Our very own Effie Trinket, Elizabeth Banks will be honored at the CinemaCon Awards. Congrats Elizabeth!

Read the official press release below:

D.C. (April 4, 2013) – Elizabeth Banks will receive the “CinemaCon^® Award For Excellence In Acting” at this year’s CinemaCon, it was announced today by the convention’s Managing Director Mitch Neuhauser. CinemaCon, the largest and most important convention for the motion picture theatre industry, will be held from April 15-18, 2013 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas at which time more than 5,000 industry members will be gathering. Banks will be presented with this special honor at the “CinemaCon Big Screen Achievement Awards” ceremony to take place on Thursday evening, April 18, in The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. The Coca-Cola Company, the official presenting sponsor of CinemaCon, will host the final night gala awards program.

“One of Hollywood’s most versatile actresses, Elizabeth Banks has captured moviegoing audiences’ attention across the globe with her spot-on portrayals of a diverse array of characters,” noted Neuhauser. “From First Lady Laura Bush in ‘W.,’ to an emotionally charged pregnant woman in ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting,’ to the highly fashionable and eccentric Capitol Escort Effie Trinket in ‘The Hunger Games,’ Banks embraces each role unlike no other actress out there. We are thrilled to be able to honor her this year with the ‘CinemaCon Award for Excellence in Acting.’”

Banks will reprise her highly anticipated role as Effie Trinket later this fall in the Lionsgate release “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” coming to theatres on November 22. The film begins as Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74^th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a “Victor’s Tour” of the districts. Along the way, Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75^th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) – a competition that could change Panem forever.

With a graduate degree from the American Conservatory Theater, Banks has graced the stage, small screen and big screen. On the big screen, she can be seen in such diverse films as “Pitch Perfect,” “The Hunger Games,” “What to Expect When You’re Expecting,” “People Like Us,” “Our Idiot Brother,” “W.,” “Zack and Miri Make A Porno,” “Seabiscuit” and “Catch Me If You Can,” to name a few. On the small screen, Banks is a two-time Emmy Award nominee for ‘Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series’ for her performance as ‘Avery Jessup’ on “30 Rock.” She has also appeared on “Modern Family” and in a recurring role on “Scrubs.” Her extensive theater credits include many roles in American Conservatory Theater productions as well as the Guthrie Theater’s production of “Summer & Smoke.” In 2006, Banks played Cherie, the female lead in William Inge’s comedy “Bus Stop,” as part of the Williamstown Theater Festival.

About CinemaCon

CinemaCon will attract upwards of 5,000 motion picture professionals from all facets of the industry –from exhibition and distribution, to the equipment and concession areas – all on hand to celebrate the moviegoing experience and the cinema industry. From exclusive Hollywood product presentations highlighting a slate of upcoming films, to must-see premiere feature screenings, to the biggest stars, producers and directors, CinemaCon will help jumpstart the excitement and buzz that surrounds the summer season at the box office.

CinemaCon is delighted to have both the International Cinema Technology Association (ICTA) and National Association of Concessionaires (NAC) as its tradeshow partners. Cinemacon is also delighted to have as its official presenting sponsor, The Coca-Cola Company, one of the industry’s greatest and highly regarded and respected partners in the world of the movies. Additional information on CinemaCon, the Official Convention of NATO, can be found at www.cinemacon.com.

About NATO

The National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) is the largest exhibition trade organization in the world, representing more than 30,000 movie screens in all 50 states, and additional cinemas in 57 countries worldwide. NATO’s membership includes the largest cinema chains in the world and hundreds of independent theatre owners, too.

According to Deadline, Hunger Games actress Elizabeth Banks and Kristen Stewart, who is known for playing Bella in Twilight, will be joining Jim Sturgess in Steven Shainberg’s The Big Shoe.

Sturgess plays a gifted shoe designer forced to break free from a family who wants to turn his designs into mass-produced knock-offs. The family hires psychotherapist Mary Kay (Banks) and muse Delphi (Stewart) to lure him back to work. Shainberg says the film will combine eroticism and humor in a similar way to dark comedy Secretary.

Hunger Games actress Elizabeth Banks turns 38 today, February 10th! Happy Birthday to our very own Effie Trinket! Aside from The Hunger Games, her recent movie projects includes Pitch Perfect, What to Expect When you are Expecting, People Like us and Movie 43.

Hunger Games actress Elizabeth Banks shared a photo of her with Eric Stonestreet, who plays Cameron Tucker in Modern Family. She shared the photo with the following tweet, “Word seems to be trickling out, but rumor has it I’m back guest starring on another show. I’ll give you a hint”

EW has also confirmed that she’s indeed returning to the said tv series where she plays the role of Sal.

EW has learned exclusively that Elizabeth Banks will reprise her season one character as Mitch & Cam’s wild and hard-partying best girlfriend on Modern Family this season!

If you want to have your own copy of Pitch Perfect starring Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Rebel Wilson, Alexis Knapp, and Elizabeth Banks, you can now pre-order the DVD and Blu-Ray from Amazon.  The movie is produced by our very own Effie Trinket!

If you have not seen the movie, watch the trailer below: