spider-Man 2 | Miss Brant (Character) | $373.4M | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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The Trade | Sioux Sever (Character) | - | 2003 |
78% |
|
Seabiscuit | Marcela Howard (Character) | $120.1M | 2003 |
17% |
|
Ordinary Sinner | Rachel (Character) | - | 2002 |
6% |
|
Swept Away | Debi (Character) | $598.6K | 2002 |
38% |
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Wet Hot American Summer | Lindsay (Character) | $292.1K | 2001 |
60% |
|
Surrender Dorothy | Vicky (Character) | - | 1998 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Press Your Luck |
Executive Producer, Host |
2019-2024 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2015 2017 2019 2023-2024 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2020 2023 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Persephone (Guest Voice) | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 12% | The View | Guest | 2022-2023 |
46% | 72% | Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin | Executive Producer | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 28% | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Guest | 2019-2020 2022 |
No Score Yet | 41% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2012-2015 2017 2019-2022 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2019 2021 |
88% | 64% | Shrill | Executive Producer | 2019-2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The At-Home Variety Show Featuring Seth MacFarlane | Guest | 2020 |
96% | 70% | Mrs. America | Jill Ruckelshaus (Character) | 2020 |
85% | 90% | Modern Family | Sal (Guest Star) | 2009 2013-2015 2017 2020 |
No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2015 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2012-2016 2019 |
92% | 91% | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Herself (Guest Star) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Wet Hot American Summer - Ten Years Later | Lindsay (Character) | 2017 |
82% | 69% | The Gong Show | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tavis Smiley | Guest | 2015 |
29% | 84% | Moonbeam City | Unknown (Voice) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Saturday Night Live | Guest | 2015 |
64% | 73% | The Muppets | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
85% | 71% | Wet Hot American Summer | Lindsay (Character) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2010 2012 2015 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Resident Advisors | Executive Producer | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2012 2015 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Phineas and Ferb | Grulinda (Guest Star) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 100% | The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 85% | Robot Chicken | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Family Guy | Pam Fishman (Guest Voice) | 2012 |
78% | 92% | 30 Rock | Avery Jessup (Guest Star) | 2010-2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show | Guest | 2012 |
31% | No Score Yet | The Jay Leno Show | Guest | 2009 |
83% | 86% | Scrubs | Dr. Kim Briggs (Guest Star) | 2006-2007 2009 |
No Score Yet | 91% | American Dad! | Becky Arangino (Guest Voice) | 2007-2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Comanche Moon | Unknown (Character) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Without a Trace | Unknown (Character) | 2002 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Jaina Jansen (Guest Star) | 2001 |
70% | 80% | Sex and the City | Catherine (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Birds of a Feather | Unknown (Character) | 1991 |