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).
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| 1 | Skincare (2024) | Hope Goldman | 5.8 | |
| 2 | Cocaine Bear (2023) | Director / Writer | 5.9 | |
| 3 | Migration (2023) | Pam Mallard (voice) | 7.1 | |
| 4 | The Beanie Bubble (2023) | Robbie | 6.5 | |
| 5 | Call Jane (2022) | Joy | - | - |
| 6 | Brightburn (2019) | Tori Breyer | 6.4 | |
| 7 | Charlie's Angels (2019) | Director / Writer | 5.8 | |
| 8 | The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) | Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice) | 7 | |
| 9 | The Happytime Murders (2018) | Jenny | 5.4 | |
| 10 | Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short (2018) | Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice) | 6.3 | |
| 11 | Pitch Perfect 3 (2017) | Gail | 6.8 | |
| 12 | Power Rangers (2017) | Rita Repulsa / The Green Ranger | 6.3 | |
| 13 | The Lego Movie: 4D – A New Adventure (2016) | Wyldstyle | 9 | |
| 14 | Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot (2015) | Self | 8 | |
| 15 | Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) | Director / Writer | 6.9 | |
| 16 | Love & Mercy (2015) | Melinda Ledbetter | 7.3 | |
| 17 | Magic Mike XXL (2015) | Paris | 6 | |
| 18 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) | Effie Trinket | 6.8 | |
| 19 | Every Secret Thing (2014) | Detective Nancy Porter | 6.7 | |
| 20 | Little Accidents (2014) | Diane Doyle | - | - |
| 21 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014) | Effie Trinket | 6.9 | |
| 22 | Walk of Shame (2014) | Meghan | 6 | |
| 23 | The Lego Movie (2014) Top 100 by FilmGator | Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice) | 8 | |
| 24 | Movie 43 (2013) | Director / Writer | 5.4 | |
| 25 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) | Effie Trinket | 7.8 | |
| 26 | Face in the Crowd (2013) | Face | - | - |
| 27 | Love, Marilyn (2013) | Self | 9 | |
| 28 | The Details (2012) | Nealy Lang | 6.5 | |
| 29 | The Hunger Games (2012) | Effie Trinket | 7.6 | |
| 30 | Man on a Ledge (2012) | Lydia Mercer | 6.8 | |
| 31 | What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012) | Wendy Cooper | 5.8 | |
| 32 | Pitch Perfect (2012) | Gail Abernathy-McKadden | 7.4 | |
| 33 | People Like Us (2012) | Frankie Davis | 6.4 | |
| 34 | Just a Little Heart Attack (2011) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 35 | Our Idiot Brother (2011) | Miranda Rochlin | 6.2 | |
| 36 | The Next Three Days (2010) | Lara Brennan | 7.6 | |
| 37 | Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno' (2009) | Self | 5 | |
| 38 | The Uninvited (2009) | Rachael | 6 | |
| 39 | Role Models (2008) | Beth | 6.9 | |
| 40 | Big Breaks (2008) | Starlet | - | - |
| 41 | Meet Dave (2008) | Gina Morrison | 4.9 | |
| 42 | This Is Not Sex (2008) | - | 7 | |
| 43 | Definitely, Maybe (2008) | Emily | 7.1 | |
| 44 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008) | Miri | 6.4 | |
| 45 | W. (2008) | Laura Bush | 5.8 | |
| 46 | Fred Claus (2007) | Charlene | 6 | |
| 47 | Spider-Man 3 (2007) | Miss Brant | 6.2 | |
| 48 | Meet Bill (2007) | Jess | 5 | |
| 49 | Slither (2006) | Starla Grant | 7.1 | |
| 50 | Invincible (2006) | Janet Cantrell | 7.2 | |
| 51 | Sexual Life (2005) | Sarah | - | - |
| 52 | The Sisters (2005) | Nancy Pecket | - | - |
| 53 | Daltry Calhoun (2005) | May | 8 | |
| 54 | The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005) | Beth | 6.9 | |
| 55 | Heights (2005) | Isabel | - | - |
| 56 | The Baxter (2005) | Caroline Swann | - | - |
| 57 | Spider-Man 2 (2004) Oscars 2005 | Miss Brant | 7.2 | |
| 58 | Seabiscuit (2003) Oscars 2004 | Marcela Howard | 6.3 | |
| 59 | Spider-Man (2002) Oscars 2003 | Miss Brant | 7.5 | |
| 60 | Catch Me If You Can (2002) Oscars 2003 | Lucy | 8 | |
| 61 | Swept Away (2002) | Debi | 5 | |
| 62 | Wet Hot American Summer (2001) | Lindsay | 6.7 | |
| 63 | Uninvited (2000) | Lady Reporter | - | - |
| 64 | Shaft (2000) | Trey's Friend | 6.3 | |
| 65 | Surrender Dorothy (1998) | Vicki | - | - |
| 66 | The Greater Good | Director / Writer | - | - |
