![]() In 2007, Banks played the female lead in the comedy film Meet Bill, alongside Aaron Eckhart and Jessica Alba. That same year, she landed the starring role in the comedy-horror film Slither. Later, she and co-star Wahlberg were nominated for the "Best Kiss" award at the MTV Movie Awards. In 2006, Banks appeared in the American football drama film Invincible, in which she played Mark Wahlberg's love interest. ![]() 2006–2014: Further success and recognition Banks appeared throughout seasons six, seven, and eight as a recurring guest star. Her performance is all of a piece and in harmony, stylistically, with the performances around her." In 2005, she 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. ![]() Jeffrey Borak wrote that Banks' portrayal was acted "with poise, clarity and a shrewd feel for Cherie's complexities. In August 2005, at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, she starred in William Inge's Bus Stop as Cherie, the sexy blonde aspiring nightclub singer. In 2002, Banks set up her own production company, Brownstone Productions, with her future husband, Max Handelman.īanks gained more prominent widespread exposure with her role in the 2005 comedy film The 40-Year-Old Virgin. Her most noticeable role up to that point was Betty Brant in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002-2007). She made her acting debut in the 1998 independent film Surrender Dorothy as Elizabeth Casey, and appeared in various films over the next seven years, including Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Swept Away (2002) and Seabiscuit (2003). Taking the role would have required her to quit her education at the American Conservatory Theater, and as she had taken out student loans to complete her degree, she declined the offer. Īfter auditioning in New York, she was offered a role on the soap opera Santa Barbara. Career 1998–2005: Early career and breakthrough īanks at the Spider-Man 3 premiere in 2007īanks changed her name upon joining the Screen Actors Guild, as actress Elizabeth Mitchell was already registered in the union under that name. In 1998, she completed schooling at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, California, where she earned an MFA degree. She graduated magna cum laude in 1996 with a major in communications and a minor in theater arts. She attended the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was elected to the Friars Senior Society. She graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1992, and is a member of the Massachusetts Junior Classical League. She then tried out for the school play, which was her start in acting. She was in Little League when she broke her leg sliding into third base. She described her family as "very meat-and-potatoes, old-school Irish Catholic." Growing up, she played baseball and rode horses. Her father, a Vietnam War veteran, was a factory worker for General Electric and her mother worked in a bank. Early life īanks was born and raised in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the eldest of four children of Ann (née Wallace) and Mark P. Since 2019, Banks has hosted the ABC revival of the 1980s game show Press Your Luck. She starred in the Netflix miniseries Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015) and Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017). ![]() She also 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 has appeared 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 founded the film and television production company Brownstone Productions in October 2002, with her husband Max Handelman.īanks made her film debut in the low-budget independent film Surrender Dorothy (1998). She also directed and produced the horror comedy film Cocaine Bear (2023). She went on to direct, write, produce, and star in the action comedy film Charlie's Angels (2019). 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 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 Febru) is an American actress and filmmaker. ![]()
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