Do you recognize the girl in the photo? She was a superhero’s first love and she loves wigs

This little girl with curly hair and an irresistible smile, she is a talented actress. It’s about the gorgeous Elizabeth Banksactress best known for being the first love of a superhero. Let’s find out more about her and her career.

The Career of Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Irene Mitchell was born on February 10th1974 to Pittsfield, Massachusetts. She graduated cum laude from Pennsylvania UniversityElizabeth, after some appearances in television series such as Sex and the City

And Law&Orderdecide to change his surname Mitchell in Banks to distinguish herself from her fellow actress of the same name, now famous for her role as the Doctor on Lost.

One role that she has become known for is that of Betty Brant in the trilogy of Spider-Man directed by Sam Raimi. The actress said she auditioned to play Spider-Man’s girlfriend but was not chosen because she was deemed too old for her role. Yet both she and the protagonist, Tobey Maguire, they were both 28 at the time. Eventually the role was entrusted to Kirsten Dunst, ten years younger.

The important roles, the direction and the private life

Among the other films in which she starred are 40 year old virgin, Slither and the saga of Hunger Games. Indeed, in 2012, Elizabeth Banks is Effie Trinket in the sci-fi saga Hunger Games, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson. He also participates in several television sitcoms. Among these is the medical drama scrubsin which he plays the role of Kim BriggsJD’s urologist girlfriend

His debut at the direction with the movie Pitch perfect 2, starring the Bellas. In September of the same year he was part of the jury of the 75th Venice International Film Festival, directed by Alfonso Cuaron. As for her love life, in 2003 she got married after 11 years of engagement with the sports conductor and producer Max Handelman

. The couple has two sons, born in 2011 and 2012 from surrogate mother.