| 1 | [[quoteright:305:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elizabeth_banks.jpeg]] |
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| 3 | ->''"She's basically the most awesome, kick-butt, smart action hero of all time. A strong role model for girls everywhere. ...Oh, I'm talking about Elizabeth Banks, not Wyldstyle. That was... clear, right?"'' |
| 4 | -->-- '''Wyldstyle''' (voiced by Elizabeth Banks) in "Behind the Bricks", ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'' |
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| 6 | |
| 7 | Elizabeth Banks (born Elizabeth Irene Mitchell; February 10, 1974 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts) is an American actress, producer and director. She changed her last name to avoid confusion with actress Creator/ElizabethMitchell. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | She describes herself as having been seen as a "goody two-shoes" in her youth who was nominated for the local Harvest Queen. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | You can learn more of her in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Banks The Other Wiki]]. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Genres: {{Dramedy}}, RomanticComedy |
| 14 | ---- |
| 15 | !!Filmography on TV Tropes: |
| 16 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 17 | [[folder:Film]] |
| 18 | * ''Film/Shaft2000'' as Trey's Friend[[note]]billed as Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell[[/note]] |
| 19 | * ''Film/WetHotAmericanSummer'' as Lindsay |
| 20 | * ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' as Betty Brant |
| 21 | * ''Film/SweptAway'' as Debi |
| 22 | * ''Film/CatchMeIfYouCan'' as Lucy Forrest |
| 23 | * ''Film/{{Seabiscuit}}'' as Marcela Howard |
| 24 | * ''Film/TheBaxter'' as Caroline Swann |
| 25 | * ''Film/TheFortyYearOldVirgin'' as Beth |
| 26 | * ''Film/{{Slither}}'' as Starla Grant |
| 27 | * ''Film/{{Invincible|2006}}'' as Janet Cantrell |
| 28 | * ''Film/FredClaus'' as Charlene |
| 29 | * ''Film/DefinitelyMaybe'' as Sarah /"Emily" Jones-Hayes |
| 30 | * ''Film/MeetDave'' as Gina Morrison |
| 31 | * ''Film/{{W}}'' as Laura Bush |
| 32 | * ''Film/ZackAndMiriMakeAPorno'' as Miriam "Miri" Linky |
| 33 | * ''Film/RoleModels'' as Beth Jones |
| 34 | * ''Film/TheUninvited2009'' as Rachel Summers |
| 35 | * ''Film/TheNextThreeDays'' as Lara Brennan |
| 36 | * ''Film/OurIdiotBrother'' as Miranda Rochlin |
| 37 | * ''Film/ManOnALedge'' as Lydia Mercer |
| 38 | * ''Film/TheHungerGames'' as Effie Trinket |
| 39 | ** ''Film/TheHungerGamesCatchingFire'' |
| 40 | ** ''Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjay'' Parts 1 & 2 |
| 41 | * ''Film/WhatToExpectWhenYoureExpecting'' as Wendy |
| 42 | * ''Film/PitchPerfect'' as Gail Abernathy-[=McKadden=] (also producer) |
| 43 | ** ''Pitch Perfect 2'' (also director and producer) |
| 44 | ** ''Pitch Perfect 3'' (also producer) |
| 45 | * ''Film/{{Movie 43}}'' as Amy |
| 46 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' as Wyldstyle/Lucy[[note]]reprised this role in the video game ''VideoGame/LEGODimensions''[[/note]] |
| 47 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie2TheSecondPart'' |
| 48 | * ''Film/LoveAndMercy'' as Melinda Ledbetter |
| 49 | * ''Film/PowerRangers2017'' as Rita Repulsa |
| 50 | * ''Film/TheHappytimeMurders'' as Jenny Peterson |
| 51 | * ''Film/BrightBurn'' as Tori Breyer |
| 52 | * ''Film/CharliesAngels2019'' as Rebecca Bosley (also director, producer, and screenwriter) |
| 53 | * ''Film/CocaineBear'' (director and producer) |
| 54 | * ''Film/TheBeanieBubble'' as Robbie |
| 55 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Migration}}'' as Pam |
| 56 | [[/folder]] |
| 57 | |
| 58 | [[folder:Television]] |
| 59 | * ''Series/AllMyChildren'' as Rosalie (1 episode) |
| 60 | * ''Series/ThirdWatch'' as Elaine Elchisak (1 episode)[[note]]billed as Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell[[/note]] |
| 61 | * ''Series/SexAndTheCity'' as Catherine (1 episode)[[note]]billed as Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell[[/note]] |
| 62 | * ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU'' as Janina Tobias Jansen (1 episode) |
| 63 | * ''Series/WithoutATrace'' as Clarissa (1 episode) |
| 64 | * ''Series/StellaUS'' as Tamara (1 episode) |
| 65 | * ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' as Dr. Kim Briggs (17 episodes) |
| 66 | * ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' as Becky Aragino/Lisa Silver (voice, 3 episodes) |
| 67 | * ''Series/ModernFamily'' as Sal (7 episodes) |
| 68 | * ''Series/ThirtyRock'' as Avery Jessup (15 episodes) |
| 69 | * ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' as Pam Fisherman (voice, 1 episode) |
| 70 | * ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' as Mrs. Claus/Shana "Scarlett' O'Hara (voice, 1 episode) |
| 71 | * ''Series/ComedyBangBang'' {{as Herself}} (1 episode) |
| 72 | * ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' as Grulinda (voice, 1 episode) |
| 73 | * ''Series/WetHotAmericanSummerFirstDayOfCamp'' as Lindsay (6 episodes) |
| 74 | ** ''Series/WetHotAmericanSummerTenYearsLater'' (5 episodes) |
| 75 | * ''WesternAnimation/MoonbeamCity'' as Chief Pizzaz Miller (voice, 10 episodes) |
| 76 | * ''Series/TheMuppets2015'' {{as Herself}} (2 episodes) |
| 77 | * ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' as Herself/Host (1 episode) |
| 78 | * ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'' as Herself (1 episode) |
| 79 | * ''Series/PressYourLuck'' (2019 revival) as Herself/Host (also executive producer) |
| 80 | * ''Series/{{Shrill}}'' (executive producer) |
| 81 | * [[Series/SesameStreet Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase]] as Bird Lady (voice) |
| 82 | * ''Series/MrsAmerica'' as Jill Ruckelshaus (9 episodes) |
| 83 | [[/folder]] |
| 84 | |
| 85 | ---- |
| 86 | !!Tropes in her work: |
| 87 | * 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. |
| 88 | * ColdHam: She's having the time of her life as [[Film/PowerRangers2017 Rita Repulsa]], but her performance is very subdued and she makes very effective use of her indoor voice. |
| 89 | * TheDanza:[[invoked]] She plays Beth in ''Film/TheFortyYearOldVirgin''. |
| 90 | * DirectedByCastMember:[[invoked]] She directed herself in ''Film/PitchPerfect2'' and ''Charlie's Angels''. |
| 91 | * DyeHard:[[invoked]] She's naturally brunette but is best known as a blonde. |
| 92 | * DyeingForYourArt:[[invoked]] |
| 93 | ** 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). |
| 94 | ** For ''Film/PowerRangers2017'' she had to wear green contact lenses that nearly blinded her. |
| 95 | * EveryoneLovesBlondes: Banks frequently plays "[[MsFanservice blond-bombshell]]" characters. |
| 96 | * GameShowHost: Currently hosting a revival of ''Series/PressYourLuck'' for Creator/{{ABC}}. |
| 97 | * 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. |
| 98 | * 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 ''{{Film/Slither}}'' and ''{{Series/Scrubs}}''. |
| 99 | --> "When you look like a leading lady, you're constantly having to prove that you're funny." |
| 100 | * MsFanservice: Frequently play these, mostly with EveryoneLovesBlondes playing a factor. [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Again, mostly but not all.]] |
| 101 | * 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. |
| 102 | ** While accepting an award at the Women in Film’s Crystal and Lucy awards show, she blatantly threw shade at Creator/StevenSpielberg, saying that while she had seen ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' and every Franchise/IndianaJones movie, he had not made ''one'' film starring a woman, ending her speech with “I don’t mean to call your ass out, but I guess I am.” It was then IMMEDIATELY pointed out to her that he had, in fact, directed not one, not two, but ''three'' films starring a woman (''Film/TheSugarlandExpress'', ''Film/TheColorPurple1985'', and ''Film/TheBFG''), and was at the time working on a fourth (''Film/ThePost''). To her credit, she then turned around and immediately issued a very public apology, took full responsibility, and admitted she was wrong. |
| 103 | * OneSteveLimit: She had to change her last name not only to avoid confusion with Creator/ElizabethMitchell but in order to join the Screen Actors Guild. |
| 104 | * ProductionPosse: |
| 105 | ** David Wain directed her, Creator/JoeLoTruglio, Creator/KenMarino, Allie Stamler, A.D. Miles, Nina Hellman and Creator/PaulRudd in both ''Film/WetHotAmericanSummer'' and ''Film/RoleModels''. |
| 106 | ** She starred with Creator/NaomiScott in ''Film/PowerRangers2017'' and directed her in ''Charlie's Angels''. |
| 107 | * 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. |
| 108 | * StageName: Her real name is Elizabeth Mitchell. But since [[Creator/ElizabethMitchell there's already an actress with that name]], she changed her surname to Casey and eventually Banks. |
| 109 | * 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. |
| 110 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen:[[invoked]] |
| 111 | ** She nearly got the role of Susan Storm in ''Film/FantasticFour2005'', which went to Jessica Alba. |
| 112 | ** She turned down a role in ''The Crazies'', because it was too similar to ''{{Film/Slither}}''. |
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