Elizabeth Banks was born in Pittsfield, a small town on the border between Massachusetts and New York. As a child, she participated in Nick's children's channel game shows and was locally selected as the "Queen of the Harvest Festival". Graduated laude from the University of Pennsylvania and entered the American Academy of Drama (A.C.T.) Learn to act. Her boyfriend, whom she met in college, married her in 2003, after which Banks converted to Buddhism. She has starred in the youth comedy Harrah's Camp, Toby Maguire's The Age of The Gallop, Guy Richie and Madonna's The Homage, the big-budget Cat and Mouse Game, and played the role of Betty Brant in the Spider-Man series. The comedy "Forty-Year-Old Virgin", the Disney family film "Invincible" and the bizarre horror film "Torn Man" have been well received and quickly pushed Banks to the level of starring female star. She also starred in Johnny Knoxville's "Man on the Grass," Vince Vaughn's "Brother Santa Claus in the Arctic," Paul Luther and Sean William Scott's Big Brother Project, Alan Eckhart's "Meet Bill," and Eddie Murphy's "Dave Spaceship," all of which were comedies, with apato's "Zach and Minnie" coming into the spotlight. Banks will also play President Bush's wife, Laura, in Oliver Stone's biopic W. Bush.
