Elizabeth Banks is a popular Hollywood actress. She became famous after the release of the first film in the Hunger Games series. Elizabeth is the owner of such prestigious awards as 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 10. The girl was born on the territory of 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 pursue an acting career. This decision was made because Elizabeth did not want to be confused with another famous artist.
Facts from the biography of Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth's parents were not associated with any creativity or art. The father, whose name is Mark, worked at the factory. A mother named Ann was a bank employee.
The girl's acting talent was revealed at a very young age. In addition, while still quite a toddler, Elizabeth was able to get on television. She starred in the show "Finders Keepers", which aired on the popular American teenage channel Nickelodeon. After such a debut, the girl began to really dream of an acting career, to dream of appearing in front of television cameras again.
After graduating from school and graduating from the walls of the educational institution in 1992, Banks was enrolled in the University, which was 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 of playing on the theater stage, because even at school she was a member of a drama circle. However, this was not enough to break into the cinema. To discover her talent and receive the necessary education, Elizabeth entered the American Conservatory, choosing for herself the faculty of theater and art. Here the girl studied for two years. When Elizabeth left the Conservatory in 1998, she made the decision to move to New York, where she began attending selections and auditions.
Today Elizabeth is not only an accomplished and quite popular actress. She is a co-owner of the production studio "Brownstone Productions". In addition, Banks often poses in front of cameras, for example, in 2015, she starred as a model for an advertising campaign for the "Flaunt" brand.
Actor career
After moving to New York, Elizabeth Banks worked in theaters for some time, combining this with her first film shootings.
The debut of the actress in cinema took place in 1998. She appeared in the independent film Dorothy's Surrender. 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 TV series "Sex and the City". In the same year, the movie "Shaft" was released, in which Banks got one of the roles.
In the following years, Elizabeth was very active in developing her career in film and television. She starred in projects such as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2, Catch Me If You Can, Without a Trace, Heights, Sisters, "The forty-year-old virgin."
In the period from 2006 to 2009, the television series "Clinic" was released. On this show, Banks appeared in seventeen episodes, playing the role of Dr. Kim Briggs. At the same time, the artist expanded her filmography with roles in the following projects: "Spider-Man 3: The Enemy in Reflection", "Fred Claus, Santa's Brother", "Yes, No, Probably", "Bush", "The Uninvited".
Elizabeth Banks' role in the movie saga "The Hunger Games" helped Elizabeth Banks become a famous and in-demand actress. The first film in this series was released in 2012. The role in the movie "Power Rangers" helped to consolidate the popularity of Banks. And in 2019, many expected horror - "Burn, Burn Clear", which will become Banks' new work, should be released.
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, Emmy Awards.
Personal life, family and relationships
In 2003, the actress became the wife of a writer and producer named Max Handelman. Banks met the young man back in the late 1990s.
Max and Elizabeth have two sons, named Felix and Magnus, who were born one year apart (2011 and 2012). The children were carried out for the couple by a surrogate mother.
