“Honestly, I am hoping to influence young people, and Twitter's a great way to encourage them to lend their voice to the conversation. Any time you can show young people that you support gay friends and that there are gay people in the world who are lovely, happy, singing, and in love, it opens their minds.”

American actress and filmmaker

Elizabeth Banks is an American actress and filmmaker. She is known for playing Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games film series from 2012 to 2015 and an ICCA commentator in the Pitch Perfect films from 2012 to 2017. She made her feature directorial debut with Pitch Perfect 2 in 2015, and the film’s $69 million opening weekend set a record for a first-time director. Banks later directed Charlie’s Angels in 2019 and Cocaine Bear in 2023. In 2002, she founded Brownstone Productions with her husband, Max Handelman.