Elizabeth Banks

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Elizabeth Banks is an accomplished American actress and filmmaker, widely recognized for her portrayal of Effie Trinket in the film adaptations of The Hunger Games from 2012 to 2015, as well as her role as Gail Abernathy-McKadden in the Pitch Perfect series, which spanned from 2012 to 2017. She made her debut as a director with Pitch Perfect 2 in 2015, which notably achieved a record-breaking $69 million in its opening weekend—a remarkable feat for a first-time director. Following this success, she directed, wrote, produced, and starred in the action comedy Charlie's Angels, released in 2019. Additionally, Banks directed and produced the horror comedy Cocaine Bear, which premiered in 2023. In October 2002, she co-founded a production company named Brownstone Productions with her husband, Max Handelman.

Banks’ cinematic journey began in 1998 with a role in the independent film Surrender Dorothy. Her filmography includes notable appearances in Wet Hot American Summer (2001), the Spider-Man trilogy directed by Sam Raimi (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 (2014) and its 2019 sequel, Love & Mercy (2014), Walk of Shame (2014), Magic Mike XXL (2015), Power Rangers (2017), and Brightburn (2019).

On the television front, Banks is known for her recurring role as Avery Jessup on the NBC series 30 Rock, a performance that garnered her two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award. She also had notable recurring roles in the series Scrubs and Modern Family, the latter of which earned her a third Emmy nomination. Banks starred in the Netflix miniseries Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015) and Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017). Since 2019, she has been the host of the ABC revival of the 1980s game show Press Your Luck. Elizabeth Banks shares a deep and collaborative bond with her husband, Max Handelman. They have been together since their college days, married since 2003, and actively co-parent while also partnering in business.