Elizabeth Banks Wikipedia. Elizabeth Irene Banks ne. Mitchell 12 February 1. American actress, director, and producer. Banks made her film debut in the low budget independent film Surrender Dorothy 1. Wet Hot American Summer 2. Sam Raimis Spider Man trilogy 2. Seabiscuit 2. 00. The 4. 0 Year Old Virgin 2. Zack and Miri Make a Porno 2. Role Models 2. 00. Drive_Angry_O72Tr5MVxj1.jpg' alt='Watch Summer Of Sam Online Hollywoodreporter' title='Watch Summer Of Sam Online Hollywoodreporter' />The Next Three Days 2. Pitch Perfect 2. The Lego Movie 2. The Hunger Games film series 2. In 2. 01. 4, she portrayed Melinda Ledbetter, the girlfriend and later wife of the Beach Boys co founder Brian Wilson, in the biographical drama Love Mercy and made her directorial debut with Pitch Perfect 2, whose 6. M opening weekend gross set a record for a first time director. On television, Banks had a recurring role as Avery Jessup on the NBC sitcom 3. Rock, which garnered her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She also had recurring roles on the series Scrubs and Modern Family, the latter of which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. She reprised her role as Lindsay in Wet Hot American Summer for the Netflix miniseries Wet Hot American Summer First Day of Camp 2. Wet Hot American Summer Ten Years Later 2. As of August 2. 01. MBUS/GeoLocal/GB/mtv/201701/VIAVIMNUKD1778288/nick_icarly_87_valentines_iloveyou_image_640x360.jpg?quality=1&height=360&width=640&matte=true&crop=false' alt='Watch Summer Of Sam Online Hollywoodreporter' title='Watch Summer Of Sam Online Hollywoodreporter' />The Hollywood Reporter is your source for breaking news about Hollywood and entertainment, including movies, TV, reviews and industry blogs. Adam Mitchel Lambert 29. Indianapolis, Indiana, Spojen stty americk je americk zpvk, texta a divadeln herec. Narodil se v Indianapolis. Box Office Mojo ranked Banks as the 3. Early lifeeditBanks was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and grew up on Brown Street, the eldest of four children of Ann ne Wallace and Mark P. Mitchell. 7 Her father, a Vietnam veteran, was a factory worker for General Electric and her mother worked in a bank. She has said that she grew up Irish WASP Catholic. Growing up, Banks played baseball and rode horses. She was in Little League when she broke her leg sliding into third base. She then tried out for the school play, which was her start in acting. She graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1. Massachusetts Junior Classical League. She attended the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority. She graduated magna cum laude in 1. In 1. 99. 8, she completed schooling at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, California, where she earned an MFA degree. Banks changed her name to avoid confusion with actress Elizabeth Mitchell. After auditioning in New York, she was offered a role on the soap opera Santa Barbara. Taking the role would have required her to quit her education at the American Conservatory Theatre, and Banks ultimately decided to forgo the offer due to having taken out student loans to complete her degree. She made her acting debut in the 1. Watch Fast Food Nation Online Flashx. Surrender Dorothy, as Elizabeth Casey, and appeared in various films over the next seven years including Guy Ritchies Swept Away1. The 4. 0 Year Old Virgin. In August 2. 00. 5, at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Banks starred in William Inges Bus Stop as Cherie, the sexy, blonde, aspiring nightclub singer. Jeffrey Borak wrote that Banks portrayal was acted with poise, clarity and a shrewd feel for Cheries complexities. Her performance is all of a piece and in harmony, stylistically, with the performances around her. In 2. 00. 5, she appeared on the series Stella, and in May 2. 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. In 2. 00. 6, Banks appeared in the American football drama film Invincible, in which she played Mark Wahlbergs love interest. Later, she and co star Wahlberg were nominated for the Best Kiss award at the MTV Movie Awards. That same year, she landed the starring role in the comedy horror film Slither. In 2. 00. 7, Banks played the female lead in the comedy film Meet Bill, alongside Aaron Eckhart and Jessica Alba. That same year, she had a small role in the Christmas comedy film Fred Claus, co starring Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti as Santas little helper, Charlyne. In 2. 00. 8, she played the ex wife and mother of the daughter of Ryan Reynolds lead in the comedy film Definitely, Maybe, alongside Isla Fisher and Ryan Reynolds,2. Seth Rogen as the eponymous female lead in the Kevin Smith comedy Zack and Miri Make a Porno,2. United States First Lady Laura Bush in W., Oliver Stones biopic of George W. Bush. 2. 5In 2. 00. Banks appeared in the horror film The Uninvited, a remake of the Korean film A Tale of Two Sisters. 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 Mornays character in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. 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. 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 4. Year Old Virgin, Role Models, and Our Idiot Brother. She is also a frequent co star of actor Tobey Maguire, the two having also appeared in five films together Spider Man, Seabiscuit, Spider Man 2, Spider Man 3, and The Details. Banks was cast as a love interest for Jack Donaghy Alec Baldwin in the fourth season of the Emmy Award winning sitcom 3. Rock. 3. 0 Intended to appear in four episodes in 2. Banks went on to become a recurring character with 1. 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 6. Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2. 01. 2 Banks also starred in the film What to Expect When Youre Expecting alongside Jennifer Lopez. Banks appeared in the movie The Hunger Games 2. Effie Trinket, a woman from The Capitol who escorts the District 1. The Future Full Movie Online Free there. Hunger Games. She reprised the role in the films The Hunger Games Catching Fire 2. The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1 2. The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2 2. Banks co starred in the 2. Every Secret Thing, playing Detective Nancy Porter investigating the disappearance of a young child with similarities to a case she had previously been involved with. In 2. 01. 4, Banks was recognized by Elle Magazine during The Women in Hollywood Awards, honoring women for their outstanding achievements in film, spanning all aspects of the motion picture industry, including acting, directing, and producing. Banks portrayed Melinda Ledbetter Wilson, the wife of Brian Wilson, in the 2. Love and Mercy, which is based on the life of the legendary musician and founding member of The Beach Boys, as portrayed by John Cusack. After producing and appearing, as Gail, in the first Pitch Perfect film, Banks directed its sequel, Pitch Perfect 2 2. She also produced the film, and again played Gail. In 2. 01. 5, she was named as a member of the Jury for the Main Competition at the 2. Venice Film Festival. The festival is chaired by Alfonso Cuarn. Also in 2. 01. 5, Banks became a spokeswoman for Realtor. As of mid February 2. Banks became the commercial face of Old Navy. She also played space alien Rita Repulsa in the 2. Power Rangers reboot film. Personal lifeedit. Banks has lunch with US service members during a USO visit at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan in 2. Banks met her husband, Max Handelman, a sportswriter and producer from Portland, Oregon4. September 6, 1. 99. They were married in 2. She and her husband had their first child, Felix, who was born through a surrogate in March 2. In November 2. 01. Banks announced the birth of another son, Magnus Mitchell, also by surrogate. Banks went through parts of conversion to Judaism, her husbands faith, and studied with rabbis. In 2. 01. 3, speaking of her religion, she stated that she practices Judaism, though I did not have my mikveh, so technically Im not converted, but that she has been essentially a Jew for like 1. 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