“Violence against women is real and something I feel passionately about, and the gateway to all that is wolf whistling. It's allowing a man to impose his will on a woman who is just trying to walk down the street and live her life. It's all about unwanted versus wanted attention, and, of course, there's a fine line.”

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.