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Elizabeth Banks
Banks at the New York premiere of What to Expect When You're Expecting in 2012
Born
Elizabeth Irene Mitchell

(1974-02-10) February 10, 1974 (age 50)[1]
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Other namesLiz Banks
Occupation(s)Actress, director
Years active1998–present
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Spouse
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(m. 2003)​
Children2 sons
Websitewww.elizabethbanks.com

Elizabeth Banks (born Elizabeth Irene Mitchell;[2][3] February 10, 1974) is an American actress, producer and director. Banks made her film debut in the low-budget independent film Surrender Dorothy (1998). She is best known for her roles in the films Seabiscuit (2003), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Invincible (2006), Definitely, Maybe (2008), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), W. (2008), Role Models (2008), The Uninvited (2009), The Next Three Days (2010), The Hunger Games (2012), People Like Us (2012), Man on a Ledge (2012), and Pitch Perfect (2012).

On television, Banks had a recurring role as Avery Jessup on the sitcom 30 Rock, which gained her two Emmy Award nominations. Previously, Banks had starred in a recurring role as Dr. Kim Briggs on Scrubs from 2006 to 2009.

Early life and education

Banks was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the eldest of four children of Ann (née Wallace) and Mark P. Mitchell.[4] Her father was a factory worker for General Electric and her mother worked in a bank.[5]

Growing up, she played baseball and rode horses. She was in little league when she broke her leg sliding into third. She then tried out for the school play which was her start in acting.[6] She graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1992, and is a member of the Massachusetts Junior Classical League.[7] She attended the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority. Banks graduated magna cum laude in 1996. In 1998, she completed schooling at the American Conservatory Theater and earned an MFA.

Career

Banks changed her name to avoid confusion with actress Elizabeth Mitchell.[8] She debuted in the 1998 independent film Surrender Dorothy, as Elizabeth Casey, appeared in various films over the next seven years 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.[9] 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...."[10] 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.

Banks at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival

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 Award. Also that year, she landed the starring role in the comedy-horror film Slither.

In 2007, she played the female lead in the comedy film Meet Bill, alongside Aaron Eckhart and Jessica Alba. Also that year, Banks had a small role in the Christmas comedy film Fred Claus, co-starring Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti. In 2008, she played a love interest 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.[11]

In 2009, Banks appeared in the thriller The Uninvited, a remake of the Korean horror film A Tale of Two Sisters.[12] 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".[13] "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".[13]

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).[14]

Banks was cast as a love interest for Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) in the fourth season of the Emmy Award-winning sitcom 30 Rock.[15] Intended to appear in four episodes in 2010, Banks went on to become a recurring character with thirteen 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 appeared in the movie The Hunger Games, playing Effie Trinket, a woman from "The Capitol" who escorts the District 12 tributes to the Hunger Games. In a February 2013 episode, Banks reprised her role as Sal on Modern Family.[16]

Banks will portray Melinda Ledbetter Wilson, current wife of Brian Wilson in the upcoming biopic, Love and Mercy which is based on the legendary musician and founding member of the Beach Boys.

Personal life

Banks met her husband, sportswriter and producer Max Handelman,[17] on her first day at college on September 6, 1992. They were married in 2003.[18] She and her husband had their first child, Felix, who was born via a surrogate in March 2011.[19][20] In November 2012, Banks announced that her family had welcomed another son, Magnus Mitchell, also born via a surrogate.[21]

Banks was raised in a family of both Irish Catholic and Anglo-Saxon Protestant background.[22] She went through parts of the process 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", and added, "Frankly, because I'm already doing everything [practicing religious rituals], I feel like I'm as Jewish as I'm ever going to be".[23][24]

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
2001 Ordinary Sinner Rachel
2002 Spider-Man Betty Brant
2002 Swept Away Debi
2002 Catch Me If You Can Lucy Forrest
2002 Stella Shorts 1998-2002 Woman at yoga class Short films; direct-to-DVD release
2003 The Trade Sioux Sever
2003 Seabiscuit Marcela Howard Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2004 Spider-Man 2 Betty Brant
2005 Heights Isabel
2005 Sexual Life Sarah
2005 The Sisters Nancy Pecket
2005 The Baxter Caroline Swann
2005 The 40-Year-Old Virgin Beth
2005 Daltry Calhoun May
2006 Slither Starla Grant
2006 Invincible Janet Cantrell Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (Shared with Mark Wahlberg)
2007 Spider-Man 3 Betty Brant
2007 Meet Bill Jess
2007 Fred Claus Charlene
2008 Definitely, Maybe Emily Jones
2008 Meet Dave Gina Morrison
2008 Lovely, Still Alex
2008 Zack and Miri Make a Porno Miriam "Miri" Linky
2008 W. Laura Bush Nominated—Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
2008 Role Models Beth Jones
2009 Big Breaks Starlet Short film
2009 The Uninvited Rachel Summers
2009 Surrogates Executive producer
2010 The Next Three Days Lara Brennan
2011 The Details Nealy Lang
2011 Just a Little Heart Attack[25] Director and star PSA for the American Heart Association Go Red For Women campaign
2011 Our Idiot Brother Miranda
2012 Man on a Ledge Lydia Mercer
2012 The Hunger Games Effie Trinket Won—MTV Movie Award for Best Transformation
Nominated—Teen Choice Awards Scene Stealer: Female
2012 What to Expect When You're Expecting Wendy
2012 People like Us Frankie
2012 Pitch Perfect Gail Abernathy-McKadden Also producer
2013 Movie 43 Amy Segment "Beezel" 
 Also director
2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Effie Trinket
2014 Walk of Shame Meghan Miles
2014 The Lego Movie Lucy Filming
2014 Love and Mercy Melinda Ledbetter Wilson Post-Production
TBA Frank or Francis
TBA What's the Matter with Margie
TBA Little Accidents Filming
2014 Every Secret Thing Detective Nancy Porter Post-production
TBA The Big Shoe Mary Kay
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1999 All My Children Waitress Cameo role
1999 Third Watch Elaine Elchisak 1 episode: "Patterns"
Credited as Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell
2000 Sex and the City Catherine 1 episode: "Politically Erect"
2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Jaina Tobias Jansen 1 episode: "Sacrifice"
2002 Without a Trace Clarissa 1 episode: "Snatch Back"
2005 Stella Tamara 1 episode: "Meeting Girls"
2006–2007, 2009 Scrubs Dr. Kim Briggs Recurring role
2007–2008 Wainy Days Shelly 3 episodes: "Shelly", "The Date", "Shelly 2"
2007–2008 American Dad! Becky Arangino
Lisa Silver 		3 episodes: "The Vacation Goo", "1600 Candles", "Escape from Pearl Bailey"
2008 Comanche Moon Maggie Tilton TV mini-series
2009 - Present Modern Family Sal 2 episodes: "Great Expectations", "Best Man"
2010–2012 30 Rock Avery Jessup Recurring role
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series (2011-2012)
2012 Family Guy Pam Fishman 1 episode: "Into Fat Air"
Voice only

References

  1. ^ "Monitor". Entertainment Weekly (1246): 24. Feb 15, 2013.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  2. ^ Vary, Adam B. (2008-10-20). "Elizabeth Banks Fall's First Lady Elizabeth Banks Movie Spotlight Movies Entertainment Weekly 2". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  3. ^ "Elizabeth Irene Mitchell". familytreemaker.genealogy.com. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
  4. ^ Jessica Willis (October 21, 2008). "From Pittsfield to the big screen". The Berkshire Eagle.
  5. ^ James Mottram (2008-11-08). "Elizabeth Banks: from the top-shelf to First Lady in W." The Times. London. Retrieved 2008-11-07.
  6. ^ "About Elizabeth Banks". yahoo movies. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
  7. ^ "Elizabeth Banks Was A Sexy-Flirty Latin Clubber". TeamCoco. September 24, 2012. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  8. ^ Strauss, Bob (2008-10-27). "From first lady to Porno star actress: Elizabeth Banks dishes the dirt". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  9. ^ Sommer, Elyse. 2005, Curtain Up.
  10. ^ Borak, Jeffrey 2005. "Love blooms in a Kansas diner", Berkshire Eagle August 20, Art section.
  11. ^ Elizabeth Banks is Oliver Stone's Laura Bush "Elizabeth Banks is Oliver Stone's Laura Bush - ComingSoon.net". ComingSoon.net. 2008-03-26. Retrieved 2008-11-01. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  12. ^ Elizabeth Banks to Head Out into the Dark Fields?
  13. ^ a b "Elizabeth Banks: The Uninvited". SuicideGirls.com. 30 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
  14. ^ Elizabeth Banks Entering Dark Fields?
  15. ^ Joyce Eng. "Elizabeth Banks to Guest-Star on 30 Rock". TVGuide.com.
  16. ^ http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/modern-family/episode-guide/episode-417-best-men. Modern Family. Season 4. Episode 17. 2/27/2013. ABC. Retrieved 3/12/2013. {{cite episode}}: |url= missing title (help); Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |episodelink= (help)
  17. ^ "Celebrity Wedding: Elizabeth Banks & Max Handelman". In Style. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
  18. ^ Tiger, Caroline 2010. "How to Succeed in Show Business by Really Really Trying". The Pennsylvania Gazette Jan.-Feb., Vol. 108, No. 3, pp. 46-50.
  19. ^ Michaud, Sarah (March 31, 2011). "Elizabeth Banks Names 'Miracle' Baby Felix". people.com. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
  20. ^ Charles, Marissa (2012-01-04). "'It was a womb issue for me': Hunger Games star Elizabeth Banks opens up about using a surrogate mother to have her son Felix". Daily Mail. London.
  21. ^ Banks, Elizabeth (November 14, 2012). "IT'S A BOY!". elizabethbanks.com. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  22. ^ "Elizabeth Banks". Twitter. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
  23. ^ Butnick, Stephanie (January 17, 2013). "Jewish Actress Elizabeth Banks Discusses Her Conversion With Marc Maron". Jewcy. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  24. ^ "Episode 352 - Elizabeth Banks". WTF with Marc Maron. January 14, 2013. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  25. ^ Just a Little Heart Attack at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata

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