Elizabeth banks ::Her uncanny likeness to comedian Chelsea Handler

Actress Elizabeth Banks takes full advantage of her uncanny likeness to comedian Chelsea Handler. “I don’t mind being compared to Chelsea Handler at all. It helps me when someone says, ‘oh, you’re Chelsea Handler’ and I say ‘yes I am.’ That gives me one more gain of anonymity,” Banks told FOX411’s Pop Tarts, while promoting her new film “People Like Us,” which opens in theaters Friday. “We met at a party and we were both aware people compared or confused us. She’s a great broad, a real wit.” And although Banks is fast becoming one of the big-banking Hollywood screen stars with a recurring role in “30 Rock” and a much-coveted part in “The Hunger Games,” it turns out that she turned to acting only as a result of a severe sporting injury. “I broke my leg sliding into third base at softball practice. I was a good softball player and I needed something else to do after school, and I couldn’t run anymore so I started singing in the school choir and ended up in a production of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar,’”

She continued. “Not playing Mary Magdalene, but playing Pontius Pilate so I could wear a long flowing robe over my walking cast. That was it – I was bit by the bug.” But when she isn’t busy on a movie set, or pretending to be Ms. Handler, Banks is leading the charge as the new spokesperson for Nestlé's new Girl Scout Crunch Girl Scout bars. “I was a Girl Scout and a Brownie. The organization is amazing, you learn lifelong skills,” she added. “I went camping for the first time and learned how to ride a horse and canoe. My sister and I were very competitive so when we had to sell cookies, it was always about who could sell the most.”  

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Elizabeth Banks :: Acting On Charlie Kaufman's latest movie

Elizabeth Banks has joined the cast of Charlie Kaufman's latest movie. The Role Models star will play a highly-regarded actress in Frank Or Francis, a musical satire about Tinseltown, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Her character is having an affair with a film director played by Little Miss Sunshine's Steve Carell. Other stars already on the cast list include Nicolas Cage, Jack Black, Catherine Keener and Kevin Kline. Elizabeth, 37, will next be seen alongside Sam Worthington in Man On A Ledge and then in the eagerly anticipated Hunger Games. She also has a recurring role as the partner of Alec Baldwin's network executive Jack Donaghy in award-winning TV series 30 Rock.

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Elizabeth Blanks :: Didnot thought she will win emmy

Elizabeth Blanks is Avery Jessup in the American television comedy, a part which has won her a best guest actress Emmy Award nomination this year. Her 30 Rock co-star Tina Fey is mentioned in the same category for her stint as host on Saturday Night Live and Gwyneth Paltrow is also vying for the gong.
Elizabeth can’t believe she’s being considered for the prize and is adamant she stands no chance of winning.

“I’m completely relaxed. I honestly am really excited and really grateful to put ‘Emmy-nominated’ in my bio. If I can win someday, that would be great, but I don’t think it will be this time out. I love this character and I don't know if I'll ever get a better character. Maybe I'll never get a better chance but we'll see,” she told Parade.

“I can't win my category. [My character Avery Jessup] has great lines and she truly is an amazing character so I'm very grateful, but I don't think I can win.”
Elizabeth appears in new movie Our Idiot Brother, where Paul Rudd plays a man who wreaks havoc on his sisters’ lives. She dyed her blonde locks brown for the part, something that made a big difference to her life.
“Blondes [have more fun]. No one notices me if I’m a brunette, but they do take you more seriously and let you play doctors and lawyers,” she laughed. “It's totally scientific that the eye is drawn to light so when I walk around as a blonde, I just get noticed more than I do as a brunette. I find it really fascinating.”

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Elizabeth Banks :: Studded cast of 'The Hunger Games'

Elizabeth Banks, the American actress and star of '30 Rock', is reportedly in talks to join the star-studded cast of 'The Hunger Games'. She is being tipped to play the role of 'Effie Trinkett', a pink haired executive who works for the company running the gladiatorial games, according to 'The Wrap'.

Elizabeth Banks, best known for her roles in 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno' and 'Role Models' is said to be the first choice of director Gary Ross, who has been given the job of adapting Suzanne Collins' bestselling novel. If she signs on to the picture, she would join Oscar nominee Jennfer Lawrence, who has already landed the role of 'Katniss Everdeen', Josh Hutcherson who will play 'Peeta' and the Australian actor Liam Hemsworth who is cast as 'Gale'. The film's production company 'Lionsgate' announced two more additions to the cast on Monday (18th April 2011), confirming that Hollywood newcomers Dayo Okeniyi and Amandla Stenberg will play 'Thresh' and 'Rue' respectively.
 'The Hunger Games' follows the story of a United States that has collapsed and is replaced by a nation named 'Panem', which is divided into 12 official districts. The title refers to a brutal televised event whereby children are forced to fight to the death.
Elizabeth Banks recently completed filming the forthcoming drama movie 'Welcome to People', which is scheduled for release in 2012.

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