Elizabeth Banks - actress, director, producer of American cinema

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

Study

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

Carier start

Debut in the movie of young actress Elizabeth Banks took place in the film "The surrender of Dorothy", where she played a small episodic role. And to find out on the street it became after the release of the satirical comedy "American Hot Summer". The rental of the film made the actress popular. Elizabeth Banks, a photo of which was sent out to all agencies, became more and more popular. The girl began to receive invitations to the shooting. And although these were not the main roles, but the popularity of the actress was no longer in doubt.

TV

Then followed a series of secondary roles in different films, and in 2006 Elizabeth Banks took part in the final series of the telefilm "Clinic". Her character - Dr. Kim Briggs - a typical personality, demanded genuine acting skills, and the actress brilliantly coped with the task.

Television activities were successful in the future. Elizabeth Banks, photo of which already began 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 painting was staged by director Oliver Stone and was simply called "Bush."

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

The most notable works of the actress are "Spiderman", "Three days for escape", "Yes, it is possible ...", "The forty-year-old virgin", "On the verge".

Elizabeth Banks: Filmography

For twenty-five years of her career, the actress starred in thirty-seven feature films and five serials. The list includes the films that Elizabeth most succeeded.

Movies:

• "American Hot Summer" (2001), the role of Lindsay;
• "Gone" (2002), the character of Debbie;
• "Spider-Man" (2002), Betty Brant;
• "Sisters" (2005), Nancy Picket;
• "The forty-year-old virgin" (2005), Beth;
• "Baxter" (2005), Caroline Swan;
• "Overcoming" (2006), Janet Kentvel;
• "Bush" (2008), Laura Bush;
• "Uninvited" (2009), Rachel Summers;
• "Three days to escape" (2010), Lara;
• "What to Expect When You're Expecting a Child" (2012), Wendy;
• "The Hunger Games" (2012), Effi;
• "People Are Us" (2012), Frankie;
• "The Perfect Voice" (2012), Gail Ebernethy;
• "Little Incidents" (2014), Diane Doyle;
• "The Secret Thing" (2014), Nancy Porter;
• "Blonde in the Air" (2014), Megan Miles;
• "Love and mercy" (2014), Melinda Ledbetter.

TV series:

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

Other Actress Professions

In addition to performing roles, Elizabeth Banks is producing. Not her account three projects. "The perfect voice" - a film created in conjunction with director Jason Moore in 2012. The continuation of the project "Ideal Voice" was withdrawn in 2015. This time Elizabeth Banks acted as a producer and director at the same time. The third project, which she produced with her husband Max Handelman, is the film "Surrogates" with Bruce Willis.

Elizabeth Banks - director

In 2013, the actress took part in the creation of a fantastic film "Muvi-43". The picture is made up of twelve individual shorts, each of which was staged by its director. The eighth novel was directed by Elizabeth. No one could understand why this project was launched, so it was untalented, just to savagery.

The actors, who had already started filming, refused one after another. George Clooney left the set on the first day. Richard Gere, for reasons of propriety stayed for a week, then he could not stand it either. "Муви-43" received a triple prize "Golden Raspberry" in the nominations "worst script", "worst director" and "worst film".

Personal life

In 2003, Elizabeth Banks married with Handelman Max, his 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 Jew. Elizabeth accepted Judaism, and the marriage took place. In the daily family life of the Jews, it is also necessary to follow certain rules, and the actress had to adapt.

The spouses had no children for a long time. In 2010, the couple was forced to resort to surrogate motherhood. Their child was borne by a completely extraneous woman, to whom compensation was paid. The firstborn was named Felix. A year later another son, Magnus Mitchell, was born in the same way.