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Lisa Banes

Lisa Banes

Actor · Died June 14, 2021, aged 65 · Chagrin Falls, Ohio, USA

Lisa Banes (July 9, 1955 – June 14, 2021) was born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, USA. She was an American actress, known for Gone Girl (2014), A Cure for Wellness (2016) and Cocktail (1988). She died on June 14, 2021 in New York City, New York, after suffering brain damage from a hit-and-run scooter accident on June 4th.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 9, 1955
Died
June 14, 2021 (aged 65)
From
Chagrin Falls, Ohio, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
51 on MovieCove · 68 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 31% in 30 days

What are Lisa Banes' films like?

Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Genres

Drama9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 35th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Thriller2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 16th percentile
: browse their Thriller movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
27%
Self
23%
Bonds
20%
Survival
19%
Power
6%
Society
4%
Ideas
2%
Justice7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 18 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 9 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 4 · Charged 7 · Intense 7

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 7 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 7 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 2

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 10 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

5 analyzed roles

Usually the Threshold guardian: 3 of 5 analyzed roles.

Threshold guardian
3 of 5
Ally
2 of 5

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
14
Melancholic
9
Absurd
4
Dread
3
Contemplative
4
Other
15

How their films linger

Bittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet10
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Lisa Banes' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 36 of their 51 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Lisa Banes' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

68 credits, 51 with a MovieCove page.

  • Them(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Esther Haber

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Six Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Holly

  • The Orville(2017)

    Show 3 episodes · as Speria Balask

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • A Cure for Wellness(2016)

    as Hollis

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Rosewood(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Esther Wilford

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • The Strongest Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Mrs. Rosen

  • Gone Girl(2014)

    as Marybeth Elliott

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Madam Secretary(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Arabelle Marsh

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Masters of Sex(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · as Nina Clavermore

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Perception(2012)

    Show 2 episodes · as Irene Reardon

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Once Upon a Time(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Lady Tremaine

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • The Good Wife(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Georgia McGowen

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Legally Blondes(2009)

    as Headmistress Higgins

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Brothel(2008)

    as Priscilla

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Freedom Writers(2007)

    as Karin Polachek

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Psych(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Edna Crocker

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Saved (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Victoria Cole

  • The Unit(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Rhea Morrison

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • In Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as District Attorney Margaret Mannheim

  • Out of Practice(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Combustion(2004)

    as Mayor Walker

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Boston Legal(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Attorney Kimberly Mellon

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Desperate Housewives(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Vera Keck

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • NCIS(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Olivia Edmunds

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Girls Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 9 episodes · Actor

  • Pumpkin(2002)

    as Chippy McDuffy

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Dragonfly(2002)

    as Flora

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Six Feet Under(2001)

    Show 3 episodes · as Victoria

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Son of the Beach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 42 episodes · as Mayor Anita Massengil

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Elanie Frye Cavanaugh

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 4 episodes · as Barbara Hutton

  • Legacy(1998)

    Show 4 episodes · as Georgina Winters

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • The King of Queens(1998)

    Show 2 episodes · as Georgia Boone

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Without Limits(1998)

    as Elfriede Prefontaine

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Jackal(1997)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Practice(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Judge Samantha Cooke

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?(1996)

    as Jessica Lewisohn

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Last Exit to Earth(1996)

    as Elder

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • My Son Is Innocent(1996)

    as Lisa Eubanks

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • High Society (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Tippi Von Schlagger

  • Murder One(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Vivien Barone

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Miami Rhapsody(1995)

    as Gynecologist

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • The Avenging Angel(1995)

    as Rebecca Heaton

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Lieberman in Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Woman

  • Cries from the Heart(1994)

    as Ms. Tolbert

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • A Family Torn Apart(1993)

    as Barbara Forester

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Frasier(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Pamela

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Doctor Renhol

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Revenge on the Highway(1992)

    as Vi Sams

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • The Presence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Diana

  • A Killer Among Us(1990)

    as Joanna Westrope

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • American Dreamer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Trials of Rosie O'Neill(1990)

    Show 34 episodes · as Doreen Morrison

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Roseanne(1988)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • Young Guns(1988)

    as Mallory

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Cocktail(1988)

    as Bonnie

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • China Beach(1988)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Hemingway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 4 episodes · as Martha Gelhorn

  • Leg Work (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 2 episodes · as Celia Checkman

  • One Police Plaza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Erica

  • L.A. Law(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Cara Mitchell

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • Kane & Abel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Anne Kane

  • Marie(1985)

    as Toni Greer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Spenser: For Hire(1985)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • The Equalizer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Allison

  • Murder, She Wrote(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Lucy Hendrix

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • The Hotel New Hampshire(1984)

    as Mother Berry

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Look Back in Anger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Alison Porter

Career shape

Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 68 titles from 1980 to 2021; peak year 1987.

Biggest box office

Gone Girl (2014)

$371M worldwide

Highest rated

Gone Girl (2014)

Midcredits 99th

Film career

19802021

Peak 1987 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting67 of 68: 67 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score69thOther crew1 of 68: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1980s15 · acting1990s24 · 23 acting · 1 crew2000s18 · acting2010s10 · acting2020s1 · acting

Billing

usually 10th · top billed in 0% of 11 roles
8499

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Lisa Banes' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 44th percentile, the median of all 23; across their 18 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 34th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

34thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Approval · how many liked their films

40thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Reach · how many have seen their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Midcredits score across 51 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up21
  • 50th to 74th14
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

23 of their 51 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved12
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser23
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed13

Most divisive · actor

Legally Blondes (2009)

76th percentile spread · 59% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Gone Girl (2014)

Midcredits 99th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the acting 62/100 in their films, across 17 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 41. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Lisa Banes' work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity and profanity run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles40–88 · median 71 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity8 titles24–76 · median 52 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity7 titles35–75 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 40 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 72 · intenseMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Lisa Banes work with?

People who share at least 2 of Lisa Banes' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Craig R. Baxley shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers