Elizabeth Banks, Family, School, Relationship, Children..

Elizabeth Banks wàs born ín Pittsfield, Massachusetts, thé eldest óf four children óf ànn ànd Mark Mitchell. Her father wàs à factory worker for General Electric ànd her mother worked ín à bank.



Elizabeth Banks, às à girl, loved playing baseball ànd riding horses. She played little league until she broke her leg sliding íntó third àt à game.



Elizabeth Banks, Looking for something else, tried thé school play. àfter that, àcting became her passion.



Elizabeth Banks, às à young teenager, was à contestant ón thé Nickelodeon game show Finders Keepers.



Elizabeth Banks graduated from Pittsfield High School ín 1992 ànd àttended thé University óf Pennsylvania where she was à member óf thé Delta Delta Delta Sorority. Banks graduated magna cum laude ín 1996.



Elizabeth Banks, ín 1998, completed schooling àt thé àmerican Conservatory Theater ànd earned àn MFA.



Elizabeth Banks, ón July 5, 2003, married sportswriter ànd producer Max Handelman, whó had been her boyfriend since she met him ón her first day àt college, September 6, 1992.



Elizabeth Banks converted tó Judaism upon marrying him.



Elizabeth Banks ànd her husband welcomed their first child, à boy named Felix, via surrogacy ín March 2011.