Elizabeth Banks is a popular Hollywood actress. She became famous after the release of the first film from the Hunger Games series. Elizabeth has won prestigious awards such as the MTV Movie Awards, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards, Women in Film Crystal.
Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell, who is known to the world as Elizabeth Banks, was born in 1974. Her birthday: February 10th. The girl was born in Pittsfield, a city located in Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth became the eldest child in the family, after her three more children were born. She changed her last name, starting to seriously engage in an acting career. This decision was made because Elizabeth did not want to be confused with another famous artist.
Facts from the Elizabeth Banks Biography
Elizabeth's parents were not associated with any creativity, nor with art. My father, whose name is Mark, worked at the factory. A mother named Anne was a bank employee.
The acting talent in the girl revealed at a very young age. In addition, while still quite a baby, Elizabeth was able to get on television. She starred in the show "Finders Keepers", which aired on the popular US teenage channel Nickelodeon. After such a debut, the girl began to really dream of an acting career, to dream of appearing again in front of television cameras.
Having received school education and graduated from the walls of an educational institution in 1992, Banks was enrolled in a university located in Pennsylvania. A few years later she graduated with honors from a higher educational institution. At that moment, Elizabeth was already determined to build an acting career. She had little experience playing on the stage, because back in school she was a member of a drama group. However, this was not enough to break into the cinema. To reveal her talent and get the necessary education, Elizabeth entered the American Conservatory, choosing the faculty of theater and art. Here the girl studied for two years. When Elizabeth left the conservatory in 1998, she decided to move to New York and start attending selections and auditions there.
Today, Elizabeth is not only an accomplished and quite sought-after actress. She is a co-owner of Brownstone Productions. In addition, Banks often poses in front of cameras, for example, in 2015, she starred as a model for an advertising company of the Flaunt brand.
Actor career
Having moved to New York, Elizabeth Banks worked for some time in theaters, combining this with the first filming of a movie.
The debut of the actress in cinema took place in 1998. She appeared in the independent film Dorothy Capitulation. This was followed by small roles in the television series "All My Children" and "The Third Shift."
In 2000, the aspiring actress appeared in one episode of the popular and world-famous series Sex and the City. In the same year, the movie "Shaft" was released, in which Banks got one of the roles.
In subsequent years, Elizabeth very actively developed her career in film and television. She starred in projects such as Law and Order: Special Corps, Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2, Catch Me If You Can, Without a Trail, Heights, Sisters, "Forty-year-old virgin."
In the period from 2006 to 2009, the television series "Clinic" was released. In this show, Banks played in seventeen episodes, playing the role of Dr. Kim Briggs. At the same time, the artist replenished her filmography with roles in the following projects: Spider-Man 3: The Enemy in Reflection, Fred Klaus, Santa's Brother, Yes, No, Probably, Bush, Uninvited.
Becoming a famous and highly sought-after actress Elizabeth Banks helped the role in the movie The Hunger Games movie. The first film of this series went on sale in 2012. The role in the movie "Power Rangers" helped consolidate the popularity of Banks. And in 2019 many expected horror should come out - "Burn, Burn Clear", which will become Banks' new work.
It is also worth noting that Elizabeth tried herself as a voice actress, and was also repeatedly nominated for various prestigious television and film awards, among which were Young Hollywood, MTV Movie Awards, CinemaCon, Sputnik, Teen Choice Awards, Emmys.
