Banks starred in the science fiction adventure film "The Hunger Games" (2012), playing Effie Trinket, a woman from "The Capitol" who escorts the District 12 tributes to the annual Hunger Games. She went on to reprise the role in the sequel films ' (2013), ' (2014), and "" (2015). Banks co-starred in the 2014 movie "Every Secret Thing", playing Detective Nancy Porter investigating the disappearance of a young child with similarities to a case she had previously been involved with. The same year, she provided the voice of the Master Builder Wyldstyle in the Warner Bros. animated film "The Lego Movie".