Elizabeth Banks Declines Investment in Angel City FC, Now Supports New Boston Team
Elizabeth Banks wants to leave a legacy.
As Banks, 50, and the Boston Unity Soccer Partners announce their National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) expansion team, BOS Nation, the Charlie’s Angels actress exclusively tells PEOPLE why she’s investing in the team.
“Actually, I was invited back in the day to be an investor in Angel City here in Los Angeles,” Banks says, referring to the team co-founded by Natalie Portman that inspired HBO’s 2023 docuseries. Angel City.
Banks says she “didn’t feel authentically connected to” the Los Angeles team. “I mean, I love LA and I live here, but it’s not my home.”
The Hunger Games actress says she felt like Angel City “had a lot of amazing women, female founders and women investors involved,” ultimately declining the offer to invest in Portman’s club, but the invitation “planted the seed that this was possible,” says Banks.
“I thought, gosh, it would be really interesting to do something down the line.”
When Banks learned that Boston was making a bid for the NWSL’s expansion team — beginning play in 2026 — “That felt much more right to me,” says the Massachusetts native.
“I’ve been thinking about my legacy in the place where I grew up that helped make me the woman that I am today, and this just felt like a great opportunity,” Banks says of her investment.