Biography
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 di...
Known For
Complete Filmography

A Mistake
2024
as Liz Taylor
In the midst of a new scheme to publicly report surgeons’ performance, a gifted surgeon’s life is thrown into disarray as her colleagues begin to clos...

Skincare
2024
as Hope Goldman
Famed aesthetician Hope Goldman is about to take her career to the next level by launching her very own skin care line. However, she soon faces a new ...

Migration
2023
as Pam Mallard (voice)
After a migrating duck family alights on their pond with thrilling tales of far-flung places, the Mallard family embarks on a family road trip, from N...

Cat Person
2023
Executive Producer
When Margot, a college sophomore, goes on a date with the older Robert, she finds that IRL Robert doesn’t live up to the Robert she has been flirting ...

Show Her the Money
2023
as Herself
This is a story that’s never been told. SHOW HER THE MONEY addresses how women are getting less than 2% of venture capital funding and demystifies wha...

Bottoms
2023
Producer
Unpopular best friends PJ and Josie start a high school self-defense club to meet girls and lose their virginity. They soon find themselves in over th...

The Beanie Bubble
2023
as Robbie
Ty was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women turned his stuffed animals into a defining '90s trend. This behind-the-scene...

Cocaine Bear: The True Story
2023
Executive Producer
The bizarre, stranger than fiction tale behind the hit Hollywood movie "Cocaine Bear," involving international drug smuggling, murder, mayhem, and a m...

Cocaine Bear
2023
Producer, Director
Inspired by a true story, an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge in a Georgia forest where a 500-pound black bear goes on a ...

Call Jane
2022
as Joy
A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America where she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to...

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
2022
as Self (archive footage)
JB Smoove and Martin Starr host a celebration of 20 years of "Spider-Man" movies, from the Sam Raimi trilogy to Marc Webb's movies and the trio from J...

Charlie's Angels
2019
as Boz
Elena Houghlin is a scientist, engineer and inventor of Calisto -- a sustainable energy source that will revolutionize the way people use power. It wi...

Charlie's Angels
2019
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Elena Houghlin is a scientist, engineer and inventor of Calisto -- a sustainable energy source that will revolutionize the way people use power. It wi...

Brightburn
2019
as Tori Breyer
What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
It's been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: LEGO DUPLO® invaders from outer space, wrecking every...

Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short
2018
as Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice)
There’s nothing like the holidays in Apocalypseburg!

The Happytime Murders
2018
as Jenny
In a world where human beings and puppets live together, when the members of the cast of a children's television show aired during the 1990s begin to ...

Pitch Perfect 3
2017
as Gail
After the highs of winning the world championships, the Bellas find themselves split apart and discovering there aren't job prospects for making music...

Pitch Perfect 3
2017
Producer
After the highs of winning the world championships, the Bellas find themselves split apart and discovering there aren't job prospects for making music...

Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase
2017
as Bird-Lady
A playful bird snatches Abby's magic wand during a hot-air balloon ride leaving Elmo, Abby and friends on a colorful adventure.

Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber
2017
as Herself - Host
In 1916, the highest paid silent film director at Universal Studios was a woman named Lois Weber. Yet today, she is virtually unknown. "Yours Sincerel...

Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber
2017
Executive Producer
In 1916, the highest paid silent film director at Universal Studios was a woman named Lois Weber. Yet today, she is virtually unknown. "Yours Sincerel...

The Power of the Present
2017
as Self - Green Ranger (2017)
Exploring the history of the 'Power Rangers' franchise, casting, special effects and music.

The Most Hated Woman in America
2017
Producer
The true story of Madalyn Murray O'Hair -- iconoclast, opportunist, and outspoken atheist -- from her controversial rise to her untimely demise.

Power Rangers
2017
as Rita Repulsa / The Green Ranger
Five ordinary teens must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town of Angel Grove — and the world — is on the verge of bein...

Asteroids!
2017
as Cheez
Mac and Cheez are back, this time on a deep space adventure. Joined by their robot sidekick, their spaceship is endangered by teeth-gnashing space bug...

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
as Effie Trinket
With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends – inc...

Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
2015
as Self
Exclusive behind-the-scenes footage offers a glimpse into the comic minds behind a "Wet Hot" summer-camp cult hit featuring many future stars.

Magic Mike XXL
2015
as Paris
Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put ...

Love & Mercy
2015
as Melinda Ledbetter
In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, under the s...

Pitch Perfect 2
2015
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
The Bellas are back, and they are better than ever. After being humiliated in front of none other than the President of the United States of America, ...

Pitch Perfect 2
2015
Director, Producer
The Bellas are back, and they are better than ever. After being humiliated in front of none other than the President of the United States of America, ...

Resident Advisors
2015
as Doctor
Enter the dorm scene's pseudo-managers -- the resident advisors.
Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
2015
as Self
An homage to the late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman.

The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
2015
as Self (Effie Trinket)
Documentary film about the making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1. An impressively in depth assortment of seven featurettes that look at a var...

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
as Effie Trinket
Katniss Everdeen reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol.

Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
2014
as Various (voice) (archive sound)
This DVD release features six Christmas special episodes from Robot Chicken's hilariously outrageous 6 seasons, plus comes loaded with holiday-themed ...

Walk of Shame
2014
as Meghan
A reporter's dream of becoming a news anchor is compromised after a one-night stand leaves her stranded in downtown L.A. without a phone, car, ID or m...

Every Secret Thing
2014
as Detective Nancy Porter
One clear summer day in a Baltimore suburb, a baby goes missing from her front porch. Two young girls serve seven years for the crime and are released...

Little Accidents
2014
as Diane Doyle
In a small American coal town living in the shadow of a recent mining accident, the disappearance of a teenage boy draws three people together—a survi...

Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2014
as Self (Effie Trinket)
An incredibly in depth and informative compendium of nine featurettes that address virtually every aspect of the film, from the adaptive process throu...

The Lego Movie
2014
as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from ...
Timms Valley
2013
as Beth Billings-Timms
A scripted comedy set in the fictional town of Timms Valley, Wisconsin, where the lives and livelihoods of its citizens are intertwined with the fate ...

Face in the Crowd
2013
as Face
A woman on a journey through a crowd grapples with private and public revelation, repulsion, fear, personal safety, and the desire for basic human int...

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
as Effie Trinket
Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they mu...

Love, Marilyn
2013
as Self
Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote ...

Movie 43
2013
as Amy (segment "Beezel")
A series of interconnected short films are the backdrop for a maniac screenwriter who pitches insane storylines featuring some of Hollywood's biggest ...

Movie 43
2013
Director
A series of interconnected short films are the backdrop for a maniac screenwriter who pitches insane storylines featuring some of Hollywood's biggest ...

Robot Chicken's ATM Christmas Special
2012
as Mrs. Claus / Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara (voice)
The Robot Chicken Christmas Special has Santa nearly missing Christmas; Kano from Mortal Kombat shares the holidays with Mrs. Cage; Justin Bieber's ne...

The Details
2012
as Nealy Lang
When a family of raccoons discover worms living underneath the sod in Jeff and Nealy's backyard, this pest problem begins a darkly comic and wild chai...

Pitch Perfect
2012
as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thru...

Pitch Perfect
2012
Producer
College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thru...

The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
2012
as Self (Effie Trinket)
A feature length, eight part documentary that covers everything from pre-production to adapting the source novel to casting to shooting to post and ma...

People Like Us
2012
as Frankie Davis
After flying home to L.A. for the funeral of his estranged record-producer father, a struggling man discovers that the will stipulates that he must de...

What to Expect When You're Expecting
2012
as Wendy Cooper
Challenges of impending parenthood turn the lives of five couples upside down. Two celebrities are unprepared for the surprise demands of pregnancy; h...

The Hunger Games
2012
as Effie Trinket
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to comp...

Man on a Ledge
2012
as Lydia Mercer
An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. H...
Just a Little Heart Attack
2011
as Woman
A short film about a supermom who takes care of everyone except herself.
Just a Little Heart Attack
2011
Director
A short film about a supermom who takes care of everyone except herself.

Our Idiot Brother
2011
as Miranda Rochlin
Everybody has one—the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. For sisters Liz, Miranda an...

The Next Three Days
2010
as Lara
A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of murdering her boss. Her husband John would spend the next few years trying t...

Lovely, Still
2009
as Alex
A holiday fable that tells the story of an elderly man discovering love for the first time.

Surrogates
2009
Executive Producer
Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time i...

Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'
2009
as Self
The making of Kevin Smith's film, Zack and Miri Make a Porno.

The Uninvited
2009
as Rachael
Anna returns home after spending time in a psychiatric facility following her mother's tragic death and discovers that her mother's former nurse, Rach...
Big Breaks
2008
as Starlet
Penny and Sam work for a notoriously mean spirited, selfish, and somewhat abusive big fish Hollywood producer, MJ Siegel. They run a day's worth of ou...

Role Models
2008
as Beth
Two salesmen trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 servi...

W.
2008
as Laura Bush
The story of the eventful life of George W. Bush—his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith—and the critical days leading up...
This Is Not Sex
2008
Sex sells. Sex kills. Sex thrills. "This Is Not Sex" pays homage to the subject of the upcoming Kevin Smith flick, "Zach and Miri Make A Porno",whilst...

Zack and Miri Make a Porno
2008
as Miri
Lifelong platonic friends Zack and Miri look to solve their respective cash-flow problems by making an adult film together. As the cameras roll, howev...

Meet Dave
2008
as Gina Morrison
A crew of miniature aliens operate a spaceship that has a human form. While trying to save their planet, the aliens encounter a new problem, as their ...

Definitely, Maybe
2008
as Emily
When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a second look at the past might also give him a second ch...

Fred Claus
2007
as Charlene
Fred Claus and Santa Claus have been estranged brothers for many years. Now Fred must reconcile his differences with his brother whom he believes over...

Meet Bill
2007
as Jess
A mild-mannered bank executive mentors a teenage con artist and tries to make a career change as a doughnut merchant.

Spider-Man 3
2007
as Miss Brant
The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers a...

Invincible
2006
as Janet Cantrell
Inspired by the true story of Vince Papale, a man with nothing to lose who ignored the staggering odds and made his dream come true. When the coach of...

Slither
2006
as Starla Grant
A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.

Daltry Calhoun
2005
as May
In small town Tennessee, a ne'er-do-well man (Knoxville) wrestling for control over his fading golf club is reunited with his estranged daughter, a 14...

The Baxter
2005
as Caroline Swann
A man with a "doormat" personality tries standing up for himself for a change in this comedy. Mild mannered tax accountant Elliot Sherman is what he c...

The 40 Year Old Virgin
2005
as Beth
Andy Stitzer has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an electronics store. But at age 40, there's one thing Andy hasn...

Heights
2005
as Isabel
Spanning twenty-four hours, HEIGHTS follows five New Yorkers challenged to choose their destiny before the sun comes up the next day.

The Sisters
2005
as Nancy Pecket
Based on Anton Chekov's "The Three Sisters" about siblings living in a college town who struggle with the death of their father and try to reconcile r...

Sexual Life
2005
as Sarah
As they seek romance and sexual gratification, the lives of eight Los Angeles natives — including a teenager, a wedding photographer and a hotel desk ...

Spider-Man 2
2004
as Miss Brant
Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves th...

Seabiscuit
2003
as Marcela Howard
True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation...

The Trade
2003
as Sioux Sever
An up-and-coming trader must choose between the seduction of Wall Street and a return home to the woman and family he loves.

Stella Shorts 1998-2002
2002
as Yoga Student
STELLA is a three-man comedy troupe from New York City, comprised of well-known comedians/actors Michael Showalter, David Wain, and Michael Ian Black....

Catch Me If You Can
2002
as Lucy
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor...

Swept Away
2002
as Debi
Stranded and alone on a desert island during a cruise, a spoiled rich woman and a deckhand fall in love and make a date to reunite after their rescue.

Spider-Man
2002
as Miss Brant
After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to b...

Ordinary Sinner
2001
as Rachel
Three college students, two guys and a girl, encounter bigotry and violence in a small town, and solve the murder of a gay friend.

Wet Hot American Summer
2001
as Lindsay
The setting is Camp Firewood, the year 1981. It's the last day before everyone goes back to the real world, but there's still a summer's worth of unfi...

Shaft
2000
as Trey's Friend
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail...

Uninvited
2000
as Lady Reporter
A man is accused of murdering his childhood love and her entire family.

Surrender Dorothy
1998
as Vicki
Trevor is a busboy who is so terrified of women that he takes in a young man addicted to heroin and then uses the drug to manipulate, coerce, and terr...
DreamQuil
N/A
as Carol
A woman embarks on a virtual wellness retreat in order to get her life back on track - but with nightmarish consequences.
Where the Fore Are We?
N/A
Producer
After a crash landing leaves the passengers and crew of a commercial flight stranded for three months, the film follows members of this makeshift comm...
Foreign Relations
N/A
Producer
The Greater Good
N/A
Director
A single-camera comedy TV pilot. A comedic version of The X-Files. A relationship and workplace comedy set in the world of conspiracy theories.
DreamQuil
N/A
Producer
A woman embarks on a virtual wellness retreat in order to get her life back on track - but with nightmarish consequences.
Cocaine Bear 2
N/A
Producer
The sequel to the 2023 comedy thriller.
The Grace Year
N/A
Director, Producer
Tierney James lives in an isolated village where girls are banished at sixteen to the northern forest to brave the wilderness - and each other - for a...