Elizabeth Banks - actress, director, producer of American cinema

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American actress Elizabeth Banks was born on February 10, 1974 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Liz was the eldest of four children of General Electric worker Mark Mitchell and bank clerk Ann Mitchell.

Study

After graduating from high school, Elizabeth applied to the University of Pennsylvania, from which she successfully graduated in 1995. Then the girl completed a four-year course at the American Theater Academy.

Career start

The film debut of the young actress Elizabeth Banks took place in the film "The Surrender of Dorothy", where she played a small episodic role. And they began to recognize her on the street after the release of the satirical comedy "American Hot Summer". The rental of the film made the actress popular. Elizabeth Banks, whose photos were sent to all agencies, became more and more in demand. The girl began to receive invitations to shoot. And although these were not the main roles, the popularity of the actress was no longer in doubt.

Television

Then followed a number of minor roles in various films, and inIn 2006, Elizabeth Banks took part in the final episode of the TV movie "Clinic". Her character, Dr. Kim Briggs, is a distinctive personality that required genuine acting skills, and the actress did a brilliant job.

Television activities were successful in the future. Elizabeth Banks, whose photos have already begun to appear on the pages of glossy magazines, was regularly invited to shoot the next series. In 2008, the young actress was entrusted with a responsible role, she was to play the first lady of America, the wife of President George W. Bush, Laura Bush. The picture was directed by Oliver Stone and was simply called "Bush".

In 2012, Elizabeth Banks starred in the film "The Hunger Games" directed by Gary Ross based on the work of the same name by writer Susan Collins. The actress played the role of one of the residents of the Capitol, Effie Bryak. Later, three more parts of The Hunger Games were filmed, and Elizabeth took part in all.

The most notable works of the actress are "Spider-Man", "Three Days to Escape", "Yes, maybe …", "The Forty-Year-Old Virgin", "On the Edge".

Elizabeth Banks: filmography

Over the twenty-five years of her career, the actress starred in thirty-seven feature films and five TV series. The list shows the films that were the most successful for Elizabeth.

Movies:

• "American Hot Summer" (2001), the role of Lindsay;
• "Gone" (2002), character Debbie;
• "Spider-Man" (2002), Betty Brant;
• "Sisters" (2005), Nancy Picket;
• "Forty Year Old Virgin" (2005), Beth;
• "Baxter" (2005), Caroline Swan;
• "Overcoming" (2006), Janet Kentwell;
• "Bush" (2008), Laura Bush;
• "The Uninvited" (2009), Rachel Summers;
• "Three Days to Escape" (2010), Lara;
• "What to Expect When You're Expecting" (2012), Wendy;
• "The Hunger Games" (2012), Effy;
• "People are us" (2012), Frankie;
• "Pitch Perfect" (2012), Gail Abernathy;
• "Little Incidents" (2014), Diane Doyle;
• "The Secret Thing" (2014), Nancy Porter;
• "Blonde on Air" (2014), Megan Miles;
• "Love and Mercy" (2014), Melinda Ledbetter.

TV series:

• "Clinic" (2006-2009), Kim Briggs;
• "Modern Family" (2009-2015), Sal;
• "Studio 30" (2010-2012), Avery Jissup;
• "Hot Summer in America" (2015), Lindsay.

Other professions of an actress

In addition to acting roles, Elizabeth Banks is producing. She has three projects to her credit. Pitch Perfect is a film co-produced with director Jason Moore in 2012. The continuation of the project "Pitch Perfect" was filmed in 2015. This time, Elizabeth Banks acted as andproducer and director at the same time. The third project she produced with her husband Max Handelman is Surrogates with Bruce Willis.

Elizabeth Banks - director

In 2013, the actress took part in the creation of the fantastic movie "Movie 43". The picture is made up of twelve separate short films, each of which was staged by its own director. The eighth novella was directed by Elizabeth. No one could understand why this project was launched, it was so mediocre, just to the point of savagery.

The actors who had already started acting, one by one, refused to participate. George Clooney left the set on the first day. Richard Gere, for reasons of decency, lasted a week, then he could not stand it either. "Movie 43" received a triple Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay, Worst Director and Worst Film.

Private life

In 2003, Elizabeth Banks married Handelman Max, her old acquaintance, with whom she had maintained friendly relations since her student days. Since Handelman was from an Orthodox Jewish family, he could only marry a Jewish woman. Elizabeth converted to Judaism and the marriage took place. Jewish family life also has to follow certain rules, and the actress had to adapt.

The couple did not have children for a long time. In 2010, the couple was forced to resort to surrogacy. Their child endured completelyan outside woman who was paid a reward. The firstborn was named Felix. A year later, another son, Magnus Mitchell, was born in a similar way.