Things to know about Elizabeth Banks:
Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks
- Born: Feb 10, 1975
- Occupation: Actor
- Active: 2000s
- Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Career Highlights: Slither, Seabiscuit, Invincible
- First Major Screen Credit: Ordinary Sinner (2001)
Elizabeth Banks Biography:
Possessing the kind of elegant screen beauty that often draws comparisons to a Breakfast at Tiffany’s-era Audrey Hepburn, actress Elizabeth Banks’ onscreen career has been steadily rising since the up-and-coming actress won the Young Hollywood Award for “Exciting New Face” back in 2003. With roles in such notable Hollywood hits as the Spider-Man films and Seabiscuit, Banks has not only had the pleasure of sharing the screen with hot-property actor Tobey Maguire multiple times, but has also been nominated — alongside Maguire, Jeff Bridges, William H. Macy, and Gary Stevens — for an “Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture” award by the Screen Actors Guild for her performance in the latter. The Pittsfield, MA, native got her first taste of fame when nominated Harvest Queen in her hometown’s annual fall celebration, and in the years that followed, Banks would receive her bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and go on to pursue her graduate degree at the American Conservatory Theater.
By the time Banks turned in a standout supporting role as a bookstore employee who may hold the means of solving The 40 Year Old Virgin’s titular dilemma in the 2005 Steve Carell hit, it seemed that she was an actress capable of brightening most any screen. A substantial role as a small-town trophy wife in director James Gunn’s comic-frightener Slither found Banks having noticeable fun in front of the cameras, with a pair of appearances on the popular television medical comedy Scrubs preceding a more serious-minded turn in the inspirational 2006 sports drama Invincible. Elizabeth Banks Links:
- Elizabeth Banks at the Internet Movie Database
- Elizabeth Banks at Allmovie
- Elizabeth Banks at Yahoo! Movies
- AskMen feature on Banks
- Interview on Canada.Com by Maurie Sherman
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