<Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.elizabethbanks.com </Td> </Tr> <P> 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 . </P> <P> 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). </P>

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