Actress of The Week: Elizabeth Bank

 

Elizabeth Banks (10 Februari 1974) adalah seorang aktris, produser dan sutradara asal Amerika. Bank membuat debut filmnya dalam film independen beranggaran rendah Surrender Dorothy (1998). Dia terkenal karena perannya dalam film Seabiscuit (2003), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Invincible (2006), Definitely, Maybe (2008), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), W. (2008), Role Model (2008), The Uninvited (2009), The Next Three Days (2010), People Like Us (2012), Man on The Ledge (2012), Pitch Perfect (2012), Movie 43 (2013), The Lego Movie (2014), dan The Hunger Games (2012-15). Peran barunya meliputi Little Accident (2014), Every Secret Thing (2014), The Big Shoe (2014) dan Pitch Perfect 2 (2015).

Di televisi, Bank memiliki peran reguler sebagai Avery Jessup pada sitkom 30 Rock, yang membuatnya memperoleh dua nominasi Emmy Award. Sebelumnya, Bank telah membintangi peran reguler sebagai Dr Kim Briggs pada Scrubs 2006-2009.

Personal Life

Bank bertemu dengan suaminya, penulis dan produser Max Handelman, pada hari pertamanya di perguruan tinggi pada tanggal 6 September 1992. Mereka menikah pada tahun 2003. Dia dan suaminya memiliki anak pertama mereka, Felix, yang lahir melalui ibu pengganti pada Maret 2011. Pada November 2012, Bank mengumumkan bahwa keluarganya telah menyambut anak lain, Magnus Mitchell, juga lahir melalui ibu pengganti.

Bank memiliki darah Irlandia, Inggris, Skotlandia, dan beberapa Belanda, dan memiliki latar belakang baik keluarga Katolik maupun keluarga Protestan. 

Filmografi

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Surrender Dorothy	Vicki	Credited as Elizabeth Casey
2000	Shaft	Trey's friend	Credited as Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell
2001	Wet Hot American Summer	Lindsay
2001	Ordinary Sinner	Rachel
2002	Spider-Man	Betty Brant
2002	Swept Away	Debi
2002	Catch Me If You Can	Lucy Forrest
2002	Stella Shorts 1998-2002	Woman at yoga class	Short films; direct-to-DVD release
2003	The Trade	Sioux Sever
2003	Seabiscuit	Marcela Howard	Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2004	Spider-Man 2	Betty Brant
2005	Heights	Isabel
2005	Sexual Life	Sarah
2005	The Sisters	Nancy Pecket
2005	The Baxter	Caroline Swann
2005	The 40-Year-Old Virgin	Beth
2005	Daltry Calhoun	May
2006	Slither	Starla Grant
2006	Invincible	Janet Cantrell	Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (Shared with Mark Wahlberg)
2007	Spider-Man 3	Betty Brant
2007	Meet Bill	Jess
2007	Fred Claus	Charlene
2008	Definitely, Maybe	Emily Jones
2008	Meet Dave	Gina Morrison
2008	Lovely, Still	Alex
2008	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	Miriam "Miri" Linky
2008	W.	Laura Bush	Nominated—Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
2008	Role Models	Beth Jones
2009	Big Breaks	Starlet	Short film
2009	The Uninvited	Rachel Summers
2009	Surrogates		Executive producer
2010	The Next Three Days	Lara Brennan
2011	The Details	Nealy Lang
2011	Just a Little Heart Attack[27]	Director and star	PSA for the American Heart Association Go Red For Women campaign
2011	Our Idiot Brother	Miranda
2012	Man on a Ledge	Lydia Mercer
2012	The Hunger Games	Effie Trinket	Won—MTV Movie Award for Best Transformation Nominated—Teen Choice Awards Scene Stealer: Female
2012	What to Expect When You're Expecting	Wendy
2012	People like Us	Frankie
2012	Pitch Perfect	Gail Abernathy-McKadden	Also producer
2013	Movie 43	Amy	Segment "Beezel", Also director of segment "Middleschool Date"
2013	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	Effie Trinket	Nominated—San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
2014	Little Accidents	Diane Doyle
2014	The Lego Movie	Wyldstyle/Lucy
2014	Walk of Shame	Meghan Miles
2014	Love and Mercy	Melinda Ledbetter Wilson	Post-Production
2014	Every Secret Thing	Detective Nancy Porter	Post-production
2014	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1	Effie Trinket	Post-production
2015	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2	Effie Trinket	Filming
2015	Pitch Perfect 2	Gail Abernathy-McKadden	Also director

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	All My Children	Waitress	Cameo role
1999	Third Watch	Elaine Elchisak	1 episode: "Patterns" Credited as Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell
2000	Sex and the City	Catherine	1 episode: "Politically Erect"
2001	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jaina Tobias Jansen	1 episode: Sacrifice""
2002	Without a Trace	Clarissa	1 episode: "Snatch Back"
2005	Stella	Tamara	1 episode: "Meeting Girls"
2006–07, 2009	Scrubs	Dr. Kim Briggs	Recurring role
2007–08	Wainy Days	Shelly	3 episodes: "Shelly", "The Date", "Shelly 2"
2007–08	American Dad!	Becky Arangino Lisa Silver	3 episodes: "The Vacation Goo", "1600 Candles", "Escape from Pearl Bailey"
2008	Comanche Moon	Maggie Tilton	TV mini-series
2009, 2013	Modern Family	Sal	2 episodes: "Great Expectations", "Best Men"
2010–12	30 Rock	Avery Jessup	Recurring role Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series (2011-2012)
2012	Family Guy	Pam Fishman	1 episode: "Into Fat Air" Voice only
2012	Robot Chicken	Mrs. Claus / Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara	1 episode: "Robot Chicken's ATM Christmas Special" Voice only