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* [[Series/SesameStreet Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase]] - Bird Lady (voice only)
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* ''Charlie's Angels (2019)'' as Rebecca Bosley (also director, producer, and screenwriter)

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** She starred with Naomi Scott in ''Film/PowerRangers2017'' and directed her in ''Charlie's Angels''.

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** She starred with Naomi Scott Creator/NaomiScott in ''Film/PowerRangers2017'' and directed her in ''Charlie's Angels''.
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* ACupAngst: Recalls the first agent she talked with telling her to get breast implants to succeed in the industry. She jokes that she was lucky she didn't have the money to get it.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Certainly does not look like she's in her mid-40s.
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* ACupAngst: Recalls the first agent she talked with telling her to get breast implants to succeed in the industry. She jokes that she was lucky she didn't have the money to get it.
* BeautyInversion: For her role in ''Film/TheHungerGames'', she appears beneath a ghastly layer of make-up to better show off the frivolity of the Capital.


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* TheDanza:[[invoked]] She plays Beth in ''Film/TheFortyYearOldVirgin''.
* DirectedByCastMember:[[invoked]] She directed herself in ''Film/PitchPerfect2'' and ''Charlie's Angels''.
* DoingItForTheArt:[[invoked]] For ''Film/PowerRangers2017'', a language of Eltar was created for the characters to speak. Elizabeth became fluent in it.
* DyeHard:[[invoked]] She's naturally brunette but is best known as a blonde.
* DyeingForYourArt:[[invoked]]
** She dyed her hair dark brown for the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' (ironically in the third film with Kirsten Dunst as a blonde dyed redhead and Bryce Dallas Howard as a redhead dyed blonde).
** For ''Film/PowerRangers2017'' she had to wear green contact lenses that nearly blinded her.


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* HairstyleInertia: Is known for having the same shoulder-length blonde hair in most of her roles. In ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/PowerRangers2017'' she wore wigs.
* LeslieNielsenSyndrome: She's moved towards comedy or roles that are more light-hearted (Effie Trinket provides comic relief, and Rita Repulsa is a very hammy villain) since starring in ''{{Series/Slither}}'' and ''{{Series/Scrubs}}''.
--> "When you look like a leading lady, you're constantly having to prove that you're funny."


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* OlderThanTheyLook: Certainly does not look like she's in her mid-40s.
* ProductionPosse:
** David Wain directed her, Joe Lo Truglio, Ken Marino,Allie Stamler, A.D. Miles, Nina Hellman and Paul Rudd in both ''Wet Hot American Summer'' and ''Role Models''.
** She starred with Naomi Scott in ''Film/PowerRangers2017'' and directed her in ''Charlie's Angels''.


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* ThrowItIn:[[invoked]] ''Film/PowerRangers2017'' has a scene where Rita eats all the gold in a jewellery store. At one point she eats a gold necklace, which was an ad-lib on Elizabeth's part.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:[[invoked]]
** She nearly got the role of Susan Storm in ''Film/FantasticFour2004'', which went to Jessica Alba.
** She turned down a role in ''The Crazies'', because it was too similar to ''{{Film/Slither}}''.
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* ''Charlie's Angels (2019)'' as Susan Bosley (also director, producer, and screenwriter)

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* ''Charlie's Angels (2019)'' as Susan Rebecca Bosley (also director, producer, and screenwriter)
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Has aged quite well for someone in her mid-40's.

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* ''Film/PitchPerfect'' as Gail Abernathy-[=McKadden=]

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* ''Pitch Perfect 2'' as Gail Abernathy-[=McKadden=] (also director)

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* ''Pitch Perfect 3'' as Gail Abernathy-[=McKadden=] (also producer)



* ''Charlie's Angels (2019)'' as Susan Bosley (also director)

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* OlderThanTheyLook: Has aged quite well for someone in her early 40's.

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* OlderThanTheyLook: Has aged quite well for someone in her early 40's.mid-40's.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' as Wyldstyle/Lucy[[note]]reprised this role in the video game ''VideoGame/LEGODimensions'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie2TheSecondPart''[[/note]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' as Wyldstyle/Lucy[[note]]reprised this role in the video game ''VideoGame/LEGODimensions'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie2TheSecondPart''[[/note]]''VideoGame/LEGODimensions''[[/note]]


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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' as Wyldstyle/Lucy[[note]]reprised this role in the video game ''VideoGame/LEGODimensions''[[/note]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' as Wyldstyle/Lucy[[note]]reprised this role in the video game ''VideoGame/LEGODimensions''[[/note]]''VideoGame/LEGODimensions'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie2TheSecondPart''[[/note]]

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* ''Charlie's Angels (2019)'' as Susan Bosley (also director)



* ColdHam: She's having the time of her life as [[Film/PowerRangers2017 Rita Repulsa]], but her performance is very subdued and she makes a very effective use of her indoor voice.

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* ColdHam: She's having the time of her life as [[Film/PowerRangers2017 Rita Repulsa]], but her performance is very subdued and she makes a very effective use of her indoor voice.
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* GameShowHost: [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/elizabeth-banks-joins-abc-s-game-show-block-as-press-your-luck-host-1206936 Will be hosting a revival of]] ''Series/PressYourLuck'' for Creator/{{ABC}} this summer.

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* GameShowHost: [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/elizabeth-banks-joins-abc-s-game-show-block-as-press-your-luck-host-1206936 Will be Currently hosting a revival of]] of ''Series/PressYourLuck'' for Creator/{{ABC}} this summer.Creator/{{ABC}}.
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* GameShowHost: [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/elizabeth-banks-joins-abc-s-game-show-block-as-press-your-luck-host-1206936 Will be hosting a revival of]] ''Series/PressYourLuck'' for Creator/{{ABC}} this summer.
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* PromotedFangirl: She sought out the role of Effie in ''Film/TheHungerGames'' because she loved the books. She also requested that her character not be DemotedToExtra in the third and fourth films - and Creator/SuzanneCollins loved her performance so much that she rewrote much of ''Mockingjay'' to reinstate Effie into the main cast and expand her story accordingly.

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* PromotedFangirl: PromotedFanboy: She sought out the role of Effie in ''Film/TheHungerGames'' because she loved the books. She also requested that her character not be DemotedToExtra in the third and fourth films - and Creator/SuzanneCollins loved her performance so much that she rewrote much of ''Mockingjay'' to reinstate Effie into the main cast and expand her story accordingly.
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* ShipperOnDeck[=/=]OneOfUs: Stated that she shipped Effie/Haymitch from early on in ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' - a FanPreferredPairing despite having little basis in the books - and asked Suzanne Collins if they could [[PromotedToLoveInterest get together]] in the end in the movies. [[spoiler:And indeed - by ''[[Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjay Mockingjay, Part 2]]'', [[AscendedFanon it's heavily implied that they do.]]]]

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* ShipperOnDeck[=/=]OneOfUs: ShipperOnDeck: Stated that she shipped Effie/Haymitch from early on in ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' - a FanPreferredPairing despite having little basis in the books - and asked Suzanne Collins if they could [[PromotedToLoveInterest get together]] in the end in the movies. [[spoiler:And indeed - by ''[[Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjay Mockingjay, Part 2]]'', [[AscendedFanon it's heavily implied that they do.]]]]
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* OldShame: She's downright ''savage'' about her first film ''Surrender Dorothy'', a trippy black and white drama about a male drug addict who's forced to become his roommate's ideal girlfriend.
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Genres: {{Dramedy}}, RomanticComedy



* {{Dramedy}}: Majority of her films.



* RomanticComedy: Another majority of her films.
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Elizabeth Banks (born Elizabeth Irene Mitchell in February 10, 1974) is an American actress, producer and director. She changed her last name to avoid confusion with actress Creator/ElizabethMitchell.

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Elizabeth Banks (born Elizabeth Irene Mitchell in Mitchell, February 10, 1974) is an American actress, producer and director. She changed her last name to avoid confusion with actress Creator/ElizabethMitchell.

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* ColdHam: She's having the time of her life as [[Film/PowerRangers2017 Rita Repulsa]], but her performance is very subdued and she makes a very effective use of her indoor voice.



* LargeHam: She's gonna be Rita Repulsa, so presumably she's had the capability, but just hasn't shown it.
** (She did.)



* PlayingAgainstType: She's known for playing friendly and decent people, even some heroic ones at times. In ''Film/PowerRangers2017'', she plays the murderous psychopath Rita Repulsa.
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* PlayingAgainstType: She's known for playing friendly and decent people, even some heroic ones at times. In ''Film/PowerRangers2017'', she plays the murderous psychopath Rita Repulsa.
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** (She did.)
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' as Wyldstyle/Lucy

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' as Wyldstyle/LucyWyldstyle/Lucy[[note]]reprised this role in the video game ''VideoGame/LEGODimensions''[[/note]]
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Has aged quite well for someone in her early 40's.

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* ActingForTwo: She voiced two different characters in both ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' and ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken''.
* TheDanza: In ''Film/TheFortyYearOldVirgin'' (Beth) and the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' (Betty Brant).



* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Frequently play "[[MsFanservice blond-bombshell]]" characters.

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* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Frequently play Banks frequently plays "[[MsFanservice blond-bombshell]]" characters.



* PromotedFangirl: Sought out the role of Effie in ''Film/TheHungerGames'' because she loved the books. She also requested that her character not be DemotedToExtra in the third and fourth films - and Creator/SuzanneCollins loved her performance so much that she rewrote much of ''Mockingjay'' to reinstate Effie into the main cast and expand her story accordingly.

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* PromotedFangirl: Sought She sought out the role of Effie in ''Film/TheHungerGames'' because she loved the books. She also requested that her character not be DemotedToExtra in the third and fourth films - and Creator/SuzanneCollins loved her performance so much that she rewrote much of ''Mockingjay'' to reinstate Effie into the main cast and expand her story accordingly.



* ThoseTwoActors: Her most notable frequent co-stars are Creator/TobeyMaguire, Creator/PaulRudd, Creator/SethRogen, Creator/AnnaKendrick and Creator/RebelWilson.
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* LargeHam: She's gonna be Rita Repulsa, so presumably she's had the capability, but just hasn't shown it.

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