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ELIZABETH
BANKS

เอลิซาเบธ แบงก์ส

An actor and filmmaker working on both sides of the camera

From Effie Trinket to directing Pitch Perfect 2.

10 February 1974Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Performing, producing and directing

Elizabeth Banks is an American actor, producer and director born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on 10 February 1974. Her career includes screen comedy and drama as well as work developing and directing films.

Banks appeared in films including Seabiscuit and the Spider-Man series and played Avery Jessup on television’s 30 Rock. Those roles show the range of her work across film and television before her later franchise performances.

In The Hunger Games (2012), she played Effie Trinket, the Capitol representative assigned to the District 12 tributes. Banks returned in the sequels, allowing the character’s relationship with Katniss and the other tributes to change as the story unfolds.

Banks also produced and appeared in Pitch Perfect before directing its sequel Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), her feature directorial debut. She later directed, wrote, produced and appeared in Charlie’s Angels (2019).

Her work across these projects connects character performance with decisions made behind the camera. The result is a career that shifts between creating a memorable screen presence and helping shape the wider production.