American actress Elizabeth Banks was born February 10, 1974 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Liz was the eldest of four children from a General Electric factory worker, Mark Mitchell, and bank clerk Ann Mitchell.
Study
After graduating from high school, Elizabeth applied to the University of Pennsylvania, which she successfully graduated in 1995. Then the girl took a four-year course at the American Theater Academy.
Carier start
The debut in the movie of the young actress Elizabeth Banks took place in the film "Dorothy's Surrender", where she played a small episodic role. And they began to recognize her on the street after the satirical comedy "American Hot Summer" appeared on the screen. The movie rental made the actress popular. Elizabeth Banks, whose photos were sent to all agencies, became more and more popular. The girl began to receive invitations to shoot. And although these were not the main roles, the popularity of the actress was no longer in doubt.
A television
This was followed by a series of supporting roles in various films, and in 2006, Elizabeth Banks took part in the final series of the television movie "Clinic". Her character - Dr. Kim Briggs - a characteristic personality, demanded genuine acting skills, and the actress brilliantly coped with the task.
Television activity was successful in the future. Elizabeth Banks, whose photo has already begun to appear on the pages of glossy magazines, was regularly invited to shoot the next series. In 2008, the young actress was entrusted with a responsible role, she was to play the first lady of America, the wife of President George W. Bush, Laura Bush. The picture was directed by Oliver Stone and was simply called “Bush.”
In 2012, Elizabeth Banks starred in the movie The Hunger Games directed by Gary Ross, based on the eponymous work by writer Susan Collins. The actress played the role of one of the residents of the Capitol, Effie Bryak. Three more parts of The Hunger Games were later filmed, and Elizabeth took part in all.
The most notable works of the actress are Spider-Man, Three Days to Escape, Yes, Maybe ..., Forty-Year-Old Virgin, On the Edge.
Elizabeth Banks: filmography
For twenty-five years of her career, the actress starred in thirty-seven full-length films and five television series. The list shows the movies that Elizabeth was most successful at.
Movies:
- American Hot Summer (2001), the role of Lindsay;
- "Gone" (2002), the character of Debbie;
- Spider-Man (2002), Betty Brant;
- The Sisters (2005), Nancy Picket;
- The Forty Year Old Virgin (2005), Beth;
- Baxter (2005), Caroline Swan;
- "Overcoming" (2006), Janet Kentwell;
- "Bush" (2008), Laura Bush;
- The Uninvited (2009), Rachel Summers;
- “Three days to escape” (2010), Lara;
- "What to Expect When Expecting a Baby" (2012), Wendy;
- The Hunger Games (2012), Effie;
- "People Are Us" (2012), Frankie;
- The Perfect Voice (2012), Gail Eberneti;
- Little Incidents (2014), Diane Doyle;
- The Secret Thing (2014), Nancy Porter;
- "The blonde on the air" (2014), Megan Miles;
- "Love and Mercy" (2014), Melinda Ledbetter.
TV series:
- The Clinic (2006-2009), Kim Briggs;
- "American Family" (2009-2015), Sal;
- "Studio 30" (2010-2012), Avery Jissup;
- "Hot Summer in America" (2015), Lindsay.
Other professions for the actress
In addition to performing roles, Elizabeth Banks is engaged in producing. Not to her account three projects. Perfect Voice is a film co-created with director Jason Moore in 2012. The continuation of the project "Perfect Voice" was filmed in 2015. This time, Elizabeth Banks acted as a producer and director at the same time. The third project, which she produced with her husband Max Handelman, is the film "Surrogates" with Bruce Willis.
Elizabeth Banks - Director
In 2013, the actress took part in the creation of the sci-fi movie "Movie-43." The picture is composed of twelve separate short films, each of which was directed by its director. The eighth novel was directed by Elizabeth. No one could understand why this project was launched, it was so mediocre, just to the savagery.
Actors who have already started acting, one by one, refused to participate. George Clooney left the set on the first day. Richard Gere lasted a week for reasons of decency, then he could not stand it either. “Movie 43” won the Golden Raspberry Triple Prize in the nominations for “worst case scenario”, “worst director” and “worst film”.
Personal life
In 2003, Elizabeth Banks married Handelman Max, an old acquaintance with whom she had maintained friendly relations since her student days. Since Handelman was from an orthodox Jewish family, he could only marry a Jew. Elizabeth converted to Judaism, and the marriage took place. In the everyday family life of Jews, it is also necessary to follow certain rules, and the actress had to adapt.
The couple had no children for a long time. In 2010, the couple was forced to resort to surrogacy. Their child was taken out by a completely unauthorized woman who was paid a reward. The firstborn was named Felix. A year later, another son, Magnus Mitchell, was born in a similar way.