Elizabeth Banks

Personal context

Summary

Elizabeth Banks is an actor, director, and producer known for roles in The Hunger Games, 30 Rock, and Pitch Perfect, and for directing Pitch Perfect 2 and Charlie’s Angels. Her work often centers women’s friendships, agency, and professional lives; she has described Charlie’s Angels as incorporating feminist ideas and emphasized the importance of diversity in casting. Banks has campaigned for Hillary Clinton, spoken in support of abortion rights, and participated in gun violence prevention campaigns. In 2026, she criticized white women who voted for Donald Trump and urged them to become “revolutionaries.”