Elizabeth Banks - wikipedia Elizabeth Banks For the journalist, see Elizabeth Banks ( journalist ). Elizabeth Banks Banks at the 2018 San Diego Comic - Con Elizabeth Irene Mitchell ( 1974 - 02 - 10 ) February 10, 1974 ( age 44 ) Pittsfield, Massachusetts, U.S. Alma mater University of Pennsylvania American Conservatory Theater Occupation Actress director model producer Years active 1998 -- present Spouse ( s ) Max Handelman ( m. 2003 ) Children Website www.elizabethbanks.com Elizabeth Irene Banks ( née Mitchell ; born February 10, 1974 ) is an American actress, director, model and producer. She is known for her starring role as Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games film series ( 2012 -- 15 ) and as Gail Abernathy - McKadden in the Pitch Perfect film series ( 2012 -- 17 ). She made her directorial debut with Pitch Perfect 2 ( 2014 ), whose $69 million opening - weekend gross set a record for a first - time director. Banks made her film debut in the low - budget independent film Surrender Dorothy ( 1998 ). She starred 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 ), 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 ), The Lego Movie ( 2014 ), Love & Mercy ( 2014 ), Magic Mike XXL ( 2015 ), and Power Rangers ( 2017 ). On television, Banks had a recurring role as Avery Jessup on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock, which garnered her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She also had recurring roles on the comedy series Scrubs and Modern Family, the latter of which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Banks starred in the Netflix miniseries Wet Hot American Summer : First Day of Camp ( 2015 ) and Wet Hot American Summer : Ten Years Later ( 2017 ). As of July 2018, Box Office Mojo ranked Banks as the 48th - highest - grossing actor of all time, and the ninth - highest - grossing actress. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 4.3 Music videos 4.4 Video games 5 Awards and nominations 6 References 7 External links Early life Banks was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and grew up on Brown Street, the eldest of four children of Ann ( née Wallace ) and Mark P. Mitchell. Her father, a Vietnam veteran, was a factory worker for General Electric and her mother worked in a bank. She has said that she grew up `` Irish + WASP + Catholic. '' Growing up, Banks played baseball and rode horses. She was in Little League when she broke her leg sliding into third base. She then tried out for the school play, which was her start in acting. She graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1992, and is a member of the Massachusetts Junior Classical League. She attended the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority. She graduated magna cum laude in 1996 with a major in communications and a minor in theater arts. In 1998, she completed schooling at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, California, where she earned an MFA degree. Career Banks at the Spider - Man 3 premiere in 2007 Banks changed her name to avoid confusion with actress Elizabeth Mitchell. After auditioning in New York, she was offered a role on the soap opera Santa Barbara. Taking the role would have required her to quit her education at the American Conservatory Theatre, and Banks ultimately decided to forgo the offer due to having taken out student loans to complete her degree. 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 Guy Ritchie 's Swept Away before gaining more prominent widespread exposure through the 2005 comedy film The 40 - Year - Old Virgin. In August 2005, at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Banks starred in William Inge 's Bus Stop as Cherie, the sexy blonde aspiring nightclub singer. Jeffrey Borak wrote that Banks ' portrayal was acted `` with poise, clarity and a shrewd feel for Cherie 's complexities. 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. Kim Briggs, the love interest of J.D. ( Zach Braff ). The character appeared throughout seasons six, seven, and eight as a recurring guest star. In 2006, Banks appeared in the American football drama film Invincible, in which she played Mark Wahlberg 's love interest. Later, she and co-star Wahlberg were nominated for the `` Best Kiss '' award at the MTV Movie Awards. That same year, she landed the starring role in the comedy - horror film Slither. In 2007, Banks played the female lead in the comedy film Meet Bill, alongside Aaron Eckhart and Jessica Alba. That same year, she had a small role in the Christmas comedy film Fred Claus, co-starring Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti as Santa 's little helper, Charlyne. In 2008, she played the ex-wife and mother of the daughter of Ryan Reynolds lead in the comedy film Definitely, Maybe, alongside Isla Fisher and Ryan Reynolds, starred with Seth Rogen as the eponymous female lead in the Kevin Smith comedy Zack and Miri Make a Porno, and played United States First Lady Laura Bush in W., Oliver Stone 's biopic of George W. Bush. In 2009, Banks appeared in the horror film The Uninvited, a remake of the South Korean film A Tale of Two Sisters. The film was about an intrusive stepmother who makes life miserable for the teen daughters of her new husband. Banks based her character, Rachel, on Rebecca De Mornay 's character in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. `` It was very important to me that every line reading I gave could be interpreted two ways, '' says Banks of her role, `` So that when you go back through the movie you can see that ''. Banks is a frequent co-star of actor Paul Rudd, the two having appeared in five films together to date ( Wet Hot American Summer, The Baxter, The 40 - Year - Old Virgin, Role Models, and Our Idiot Brother ). She is also a frequent co-star of actor Tobey Maguire, the two having also appeared in five films together ( Spider - Man, Seabiscuit, Spider - Man 2, Spider - Man 3, and The Details ). Banks was cast as a love interest for Jack Donaghy ( Alec Baldwin ) in the fourth season of the Emmy Award - winning sitcom 30 Rock. Intended to appear in four episodes in 2010, 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. Donaghy. Her performance in season five earned her a nomination for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards. Banks at the What to Expect When You 're Expecting premiere in 2012 In 2012, Banks also starred in the film What to Expect When You 're Expecting alongside Jennifer Lopez. She starred in the film The Hunger Games ( 2012 ), playing Effie Trinket, a woman from `` The Capitol '' who escorts the District 12 tributes to the annual Hunger Games. She reprised the role in the sequel films The Hunger Games : Catching Fire ( 2013 ), The Hunger Games : Mockingjay -- Part 1 ( 2014 ), and The Hunger Games : Mockingjay -- Part 2 ( 2015 ). Banks co-starred in the 2014 movie Every Secret Thing, playing Detective Nancy Porter investigating the disappearance of a young child with similarities to a case she had previously been involved with. In 2014, 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 producing. Banks portrayed Melinda Ledbetter Wilson, the wife of Brian Wilson, in the 2015 biopic Love & Mercy, which is based on the life of the legendary musician and founding member of The Beach Boys, as portrayed by John Cusack. After producing and appearing, as Gail, in the first Pitch Perfect film, Banks directed its sequel, Pitch Perfect 2 ( 2015 ), making her feature directorial debut. She also co-produced, and again played Gail in, both Pitch Perfect 2 and the next sequel Pitch Perfect 3 ( 2017 ). In 2015, she was named as a member of the Jury for the Main Competition at the 2015 Venice Film Festival. The festival is chaired by Alfonso Cuarón. Also in 2015, Banks became a spokeswoman for Realtor.com in their series of television commercials. As of mid-February 2016, Banks became the commercial face of Old Navy. She also played space alien Rita Repulsa in the 2017 Power Rangers reboot film. In 2018, Banks co-starred as Jenny in the comedy film The Happytime Murders, alongside Melissa McCarthy and Maya Rudolph. In 2019, she will reprise her starring role as Lucy `` Wyldstyle '' in the comedy film The Lego Movie 2 : The Second Part. Banks will also direct, produce, and star as Bosley in the reboot film Charlie 's Angels. Personal life Banks during a USO visit at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan in 2015 Banks met her husband, Max Handelman, a sportswriter and producer from Portland, Oregon, on her first day of college on September 6, 1992. They were married in 2003. The couple have two sons. She and her husband had their first child, Felix, who was born through a surrogate in March 2011. In November 2012, Banks announced the birth of another son, Magnus Mitchell, also by a surrogate. Banks went through parts of conversion to Judaism, her husband 's faith, and studied with rabbis. In 2013, speaking of her religion, she stated that she practices Judaism, though `` 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, because I 'm already doing everything ( practicing religious rituals ), I feel like I 'm as Jewish as I 'm ever going to be. '' Banks was a vocal supporter of Hillary Clinton 's 2016 presidential campaign and was involved in a rendition of Rachel Platten 's single `` Fight Song '' with other celebrities at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1998 Surrender Dorothy Vicki Credited as Elizabeth Casey 2000 Shaft Trey 's friend Credited as Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell 2001 Wet Hot American Summer Lindsay Ordinary Sinner Rachel 2002 Spider - Man Betty Brant Swept Away Debi Catch Me If You Can Lucy Forrest 2003 The Trade Sioux Sever Seabiscuit Marcela Howard Spider - Man 2 Betty Brant 2005 Heights Isabel Lee Sexual Life Sarah The Sisters Nancy Pecket The Baxter Caroline Swann The 40 - Year - Old Virgin Beth Daltry Calhoun May 2006 Slither Starla Grant Invincible Janet Cantrell 2007 Spider - Man 3 Betty Brant Meet Bill Jess Fred Claus Charlene 2008 Definitely, Maybe Emily Jones Meet Dave Gina Morrison Lovely, Still Alex W. Laura Bush Zack and Miri Make a Porno Miriam `` Miri '' Linky Role Models Beth Jones 2009 Big Breaks Starlet Short film The Uninvited Rachel Summers Surrogates N / A Executive producer The Next Three Days Lara Brennan 2011 The Details Nealy Lang Just a Little Heart Attack Woman Short film Also director Our Idiot Brother Miranda Rochlin 2012 Man on a Ledge Lydia Mercer The Hunger Games Effie Trinket What to Expect When You 're Expecting Wendy Cooper People Like Us Frankie Davis Pitch Perfect Gail Abernathy - McKadden Also producer 2013 Movie 43 Amy Segment : `` Beezel '' Directed segment : `` Middleschool Date '' The Hunger Games : Catching Fire Effie Trinket 2014 Little Accidents Diane Doyle The Lego Movie Lucy `` Wyldstyle '' Voice role Walk of Shame Meghan Miles Every Secret Thing Detective Nancy Porter Love & Mercy Melinda Ledbetter The Hunger Games : Mockingjay -- Part 1 Effie Trinket 2015 Pitch Perfect 2 Gail Abernathy - McKadden - Feinberger Also director and producer Magic Mike XXL Paris The Hunger Games : Mockingjay -- Part 2 Effie Trinket 2017 The Most Hated Woman in America N / A Producer Power Rangers Rita Repulsa Pitch Perfect 3 Gail Abernathy - McKadden - Feinberger Also producer 2018 The Happytime Murders Jenny 2019 The Lego Movie 2 : The Second Part Lucy `` Wyldstyle '' Post-production ; voice role Charlie 's Angels Bosley Pre-production ; also director and producer TBA Queen for a Day Pre-production ; also producer Television Year Title Role Notes 1998 Keep Going Safety Ben 's Mom Voice role 1999 All My Children Rosalie 1 episode Third Watch Elaine Elchisak Episode : `` Patterns '' Credited as Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell 2000 Sex and the City Catherine Episode : `` Politically Erect '' 2001 Law & Order : Special Victims Unit Jaina Tobias Jansen Episode : `` Sacrifice '' 2002 Without a Trace Clarissa Episode : `` Snatch Back '' 2005 Stella Tamara Episode : `` Meeting Girls '' 2006 -- 09 Scrubs Dr. Kim Briggs 17 episodes 2007 -- 08 Wainy Days Shelly 3 episodes American Dad ! Becky Arangino / Lisa Silver ( voices ) 3 episodes 2008 Comanche Moon Maggie Tilton 3 episodes 2009, 2013 -- 15, 2017 Modern Family Sal 6 episodes 2010 -- 12 30 Rock Avery Jessup 15 episodes 2012 Family Guy Pam Fishman ( voice ) Episode : `` Into Fat Air '' Robot Chicken Mrs. Claus / Shana `` Scarlett '' O'Hara ( voices ) Episode : `` Robot Chicken 's ATM Christmas Special '' Comedy Bang ! Bang ! Herself Episode : `` Elizabeth Banks Wears A Red Dress '' 2013 Timms Valley Beth Billings - Timms ( voice ) Pilot 2014 Phineas and Ferb Grulinda ( voice ) Episode : `` Imperfect Storm '' 2015 Resident Advisors Doctor Episode : `` Motivational Speaker `` ; also producer Wet Hot American Summer : First Day of Camp Lindsay 6 episodes Moonbeam City Chief Pizzaz Miller ( voice ) 10 episodes The Muppets Herself Episode : `` Pig Girls Do n't Cry '' Saturday Night Live Herself ( host ) Episode : `` Elizabeth Banks / Disclosure '' 2017 Wet Hot American Summer : Ten Years Later Lindsay 5 episodes Curb Your Enthusiasm Herself Episode : `` A Disturbance in the Kitchen '' Music videos Year Title Artist 2018 `` Girls Like You '' ( featuring Cardi B) Maroon 5 `` Girls Like You '' ( Vertical Video ) Video games Year Title Role 2015 Lego Dimensions Lucy `` Wyldstyle '' Awards and nominations Year Work Association Result Ref. 2003 Seabiscuit Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated 2006 Invincible MTV Movie Awards Best Kiss Nominated Slither Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Relationship from Hell Nominated 2008 W. Detroit Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actress Nominated 2009 N / A Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards Face of the Future Award Won The Uninvited Fright Meter Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated 2011 30 Rock Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated Gold Derby Awards Best Comedy Guest actress Nominated 2012 The Hunger Games MTV Movie Awards Best On - Screen Transformation Won Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie : Female Scene Stealer Nominated 30 Rock Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated 2013 Movie 43 Golden Raspberry Awards Worst Director Won N / A CinemaCon Excellence in Acting Won The Hunger Games : Catching Fire MTV Movie Awards Best On - Screen Transformation Nominated San Diego Film Critics Society Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated Modern Family Online Film & Television Association Awards Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated Gold Derby Awards Best Comedy Guest Actress Nominated 2014 The Lego Movie BTVA Awards Best Female Lead Vocal Performance Nominated Best Vocal Ensemble Nominated BTVA People 's Choice Awards Best Female Lead Vocal Performance Won Best Vocal Ensemble Won Love & Mercy Florida Film Critics Circle Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated Austin Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Nominated Indiana Film Journalists Association Best Supporting Actress Nominated Denver Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actress Nominated Las Vegas Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actress Won San Francisco Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actress Nominated Georgia Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Nominated Santa Barbara International Film Festival Virtuoso Award Won Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actress -- Motion Picture Nominated 2015 N / A CinemaCon Breakthrough Filmmaker of the Year Won The Hunger Games : Mockingjay -- Part 1 MTV Movie Awards Best On - Screen Transformation Won Modern Family Online Film & Television Association Awards Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated Gold Derby Awards Best Comedy Guest Actress Nominated Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated Pitch Perfect 2 Golden Raspberry Awards The Razzie Redeemer Award Nominated 2016 Lego Dimensions BTVA Awards Best Vocal Ensemble in a Video Game Won BTVA People 's Choice Awards Best Vocal Ensemble in a Video Game Won 2017 Power Rangers Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Villain Nominated References Jump up ^ Vary, Adam B. 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