In addition to producing Pitch Perfect, Banks also produced Disney’s 2009 sci-fi thriller The Surrogates, starring Bruce Willis, through Brownstone Productions.
In 2007 she appeared in the CBS mini series Comanche Moon. She has also appeared on ABC’s Modern Family and had a recurring role as Dr. On the small screen, Bank earned an Emmy Award nomination in 2011 for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance as Avery Jessup on 30 Rock. She also appeared as journalist Betty Brant, a role that director Sam Raimi created for her, in Columbia Pictures’ three blockbuster Spider-Man films with Tobey Maguire as the title character.
Jackson and cult hit Wet Hot American Summer. She has also appeared in What to Expect When You’re Expecting, Man on a Ledge, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, People Like Us, Our Idiot Brother, The Details, The Next Three Days, Role Models, Meet Dave, Invincible, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, John Singleton’s Shaft with Samuel L.
In 2008, Banks received critical acclaim for her role as First Lady Laura Bush opposite Josh Brolin in Oliver Stone’s W.īanks’ additional feature credits include her breakthrough roles in the award Academy Award winning films Seabiscuit and in Steve Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can. Banks produced the film with her husband, Max Handelman, through their company, Brownstone Productions. She was recently seen in Universal Pictures’ Pitch Perfect, which released on September 28, 2012.
She has also lent her voice in The Lego Movie releasing on February 7, 2014. She will also be seen in Walk of Shame, a comedy about a news anchor whose attempt at a dream-job promotion is jeopardized by a drunken night out. The film is set to release on November 22, 2013. She has appeared in the international hit The Hunger Games and will next be seen in the highly-anticipated sequel, Catching Fire where she will reprise her role as Effie Trinket. As of 2019, she hosts a revival of the 1980s game show Press Your Luck on ABC.Elizabeth Banks has become one of Hollywood’s most sought after and versatile actresses. Banks starred in the Netflix miniseries Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015) and Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017). She had recurring roles on the comedy series Scrubs and Modern Family, the latter of which earned her a third Primetime Emmy Award nomination. On television, Banks had a recurring role as Avery Jessup on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock, which earned her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She starred in the films Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (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). Banks made her film debut in the low-budget independent film Surrender Dorothy (1998). Banks founded the film and television production company Brownstone Productions in October 2002, with her husband Max Handelman. She also directed, wrote, produced, and starred in the action comedy film Charlie's Angels (2019). Banks 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 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). Elizabeth Banks (born Elizabeth Irene Mitchell) is an American actress and producer.