Banks is from Durham, North Carolina, where she attended Hillside High School.
She was a keen track and field athlete and captain of the basketball team, as well as president of the drama club.
[1][2] Banks appeared as defense attorney Siobhan Quay alongside Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge in Showtime 1990s Boston-set series City on a Hill, landing a role in season one shortly after graduating from Yale Drama School in 2017 and moving to series regular with season two.
[5] Her performance was described as being “played with warmth and great feeling” by Mike Hale in The New York Times.
[6] In October 2023, she was added to the cast of The Dutchman, an upcoming American thriller film directed by Andre Gaines, based on the 1964 play of the same name by Amiri Baraka.