Elizabeth Banks

  • Name: Elizabeth Banks
  • Date of Birth: February 10, 1974
  • Place of Birth: Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Mini-bio: Actress Elizabeth Banks was born Elizabeth Mitchell in Pittsfield, a small city in the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts near the New York border, on February 10, 1974. She describes herself as havi...( read more)ng been seen as a "goody two-shoes" in her youth who was nominated to be the local Harvest Queen.



Banks left home to attend college at the University of Pennsylvania, from which she graduated Magna cum Laude, and went on to attend the Advanced Training Program at the prestigious American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, from which she graduated in 1998. She then moved to New York and worked in the theater as well as obtaining her first roles on-screen, small parts in movies and guest-star roles on television series. Seeking more screen work, Banks moved to Los Angeles and the supporting roles soon came, and required that she change her name to avoid confusion with another actress named Elizabeth Mitchell who had already established herself. Her first signal success came in her delightful, brief performance in Spider-Man (2002), for which she is best known despite subsequent leading roles, as Betty Brant, the secretary of the cantankerous newspaper tycoon. (Banks has reprised the role in the Spider-Man series.)


Banks followed up her performance in Spider-Man with small roles in other movies released that year, Swept Away (2002) and Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can (2002), in which she plays a bank clerk who assists the young Frank Abagnale with vital information about bank checking policies. More recognition came with Seabiscuit (2003), in which Banks charmed audiences playing the wife of Seabiscuit's owner Charles Howard, and Banks was able to broker these successes into leading roles, in Michael Showalter's The Baxter (2005) and James Gunn's Slither (2006).



The winsome, beautiful Banks projects an exceptionally-charming screen presence that has drawn comparisons to Audrey Hepburn. Though her off-screen vocabulary is at times sprinkled with Valley-speak, her performances demonstrate solid acting skill and a keen intelligence. Banks and her boyfriend since college days, Max Handelman, married in 2003.
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"I love physical comedy. I love Oscar Wilde, I love Shakespeare comedies, I love improv. I knew I had a knack for it at a certain level, but I came into this business as a classically trained drama student and that was my reputation. When you live in a leading lady's body, which I do, you have to constantly prove that you are funny"


Elizabeth Banks was born Elizabeth Mitchell in Pittsfield, a small city in the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts near the New York border, on February 10, 1974. She describes herself as having been seen as a "goody two-shoes" in her youth who was nominated to be the local Harvest Queen.

Banks left home to attend college at the University of Pennsylvania earning a BA.,Where she was also a memeber of Delta Delta Delta,aswell became good friends with Todd Lieberman.which she graduated Magna cum Laude, and went on to attend the Advanced Training Program at the prestigious American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, from which she graduated in 1998. She then moved to New York and worked in the theater as well as obtaining her first roles on-screen, small parts in movies and guest-star roles on television series. Seeking more screen work, Banks moved to Los Angeles and the supporting roles soon came, and required that she change her name to avoid confusion with another actress named Elizabeth Mitchell who had already established herself. Her first signal success came in her delightful, brief performance in Spider-Man (2002), for which she is best known despite subsequent leading roles, as Betty Brant, the secretary of the cantankerous newspaper tycoon. (Banks has reprised the role in the Spider-Man series.)
Banks followed up her performance in Spider-Man with small roles in other movies released that year, Swept Away (2002) and Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can (2002), in which she plays a bank clerk who assists the young Frank Abagnale with vital information about bank checking policies. More recognition came with Seabiscuit (2003), in which Banks charmed audiences playing the wife of Seabiscuit's owner Charles Howard, and Banks was able to broker these successes into leading roles, in Michael Showalter's The Baxter (2005) and James Gunn's Slither (2006).

The winsome, beautiful Banks projects an exceptionally-charming screen presence that has drawn comparisons to Audrey Hepburn. Though her off-screen vocabulary is at times sprinkled with Valley-speak, her performances demonstrate solid acting skill and a keen intelligence. Banks and her boyfriend since college days, Max Handelman,They married in 2003.Also worked with her husbund as a Production team(BrownStone Productions)

MORE FACTS:
-She became the first person in her family to finsh college
-Converted to Judaism after marrying her husbund in 2003
-Huge fan of David Letterman
-Met President George W.Bush when Seabiscuit was screened at the white house
-Lost the role to Jessica Alba as Invisible Girl in Fantastic Four(2005)
-Turned down a role in the upcoming movie (The Crazies,2010) cause the role was to similar with her character in "Slither"
-Got the role in "Zack and Miri make a porno"After Rosario Dawson turned it down
-"Bad Santa" is her favorite movie
-Said to this day will not watch the film Poltergesit cause it scared her and her sister when they were younger
-Appeared as Cherie in the William Inge play "Bus Stop"
-When she was younger she was a contestant on the Nickeloden Game Show "Finders Keepers"(1987)
-Would have become a surgeon if not an actress
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" I REALLY THINK THAT WE ARE DOING A DISSERVICE TO YOUNG PEOPLE BY NOT BEING MORE OPEN ABOUT SEX.ABSTINENCE PROGRAMS DONT WORK,IT'S A NATURAL,PHYSICAL THING HAVING SEX"

Elizabeth Banks Information: Zodiac Sign:Aquarius
Eye color: Blue
Height: 5'5
Nickname(s):Elizabeth Casey
Notable feature(s)Blonde hair,laugh
Education: Pittsfield High School,University of Pennsylvania,American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco
Family: Father Mark,Mother Ann,3 siblings,Husbund Max Handelman
Resides in: California
Religious affiliations: Jewish
Personal interests/hobbies:Outdoors,Skydiving,Riding horses,Enjoys playing Fantasy Football,Has been taking course's on Flying Trapeze
AWARDS:
2003--- Won a Young Hollywood award for Exciting new face
2004--- Nominated for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture for 'Seabiscuit'
2007---Nominated for MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss for 'Invincible'
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"EVERY ONCE AND AWHILE I PLAY A TRUE IDIOT,
AND THEY'RE REALLY FUN TO PLAY"
Magazine Covers that Elizabeth Banks has Graced:
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LUCKY-May 2009
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WOMEN'S HEALTH-October 2008
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VEGAS-September 2006
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ENTERTIANMENT WEEKLY



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  • ilovethree6mafia
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    Elizabeth Banks is so hot. Why isn't she in more movies? I just ran across this new video of her making out with some other hot chick. Here's the link in case you missed it:

    http://www.mydamnchannel.com/Wainy_Days/Season_3/26ShellyII_883.aspx
    posted 427 days ago
  • sinead58
    sinead58
    she is very like rachel mcadams to look at dont you think? xx
    posted 498 days ago
  • teddybearfreebird
    teddybearfreebird
    JUST A QUICK " HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!"
    MINE IS THE 26TH OF FEB. (TOMMORROW), HOPE YAH HAD A GOOD ONE!
    posted 989 days ago
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    Are u married or not I pray U not to marry with a common lad or human.Tq




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