- In May 2009, Banks, along with actresses Evangeline Lilly and Freida Pinto, became a spokeswoman for L'Oreal beauty products.
- List Rankings & Appearances:
2009 - No.68, AIM's 100 Hottest Blondes
2009 - No.95, AskMen.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women
2009 - No.86, FHM's Sexiest Women in the World Poll
2009 - No.15, Premiere's 40 Most Beautiful Hollywood Women
2008 - listed, People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People
- Awards & Nominations:
2003 (W) - Most Exciting New Face, Young Hollywood Awards
2004 (N) - Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Screen Actors Guild Awards, for Seabiscuit, shared with castmates
2007 (N) - Best Kiss, MTV Movie Awards, for Invincible, shared with Mark Wahlberg
2009 (W) - MaxMara Face of the Future, Crystal and Lucy Awards
- Elizabeth names Poltergeist and Alien as two of her favorite horror movies. Her favorite holiday movie is Bad Santa.
- Her height is 5' 5" (1.65 m). She has blonde hair and blue eyes.
- In an interview, Elizabeth Banks stated that if she hadn't been an actress, she would have liked to have become a surgeon.
- Film, Video, and TV Movie Credits:
Big Breaks (2009) as Starlet
Lovely, Still (2008) as Alex
Meet Dave (2008) as Gina Morrison
Definitely, Maybe (2008) as Emily
Bill (2007) as Jess
Invincible (2006) as Janet Cantrell
The Sisters (2005) as Nancy Pecket
Sexual Life (2005) as Sarah
The Trade (2003) as Sioux Sever
Stella Shorts 1998-2002 (2002) (V) as Woman at Yoga Class
Shaft (2000) (as Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell) as Trey's Friend
- Banks made her debut in the controversial drama, Surrender Dorothy, in 1998. The following year, she made her TV debut in the episode of Third Watch entitled "Patterns".
- When she was still a teen, Elizabeth appeared as a contestant in the 1987 Nickelodeon game show, Finders Keepers.
- Daughter of Ann Mitchell, who worked in a bank, and Mark Mitchell, a factory worker for General Electric, Elizabeth is the eldest of four siblings.
- She converted to Judaism upon marrying Max Handelman on July 5, 2003. In 2008, Elizabeth and her husband co-founded the production company Brownstone Productions.
- As a hobby, she enjoys Fantasy Football. She was also learning to fly the trapeze in 2008.
- In 2005, she was considered for the role of Susan Storm/Invisible Girl, eventually played by Jessica Alba, in Fantastic Four while in 2009, she turned down a part in The Crazies (2010), as it was similar to the character she played in Slither.
- In Oliver Stone's W. (2008), Elizabeth played Laura Bush, wife of the former president George W., whom she met at the White House screening of her film Seabiscuit in 2003.
- Having had to kiss Leonardo DiCaprio in Catch Me if You Can, Elizabeth says he's a good kisser.
- Elizabeth and her husband met at the University of Pennsylvania. She made the first move with him. After their first date, she told him, "I'm so making out with you" and the rest was history.
- Elizabeth Banks: Sex is always funny. I don't find it sexy -- I find it really horrifying. But it's an act that we need. And that need, that desire, is what makes it really funny.
- Elizabeth Banks: (on keeping her skin looking fresh) If I'm in a rush, I'll grab a soda can and stick it under my eyes.
- Elizabeth Banks: I actually think that secrets are just a part of human nature and that everybody should have some.
- Elizabeth Banks: (on horror films) I think it's the same as comedy. They're just highly entertaining. They take you on a ride. They tap into your base emotions fear and laughter.
- Elizabeth Banks: I play Rock Band, which is Guitar Hero times ten. You can play with four people, so when you have parties, you have a real band. Nobody ever wants to sing, so I'm always the one throwing down on the mic. I don't love the gun games. X-Y-A-B? I don't know any of the moves, and I don't have the time to learn that shit.
- Elizabeth Banks: I play a real life character, Janet, whos Vince Papales wife. The woman of his dreams, the mother of his children, is this woman Janet, and shes a total spitfire and she really keeps him on his toes.
- Elizabeth Banks: (about her role in "Slither") I didnt even mind having KY Jelly being smeared on me.
- Elizabeth Banks: Most men I know rely on women to do all the literal dirty work. Anything involving poop, vomit, or blood -- always handled by women. Men don't understand basic bodily functions. They don't want to be bothered with it. But we bleed every month and we take care of babies, so we don't have any issues. I also end up killing all the bugs in my house. It's one of my favorite things to do: hunt spiders.
- Elizabeth Banks: You got to have an agent... it's a business. But I think there is a way to be artful and commercial at the same time.
- Elizabeth Banks: I love working with a stylist but I also love having personal relationships with designers. A stylist is great for pulling together an entire outfit, accessories included, and for shaking me out of my comfort zone.
- Elizabeth Banks: If I ever complain about yachting around the Mediterranean with Madonna, who I just idolized as a child, I should be slapped across the face.
- Elizabeth Banks: When I was in college I was accused of being a goody two-shoes. But every goody two-shoes has a bad side.
