Elizabeth Banks

Born: 1974-02-10

Elizabeth Banks (born February 10, 1974) is an American actress, producer and director. She is known for playing Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games film series (2012–2015) and Gail Abernathy-McKadden in the Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017). She made her directorial film debut with Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), whose $69 million opening-weekend gross set a record for a first-time director. She went on to direct, write, produce, and star in the action comedy film Charlie's Angels (2019). She also directed and produced the horror comedy film Cocaine Bear (2023). Banks founded the film and television production company Brownstone Productions in October 2002, with her husband Max Handelman. Banks made her film debut in the low-budget independent film Surrender Dorothy (1998). She has appeared in the films Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Invincible (2006), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), Role Models (2008), The Next Three Days (2010), Man on a Ledge (2012), Movie 43 (2013), The Lego Movie (2014) and its 2019 sequel, Love & Mercy (2014), Walk of Shame (2014), Magic Mike XXL (2015), Power Rangers (2017), and The Beanie Bubble (2023).


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Migration

as Pam Mallard (voice)
Released: 2023-12-06

After a migrating duck family alights on their pond with thrilling tales of far-flung places,...

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as Miss Brant
Released: 2002-05-01

After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school...

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

as Effie Trinket
Released: 2014-11-19

Katniss Everdeen reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol.

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Spider-Man 3

as Miss Brant
Released: 2007-05-01

The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the...

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

as Effie Trinket
Released: 2015-11-18

With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final...

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as Lucy
Released: 2002-12-16

A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned...

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

as Effie Trinket
Released: 2013-11-15

Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with...

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Brightburn

as Tori Breyer
Released: 2019-05-09

What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to...

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Power Rangers

as Rita Repulsa / The Green Ranger
Released: 2017-03-23

Five ordinary teens must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town of...

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as Miri
Released: 2008-09-18

Lifelong platonic friends Zack and Miri look to solve their respective cash-flow problems by...

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Pitch Perfect 2

as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
Released: 2015-05-07

The Bellas are back, and they are better than ever. After being humiliated in front of none...

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The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
Released: 2019-02-06

It's been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat:...

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as Beth
Released: 2005-08-11

Andy Stitzer has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an...

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as Effie Trinket
Released: 2012-03-12

Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its...

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The Lego Movie

as Wyldstyle / Lucy (voice)
Released: 2014-02-06

An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is...

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Charlie's Angels

as Bosley
Released: 2019-11-14

Elena Houghlin is a scientist, engineer and inventor of Calisto -- a sustainable energy source...

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Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2022-05-03

Join our hosts JB Smoove and Martin Starr for a celebration of 20 years of Spider-Man™ movies! ...

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Spider-Man 2

as Miss Brant
Released: 2004-06-25

Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he...

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Pitch Perfect 3

as Gail
Released: 2017-12-20

After the highs of winning the world championships, the Bellas find themselves split apart and...

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Movie 43

as Amy (segment "Beezel")
Released: 2013-01-24

Fifteen directors and an all-star cast created this twisted comedy that follows three teens on...

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Pitch Perfect

as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
Released: 2012-09-28

College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where...

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as Trey's Friend
Released: 2000-06-15

New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying....

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Slither

as Starla Grant
Released: 2006-03-31

A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of...

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The Next Three Days

as Lara
Released: 2010-11-18

A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of murdering her boss....

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as Lydia Mercer
Released: 2012-01-13

An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD...

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What to Expect When You're Expecting

as Wendy Cooper
Released: 2012-05-17

Challenges of impending parenthood turn the lives of five couples upside down. Two celebrities...

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The Beanie Bubble

as Robbie
Released: 2023-07-21

Ty was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women turned his stuffed...

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Magic Mike XXL

as Paris
Released: 2015-07-01

Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the...

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Fred Claus

as Charlene
Released: 2007-11-09

Fred Claus and Santa Claus have been estranged brothers for many years. Now Fred must reconcile...

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Invincible

as Janet Cantrell
Released: 2006-08-25

Inspired by the true story of Vince Papale, a man with nothing to lose who ignored the...

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as Emily
Released: 2008-02-08

When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of how he met her mother, he discovers that a...

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The Happytime Murders

as Jenny
Released: 2018-08-22

In a world where human beings and puppets live together, when the members of the cast of a...

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Every Secret Thing

as Detective Nancy Porter
Released: 2014-04-20

One clear summer day in a Baltimore suburb, a baby goes missing from her front porch. Two young...

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Swept Away

as Debi
Released: 2002-10-11

Stranded and alone on a desert island during a cruise, a spoiled rich woman and a deckhand fall...

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Walk of Shame

as Meghan
Released: 2014-05-02

A reporter's dream of becoming a news anchor is compromised after a one-night stand leaves her...

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The Uninvited

as Rachael
Released: 2009-01-30

Anna returns home after spending time in a psychiatric facility following her mother's tragic...

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as Beth
Released: 2008-11-07

Two salesmen trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the...

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as Gina Morrison
Released: 2008-07-08

A crew of miniature aliens operate a spaceship that has a human form. While trying to save their...

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Meet Bill

as Jess
Released: 2007-09-07

A mild-mannered bank executive mentors a teenage con artist and tries to make a career change as...

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Seabiscuit

as Marcela Howard
Released: 2003-07-22

True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the...

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Love & Mercy

as Melinda Ledbetter
Released: 2015-05-29

In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins...

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W.

as Laura Bush
Released: 2008-10-17

The story of the eventful life of George W. Bush—his struggles and triumphs, how he found both...

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People Like Us

as Frankie Davis
Released: 2012-06-29

After flying home to L.A. for the funeral of his estranged record-producer father, a struggling...

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Our Idiot Brother

as Miranda
Released: 2011-08-26

Everybody has one—the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to...

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Call Jane

as Joy
Released: 2022-10-27

A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America where she can't get a...

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Wet Hot American Summer

as Lindsay
Released: 2001-07-27

The setting is Camp Firewood, the year 1981. It's the last day before everyone goes back to the...

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The Details

as Nealy Lang
Released: 2012-11-02

When a family of raccoons discover worms living underneath the sod in Jeff and Nealy's backyard,...

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The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

as Self (Effie Trinket)
Released: 2015-03-06

Documentary film about the making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1. An impressively in...

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Love, Marilyn

as Self
Released: 2013-05-30

Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with...

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Little Accidents

as Diane Doyle
Released: 2014-04-04

In a small American coal town living in the shadow of a recent mining accident, the...

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Lovely, Still

as Alex
Released: 2012-12-09

A holiday fable that tells the story of an elderly man discovering love for the first time.

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Sexual Life

as Sarah
Released: 2005-01-05

As they seek romance and sexual gratification, the lives of eight Los Angeles natives —...

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Heights

as Isabel
Released: 2005-07-15

'Heights' follows five characters over 24 hours on a fall day in New York City. Isabel, a...

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The Sisters

as Nancy Pecket
Released: 2005-04-23

Based on Anton Chekov's "The Three Sisters" about siblings living in a college town who struggle...

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Robot Chicken's ATM Christmas Special

as Mrs. Claus / Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara (voice)
Released: 2012-12-16

The Robot Chicken Christmas Special has Santa nearly missing Christmas; Kano from Mortal Kombat...

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The Power of the Present

as Self - Green Ranger (2017)
Released: 2017-06-27

Exploring the history of the 'Power Rangers' franchise, casting, special effects and music.

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Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials

as Various (voice) (archive sound)
Released: 2014-11-18

This DVD release features six Christmas special episodes from Robot Chicken's hilariously...

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Daltry Calhoun

as May
Released: 2005-09-25

In small town Tennessee, a ne'er-do-well man (Knoxville) wrestling for control over his fading...

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The Baxter

as Caroline Swann
Released: 2005-08-26

A man with a "doormat" personality tries standing up for himself for a change in this comedy....

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Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

as Self (Effie Trinket)
Released: 2014-03-07

An incredibly in depth and informative compendium of nine featurettes that address virtually...

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Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot

as Herself
Released: 2015-07-31

Exclusive behind-the-scenes footage offers a glimpse into the comic minds behind a "Wet Hot"...

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The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games

as Self (Effie Trinket)
Released: 2012-08-18

A feature length, eight part documentary that covers everything from pre-production to adapting...

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Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short

as Lucy / Wyldstyle (voice)
Released: 2018-12-10

There’s nothing like the holidays in Apocalypseburg!

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Sesame Street: The Magical Wand Chase

as Bird-Lady
Released: 2017-11-11

A playful bird snatches Abby's magic wand during a hot-air balloon ride leaving Elmo, Abby and...

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Uninvited

as Lady Reporter
Released: 2000-05-19

A man is accused of murdering his childhood love and her entire family.

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Face in the Crowd

as Face
Released: 2013-11-23

A woman on a journey through a crowd grapples with private and public revelation, repulsion,...

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Surrender Dorothy

as Vicki
Released: 1998-01-21

Trevor is a busboy who is so terrified of women that he takes in a young man addicted to heroin...

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Ordinary Sinner

as Rachel
Released: 2001-10-21

Three college students, two guys and a girl, encounter bigotry and violence in a small town, and...

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Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber

as Herself - Host
Released: 2017-08-06

In 1916, the highest paid silent film director at Universal Studios was a woman named Lois...

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Asteroids!

as Cheez
Released: 2017-01-21

Mac and Cheez are back, this time on a deep space adventure. Joined by their robot sidekick,...

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self
First aired: 2014-02-17

After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent...

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American Dad!

as Becky Arangino (voice)
First aired: 2005-02-06

The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three...

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American Dad!

as Lisa Silver (voice)
First aired: 2005-02-06

The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three...

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The Daily Show

as Self
First aired: 1996-07-22

The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.

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Modern Family

as Sal
First aired: 2009-09-23

The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an...

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The Simpsons

as Persephone (voice)
First aired: 1989-12-17

Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday...

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Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self
First aired: 2014-02-25

Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Jaina Jansen
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self
First aired: 2015-09-08

Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,...

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Family Guy

as Pam Fishman (voice)
First aired: 1999-01-31

Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures...

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Scrubs

as Dr. Kim Briggs
First aired: 2001-10-02

In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine,...

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The Boys

as Elizabeth Banks (uncredited)
First aired: 2019-07-25

A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes...

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The Graham Norton Show

as Self
First aired: 2007-02-22

Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on...

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Conan

as Self
First aired: 2010-11-08

A late night television talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien.

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Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host
First aired: 1975-10-11

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...

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Without a Trace

as Clarissa
First aired: 2002-09-26

The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.

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Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Elizabeth Banks
First aired: 2000-10-15

The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe...

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30 Rock

as Avery Jessup
First aired: 2006-10-11

Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the...

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LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1988-09-05

A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind...

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The View

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1997-08-11

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...

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Sex and the City

as Catherine
First aired: 1998-06-06

Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best...

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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-05-25

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self
First aired: 2003-01-26

Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and...

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Honest Trailers

as Effie Trinket (archive footage)
First aired: 2012-02-13

Trailers that tell you the TRUTH about your favorite movies and TV shows: Honest Trailers. These...

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Made in Hollywood

as Self
First aired: 2005-09-30

Made in Hollywood is a talk show hosted by Kylie Erica Mar and Julie L. Harkness airing in...

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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self
First aired: 2014-12-21

PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and T.V. shows of the past year through...

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Comedy Bang! Bang!

as Self
First aired: 2012-06-08

Based on Scott Aukerman’s popular podcast of the same name, COMEDY BANG! BANG! cleverly riffs on...

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The Russell Howard Hour

as Self
First aired: 2017-09-21

Russell Howard offers his unique take on the week's news and current affairs, picking through...

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The Jay Leno Show

as Self
First aired: 2009-09-14

The Jay Leno Show is an American comedy show created by and starring Jay Leno, that aired at 10...

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Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later

as Lindsay
First aired: 2017-08-04

A decade after their wild summer as junior counselors, the gang reunites for a weekend of...

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Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

as Lindsay
First aired: 2015-07-31

It's the first day of camp in this outrageous prequel to the hilarious 2001 cult classic movie....

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The Muppets

as Herself
First aired: 2015-09-22

The Muppets return to primetime with a contemporary, documentary-style show. For the first time...

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The Frame

as Effie Trinket
First aired: 2013-04-09

A journey through the world of classic and contemporary cinema.

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Resident Advisors

as Doctor
First aired: 2015-04-09

Resident Advisors is an outrageous comedy set in the most hormonally-overloaded, sexually...

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Critics' Choice Movie Awards

as Herself - Presenter
First aired: 1996-01-10

The Critics' Choice Movie Awards are bestowed annually by the Broadcast Film Critics Association...

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The Early Show

as Self
First aired: 1999-11-01

The Early Show is an American morning television show which was broadcast by CBS from New York...

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Press Your Luck

as Self - Host
First aired: 2019-06-11

A game of wits, strategy and high stakes as contestants try to avoid the iconic WHAMMY for a...

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The Gong Show

as Self - Judge
First aired: 2017-06-22

Unique performers demonstrate their artistry in front of Hollywood judges in this update of the...

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Mrs. America

as Jill Ruckelshaus
First aired: 2020-04-15

The true story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, and the unexpected backlash...

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Ultra City Smiths

as Beth Billings-Timms
First aired: 2021-09-13

Two detectives must contend with dangerous corruption as they investigate the mysterious...

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Comanche Moon

as Maggie
First aired: 2008-01-13

Comanche Moon is a television miniseries that is an adaptation of the novel of the same name. It...

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Moonbeam City

as Pizzaz Miller (voice)
First aired: 2015-09-16

An absurdist, retro-futuristic 80s cop extravaganza. The series follows undercover detective...

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