Elizabeth Banks

Born 1974 · American actress and director

Elizabeth Banks is an American actress and filmmaker. She is known for playing 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's Angels (2019) and the horror comedy film Cocaine Bear (2023). Banks founded the film and television production company Brownstone Productions in 2002 with her husband, Max Handelman.

Elizabeth Banks, in order

1. 1975 Saturday Night Live (TV series): acted · directed by A. D. Miles and Adam McKay · audiences 63% · streaming on Peacock, Prime Video, fuboTV
2. 1993 Son of the Pink Panther: acted · directed by Blake Edwards · critics 6%, audiences 17% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, YouTube (free)
3. 1998 Surrender Dorothy: acted · directed by Kevin DiNovis
4. 2001 Wet Hot American Summer: acted · directed by David Wain · critics 40%, audiences 75%
5. 2002 Catch Me If You Can: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 96%, audiences 89% · streaming on Paramount+, Kanopy, Hoopla
6. 2002 Spider-Man: acted · directed by Sam Raimi · critics 90%, audiences 67% · streaming on Disney+, fuboTV
7. 2002 Spider-Man in film (TV series): acted · directed by Jon Watts and Marc Webb
8. 2002 Swept Away: acted · directed by Guy Ritchie
9. 2003 Seabiscuit: acted · directed by Gary Ross · critics 77%, audiences 76% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
10. 2004 Spider-Man 2: acted · directed by Sam Raimi · critics 93%, audiences 82% · streaming on Disney+, fuboTV
11. 2005 Daltry Calhoun: acted · directed by Katrina Holden Bronson · critics 7%, audiences 39%
12. 2005 Heights: acted · directed by Chris Terrio · critics 64%, audiences 74%
13. 2005 Sexual Life: acted · directed by Ken Kwapis
14. 2005 The 40-Year-Old Virgin: acted · directed by Judd Apatow · critics 85%, audiences 84% · streaming on Philo, Starz
15. 2005 The Baxter: acted · directed by Michael Showalter · critics 31%, audiences 75% · streaming on Philo, Tubi
16. 2005 The Sisters: acted · directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman
17. 2006 Invincible: acted · directed by Ericson Core
18. 2006 Slither: acted · directed by James Gunn
19. 2007 Fred Claus: acted · directed by David Dobkin
20. 2007 Meet Bill: acted · directed by Bernie Goldmann and Melisa Wallack
21. 2007 Spider-Man 3: acted · directed by Sam Raimi · critics 62%, audiences 51% · streaming on Disney+, fuboTV
22. 2008 Definitely, Maybe: acted · directed by Adam Brooks
23. 2008 Lonesome Dove series (TV series): acted
24. 2008 Lovely, Still: acted · directed by Nik Fackler
25. 2008 Meet Dave: acted · directed by Brian Robbins
26. 2008 Role Models: acted · directed by David Wain · critics 77%, audiences 74%
27. 2008 W.: acted · directed by Oliver Stone · critics 56%, audiences 42% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, YouTube (free)
28. 2008 Zack and Miri Make a Porno: acted · directed by Kevin Smith · critics 66%, audiences 66% · streaming on Fawesome, Tubi
29. 2009 Modern Family (TV series): acted
30. 2009 Surrogates: produced · directed by Jonathan Mostow
31. 2009 The Uninvited: acted · directed by Charles Guard and Thomas Guard
32. 2010 The Next Three Days: acted · directed by Paul Haggis · critics 50%, audiences 66% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
33. 2011 30 Rock (TV series): acted
34. 2011 Just a Little Heart Attack: directed, acted
35. 2011 Our Idiot Brother: acted · directed by Jesse Peretz
36. 2011 The Details: acted · directed by Jacob Aaron Estes
37. 2012 Man on a Ledge: acted · directed by Asger Leth
38. 2012 People Like Us: acted · directed by Alex Kurtzman
39. 2012 Pitch Perfect: produced, acted · directed by Jason Moore · critics 81%, audiences 83% · streaming on Roku Channel, Pluto TV
40. 2012 The Hunger Games: acted · directed by Gary Ross · critics 84%, audiences 81% · streaming on Hulu, Tubi
41. 2012 What to Expect When You're Expecting: acted · directed by Kirk Jones
42. 2013 Movie 43: directed, acted
43. 2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire: acted · directed by Francis Lawrence · critics 90%, audiences 89% · streaming on Hulu, Tubi
44. 2014 Every Secret Thing: acted · directed by Amy J. Berg · critics 32%, audiences 32% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, YouTube (free)
45. 2014 Get on Up: produced · directed by Tate Taylor
46. 2014 Little Accidents: acted · directed by Sara Colangelo
47. 2014 Love and Mercy: acted · directed by Bill Pohlad · critics 90%, audiences 85% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Kanopy
48. 2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1: acted · directed by Francis Lawrence · critics 70%, audiences 71% · streaming on Hulu, Tubi
49. 2014 Walk of Shame: acted · directed by Steven Brill
50. 2015 Magic Mike XXL: acted · directed by Gregory Jacobs
51. 2015 Pitch Perfect 2: directed, produced, acted
52. 2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2: acted · directed by Francis Lawrence
53. 2017 Pitch Perfect 3: produced, acted · directed by Trish Sie
54. 2017 Power Rangers: acted · directed by Dean Israelite
55. 2018 The Happytime Murders: acted · directed by Brian Henson
56. 2019 Brightburn: acted · directed by David Yarovesky · critics 57%, audiences 67%
57. 2019 Charlie's Angels: directed, wrote, produced, acted
58. 2019 The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part: acted · directed by Mike Mitchell
59. 2022 Call Jane: acted · directed by Phyllis Nagy
60. 2022 Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin (TV series): created
61. 2023 Bottoms: produced · directed by Emma Seligman
62. 2023 Cocaine Bear: directed
63. 2023 The Beanie Bubble: acted · directed by Damian Kulash and Kristin Gore · critics 46%, audiences 54% · streaming on Apple TV
64. 2024 A Mistake: acted · directed by Christine Jeffs
65. 2025 DreamQuil: acted · directed by Alex Prager
66. 2026 The Miniature Wife (TV series): acted · directed by Bert and Bertie and Greg Mottola · critics 69%, audiences 56% · streaming on Peacock