Elizabeth Banks
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| Elizabeth Banks | |
 Banks in Heights |
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| Birth name | Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell |
| Born | February 10, 1974 (age 33) Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA |
Elizabeth Banks (born Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell on February 10, 1974) is an American actress.
Banks was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. As a young child, she was a contestant on the Nickelodeon game show Finders Keepers. She graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1992 and is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (1996). In 1998 she completed schooling at the American Conservatory Theater. In 2003, Banks married Max Handelman, who had been her boyfriend since college. She converted to Judaism upon marrying him.[1]
She is known for her roles in Seabiscuit, Heights, Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2 (playing the part of Betty Brant), and quickly gaining widespread exposure through movies like The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Slither. She also plays Mark Wahlberg's love interest in the Disney movie, Invincible.
In May of 2006, she appeared in the season five finale of the NBC sitcom Scrubs as Dr. Kim Briggs, Urologist, who is the love interest of J.D. (Zach Braff). The character has appeared throughout season six as a recurring guest star.
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[edit] Filmography
- Spider-Man 3 (2007)
- Bill (2007)
- Scrubs: “My Urologist” & “My Transition” (2006-05-16)
- Recurring in Scrubs Season 6 (2006–2007)
- Invincible (2006)
- Slither (2006)
- Heights (2005)
- The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
- Daltry Calhoun (2005)
- The Baxter (2005)
- Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- Seabiscuit (2003)
- Catch Me if You Can (2002)
- Swept Away (2002)
- Spider-Man (2002)
- Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
- Shaft (2000)
- Surrender Dorothy (1998)
[edit] Television Credits
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Bloom, Nate (2004). Jews on the Big Screen. JVibe. Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
