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ELIZABETH MARESAL MITCHELL
She is an American film actress.
She was born February 10, 1974 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA.
Her father was a factory worker at General Electric, and her mother, until recently, still worked in a bank.
As a child, Elizabeth had already participated in a children's game show on Nickelodeon called Finders Keepers.
She graduated from high school in 1992, and in the 1996-m with honors from the University of Pennsylvania. She graduated from the American Conservatory of Music in 1998.
Banks changed her name to avoid confusion with actress Elizabeth Mitchell.
She made her debut in the independent feature Surrender Dorothy.
In 2008, Banks played the role of U.S. First Lady Laura Bush in Oliver Stone's Bush.
On July 5, 2003, Banks married Max Handelman, with whom she had been friends since college. She had to convert to Judaism to seal the marriage.
