Elizabeth Banks

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Elizabeth Banks in September 2014

Elizabeth Banks (* 10. February 1974 in Pittsfield , Massachusetts , as Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell ) is an American actress , film producer and -regisseurin .

Career

1992 Banks ended the high school and made in 1996 graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with " magna cum laude ". She then studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco until 1998 . After completing her studies, she went to New York , where she began a stage career under her maiden name and also took on her first roles in television series . Later she focused more on her film and television career and moved to Los Angeles because of better role offers , where she went under the stage name Elizabeth Banks .

Through supporting roles in various films such as Stormy Love - Swept Away , Banks had a breakthrough as an actress in 2003 with the film Seabiscuit - With the Will to Success , leading roles in films such as Baxter - Der Superaufreißer (2005) and Slither - Voll auf den Schleim ( 2006) followed. She was able to book a bigger role as Betty Brant in the movie Spider-Man and its sequels Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3 . She also appeared in the television series Scrubs from season five , in which she played Dr. Kim Briggs played. In the fourth season of the Emmy -prämierten NBC - sitcom 30 Rock , she was as Jack Donaghy girlfriend Avery Jessup to see.

From 2012 to 2015 she played the role of Effie Trinket in the novel adaptation The Hunger Games - The Hunger Games and its three sequels. In 2015 she took on the role of actress in the comedy Pitch Perfect 2 as well as directing and producing the film. In the same year she was appointed to the jury of the 72nd Venice International Film Festival .

In 2019 she appeared with the production of Charlie's Angels , in which she was also involved as a screenwriter, producer and actress.

Private life

Banks has been married to Max Handelman since July 5, 2003, whom she has known since college. The couple have two sons (* 2011 and * 2012) through a surrogate mother .

Filmography (selection)

Elizabeth Banks at a screening of Spider-Man 3 , 2007

As an actress

As a producer

As a director

  • 2011: Just a Little Heart Attack (short film)
  • 2015: Pitch Perfect 2
  • 2019: 3 Charlie's Angels (Charlie's Angels)

Awards

MTV Movie Awards

Young Hollywood Awards

  • 2003: as Exciting New Face

Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards

  • 2009: MAXMARA Face of the Future award

CinemaCon Award

  • 2013: Excellence in Acting

Emmy Awards

  • 2011: Nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 30 Rock
  • 2012: Nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 30 Rock
  • 2015: Nomination as Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in Modern Family

Screen Actors Guild Award

Teen Choice Awards

  • 2012: Nomination for Choice Movie: Female Scene Stealer in The Hunger Games

San Diego Film Critics Society Award

  • 2013: Nomination for Best Supporting Actress in The Hunger Games - Catching Fire

Golden Raspberry

Not decided yet

Satellite Awards

  • 2015: Nomination as Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture in Love & Mercy

Indiana Film Journalists Association Award

  • 2015: Nomination as Best Supporting Actress in Love & Mercy

San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award

  • 2015: Nomination as Best Supporting Actress in Love & Mercy

Web links

Commons : Elizabeth Banks  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ Celebrity Wedding: Elizabeth Banks & Max Handelman . instyleweddings.com. Retrieved January 6, 2009.
  3. ↑ Elizabeth Banks became a mother , March 31, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Banks, Elizabeth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mitchell, Elizabeth Maresal (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress, film producer and film director
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Pittsfield , Massachusetts , United States