Elizabeth Irene Mitchell, better known as Elizabeth Banks, is an American actress, producer, and director. For Disney, she voiced Grulinda Boubenweir in the Phineas and Ferb episode, "Imperfect Storm". She also portrayed Janet Cantrell in the 2006 biographical sports drama film Invincible and Frankie Davis in People Like Us. Additionally, she made a brief cameo as herself in the pilot episode of The Muppets. She was also an executive producer of the 2009 Touchstone Pictures film Surrogates.
Outside of Disney, Banks is well-known for her roles as Gail Abernathy-McKadden in the Pitch Perfect franchise, Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games film series, and Wyldstyle/Lucy in The LEGO Movie franchise. Her other film credits include Surrender Dorothy, Wet Hot American Summer, Spider-Man, Seabiscuit, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Slither, The Next Three Days, Man on a Ledge, What to Expect When You're Expecting, Love & Mercy, Magic Mike XXL, Power Rangers, Brightburn, the 2019 Charlie's Angels movie, Cocaine Bear, and Bottoms.
She also appeared in television shows, such as 30 Rock, Scrubs, Modern Family, Sex and the City, American Dad!, and has hosted a revival of the 1980s game show Press Your Luck on ABC.
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- She changed her surname from Mitchell to Banks to avoid confusion with fellow actress Elizabeth Mitchell.
