Elizabeth Banks is an American actress and filmmaker. She is known for playing Effie Trinket in
The Hunger Games film series (2012โ2015) and Gail Abernathy-McKadden in the
Pitch Perfect film series (2012โ2017). She made her directorial film debut with
Pitch Perfectย 2 (2015), whose $69 million opening-weekend gross set a record for a first-time director. She went on to direct, write, produce, and star in the action comedy film
Charlie's Angels (2019). She also directed and produced the horror comedy film
Cocaine Bear (2023). Banks founded the film and television production company Brownstone Productions in October 2002, with her husband Max Handelman.