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Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks is an American actress and filmmaker. She is known for playing chaperone Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games film series (2012–2015) and an ICCA commentator 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 directed the action comedy Charlie…
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Born 10 February 1974 · Q219373
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2026· 6 entries
Public attention spiked: 16,591 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.5× the usual 4,787, with 0 article edits.
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Yahoo: Elizabeth Banks Says ‘I Don’t Understand the 53% of White Ladies Who Voted’ for Trump and ‘More of Us’ Should Be Like Effie From ‘Hunger Games’: ‘Become ...
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The Guardian: TV tonight: Matthew Macfadyen shrinks Elizabeth Banks in a new sci-fi comedy
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Banks starred in the science fiction romantic comedy drama television series The Miniature Wife
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With Rob Letterman serving as writer and director and Banks still attached to play Ms
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2025· 4 entries
collider: Elizabeth Banks Gives a Career-Best Performance in Prime Video's Must-Watch Summer Thriller
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Deadline.com: Elizabeth Banks On Doing It All From Acting In ‘The Better Sister’ To Hosting ‘Press Your Luck’ And Directing ‘Cocaine Bear’ – The Actor’s Side
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Yahoo: Elizabeth Banks and Jessica Biel ‘Got Along Like a House on Fire’ on the Set of ‘The Better Sister’
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Page Six: How Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks made the ‘Better Sister’ set feel like summer camp
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2024· 4 entries
The Guardian: Skincare review – Elizabeth Banks horror thriller is a thing of beauty
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Forbes: Elizabeth Banks Spotlights The Ugly Side Of Beauty In ‘Skincare’
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Page Six: Elizabeth Banks shares why she’s giving herself ‘grace’ with aging — and her best skincare advice
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It was announced that plans for Bedrock were canceled by Fox
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2020· 2 entries
Awarded Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year (2020).
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Starred as feminist Jill Ruckelshaus in the FX miniseries Mrs
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2019· 3 entries
The Guardian: Elizabeth Banks: ‘My film is loaded with sneaky feminist ideas’
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ABC announced Banks as the host of the summer 2019 revival of the game show Press Your Luck, which she also executive produces
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Reprised her starring role as Lucy / Wyldstyle in the animated comedy film The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
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2018· 2 entries
The Guardian: Charlie's Angels: Kristen Stewart to head up Elizabeth Banks-directed reboot
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Banks co-starred as Jenny in the comedy film The Happytime Murders, alongside Melissa McCarthy and Maya Rudolph
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2017· 2 entries
UPI: Topic: Elizabeth Banks
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Awarded Crystal Award (2017).
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2015· 2 entries
Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Transformation (2015).
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Banks was named as a member of the Jury for the Main Competition at the 2015 Venice Film Festival
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2014· 2 entries
Awarded Santa Barbara International Film Festival for Love and Mercy (2014).
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Banks was recognized by Elle Magazine during The Women in Hollywood Awards, honoring women for their outstanding achievements in film, spanning all aspects of the motion picture industry, including acting, directing, and
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2013· 4 entries
Awarded CinemaCon (2013).
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Won Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director for Movie 43 (2013).
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Directed and starred in separate segments of Movie 43, a critically panned comedy anthology film
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Speaking of her religion, she said that she practices Judaism, although "I did not have my mikveh, so, technically, I'm not converted," but that she has "been essentially a Jew for like 15 years," adding, "Frankly, becau
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2012· 2 entries
Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Transformation (2012).
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Banks starred in the romantic comedy film What to Expect When You're Expecting and the action film Man on a Ledge
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2010· 1 entry
Banks went on to become a recurring character with 13 appearances by the end of the fifth season, including her marriage in the episode "Mrs
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2009· 3 entries
Awarded Women in Film Honors (2009).
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Awarded Max Mara Face of the Future Award (2009).
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Banks appeared in the horror film The Uninvited, a remake of the South Korean film A Tale of Two Sisters
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2008· 1 entry
Played the ex-wife of Ryan Reynolds’ character and mother to his daughter in the comedy film Definitely, Maybe alongside Isla Fisher and Rachel Weisz, starred with Seth Rogen as the eponymous female lead in the Kevin
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2007· 1 entry
Banks played the female lead in the comedy film Meet Bill, alongside Aaron Eckhart and Jessica Alba
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2006· 1 entry
Banks appeared in the American football drama film Invincible, in which she played Mark Wahlberg's love interest
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2005· 1 entry
Appeared on the series Stella, and in May 2006, she had a role in the season five finale of the NBC sitcom Scrubs as Dr
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2002· 2 entries
Banks set up her own production company, Brownstone Productions, with her future husband, Max Handelman
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He proposed to her after they attended the 2002 Kentucky–LSU football game in Lexington, where Banks had been filming Seabiscuit, and they were married in 2003.
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1998· 1 entry
Graduated from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, earning an MFA degree
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1996· 1 entry
Majoring in communications and minoring in theater arts
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1992· 1 entry
And is a member of the Massachusetts Junior Classical League
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1974· 3 entries
In Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and grew up there, the eldest of four children of Ann (née Wallace) and Mark P
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Born 1974-02-10.
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“s Edit. Banks went through parts of conversion to Judaism, her husband”
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