Elizabeth Banks | First Movie: Surrender Dorothy

Elizabeth Banks is known for the dystopian film The Hunger Games, where she portrayed the character of Effie Trinket and in Pitch Perfect film series as Gail Abernathy-McKadden. Long before that, however, Elizabeth made her film debut in the 1998 independent film Surrender Dorothy. Since then, Banks has starred in numerous movies throughout her career, including The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Seabiscuit, Invincible, Slither, Role Models, Wet Hot American Summer, Spiderman trilogy, Man on a Ledge, The Lego Movie, and Power Rangers, among many others.

The actress has a recurring role on the television sitcom 30 Rock on the NBC network, where she played the character of Avery Jessup. There, she was given credit with two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She also appeared on the comedy series Modern Family and Scrub. Banks earned her third nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award on the Modern Family series. As of 2019, Banks host the 1980s television game show revival Press Your Luck on ABC network.