Elizabeth Banks
Date of Birth
10 February 1974, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Height
5' 5" (1.65 m)
Mini Biography
Actress Elizabeth Banks was born Elizabeth Mitchell in Pittsfield, a small city in the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts near the New York border, on February 10, 1974. She describes herself as having been seen as a "goody two-shoes" in her youth who was nominated for the local Harvest Queen.
Banks left home to attend college at the University of Pennsylvania, from which she graduated Magna cum Laude, and went on to attend the Advanced Training Program at the prestigious American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, from which she graduated in 1996. She then moved to New York and worked in the theater as well as obtaining her first roles on-screen, small parts in movies and guest-star roles on television series. Seeking more screen work, Banks moved to Los Angeles and the supporting roles soon came, and required that she change her name to avoid confusion with another actress named Elizabeth Mitchell.
Her first breakthrough role was as Betty Brant, the secretary of the cantankerous newspaper tycoon in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man (2002). Banks followed up this performance with small roles in other movies: Swept Away (2002), Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can (2002), Seabiscuit (2003), and The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005). In 2003, she won the Exciting New Face Award at the Young Hollywood Awards.
Although the winsome, beautiful Banks projected an exceptionally-charming screen presence that drew comparisons to Audrey Hepburn, she primarily remained in supporting roles. Audiences began to take notice when Banks took the lead in such films as Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008) and as Laura Bush in Oliver Stone's biopic of George W. Bush, W. (2008/I).
In television, Banks was a recurring guest star on "Scrubs" (2001) as Dr. Kim Briggs, the love interest of Zach Braff's J.D. In 2010, she was cast as Alec Baldwin's love interest in season four of "30 Rock" (2006). Originally her character was only scheduled to appear in four episodes, but she was brought back as a recurring character for two more seasons, and earned Emmy nominations for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for two consecutive years.
Now in the spotlight, Banks appeared in back to back films, co-starring in Our Idiot Brother (2011), Man on a Ledge (2012), What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012), and People Like Us (2012). She also won the highly coveted role as Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games (2012). In 2012-2013, she will also star in such films as Pitch Perfect (2012), Frank or Francis (????), and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013).
Banks married her husband, Max Handelman, a sports writer and producer, in 2003. They welcomed a son, Felix Handleman, who was born via a surrogate in March 2011.
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17th March 2012, 15:57
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"Hunger Games" Berlin Premiere - March 16, 2012
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29th April 2012, 22:48
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Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC - May 7, 2012
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Re: Elizabeth Banks - "The Hunger Games" Press Conference in Beverly Hills x2
Thankss for these beautiful photos of the lovely Ms. Banks.
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"What To Expect When Your Expecting" New York Premiere - May 8, 2012
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11th May 2012, 14:47
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15th May 2012, 14:16
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"What To Expect When You're Expecting" Los Angeles Premiere - May 14, 2012
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4th June 2012, 10:58
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2012 MTV Movie Awards held at Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City - June 3, 2012
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8th June 2012, 14:09
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USC Shoah Foundation Institute Ambassadors for Humanity Gala in Hollywood - June 6, 2012
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16th June 2012, 12:29
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Film Independent's 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival Premiere of "People Like Us" - June 15, 2012
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18th June 2012, 11:33
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2012 Maui Film Festival in Wailea, Hawaii - June 17, 2012
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19th June 2012, 23:04
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"People Like Us" Press Conference at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills - June 14, 2012
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26th June 2012, 14:55
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The Cinema Society with Linda Wells & Allure screening of "People Like Us" at Clearview Chelsea Cinemas in New York City
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26th June 2012, 14:56
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Visits the SiriusXM Studio in New York City - June 25, 2012
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25th September 2012, 14:56
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"Pitch Perfect" Los Angeles Premiere at ArcLight Hollywood - September 24, 2012
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