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As a producer, Banks is currently in development on several projects, including the comedy What About Barb, a story about a socialite who must allow her cousin to be maid of honor so her rich uncle will pay for the wedding; The Surrogates, a sci-fi feature based on the graphic novel; and Too Far from Home, an adaptation of the Chris Jones novel about three astronauts who were stranded on the international space station.
Last year, Banks starred opposite Mark Wahlberg and Greg Kinnear in the sports drama Invincible, which opened number one at the box office. In 2005, Banks made a memorable turn in Judd Apatow's The 40-Year-Old Virgin as a playful bookstore employee who tries to seduce Steve Carell's title character. Her other recent credits include The Sisters, opposite Maria Bello and Eric McCormack, and the comedy horror Slither.
Banks shared a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination with the ensemble cast of the 2003 drama Seabiscuit. Her additional film credits include Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can; Daltry Calhoun, with Johnny Knoxville; Heights, opposite Glenn Close and James Marsden; Sexual Life; The Baxter; Shaft, with Samuel L. Jackson; and Wet Hot American Summer. Banks has also appeared in the indie features The Trade and Ordinary Sinner, which won the Best Film Award at the 2002 Slamdunk Film Festival in Park City.
On television, Banks has a recurring role on NBC's Scrubs. She will also be seen in the CBS miniseries Comanche Moon, which is scheduled to air in late December.
For the stage, Banks' theater credits include American Conservatory Theatre's productions of Hurlyburly, Bethlehem, A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Woman of No Importance and Uncle Vanya, as well as the Guthrie Theater's production of Summer & Smoke, directed by David Esbjornson, and William Inge's comedy Bus Stop at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
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Elizabeth Banks Facts
| Birth Name | Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Birthday | February 10, 1975 (33) |
| Sign | Aquarius |
| Birthplace | Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA |
Selected Filmography
| The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) |
| Spider-Man 2 (2004) |
| Catch Me If You Can (2002) |
| Spider-Man (2002) |
| Wet Hot American Summer (2001) |
| Ultraviolet (2000) |
| The Apostle (1998) |
| Heights |
Seabiscuit  as Mrs. Howard (breakthrough) |
| The Baxter |