Gone Girl actor Lisa Banes dies after tragic hit-and-run accident

New York, New York - Actor Lisa Banes, who starred in Cocktail and Gone Girl, died Monday from head injuries suffered when a hit-and-run scooter rider struck her on the Upper West Side, police said.

Lisa Banes at Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Noel Coward Present Laughter at the American Airlines Theatre in New York in 2010.
Lisa Banes at Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Noel Coward Present Laughter at the American Airlines Theatre in New York in 2010.  © IMAGO / MediaPunch

Banes died at Mount Sinai St Luke's Hospital, where she was rushed on June 4 after getting hit as she crossed Amsterdam Avenue at West 64th Street near Lincoln Center, with the green light. She was 65.

The scooter driver, heading north on Amsterdam, ran the red light, then kept going after striking Banes so hard she was knocked out of the crosswalk, police and witnesses said.

Police are still searching for the suspect.

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Shortly after the collision, Banes' wife, Kathryn Kranhold, asked supporters "to pray for Lisa" and to call police if they knew anything about the scooter rider.

Banes was on her way to meet friends for dinner when she was struck. She had intended to first stop by her alma mater, the Juilliard School, as well as Lincoln Center, Kranhold said.

Banes lived in Los Angeles but was in town to perform in The Nineties, a two-woman show being streamlined by the Manhattan Theater Club.

She was Tom Cruise's romantic interest in 1988's Cocktail and she played the mother of a missing woman in Gone Girl (2014).

On television, she had roles on shows including Nashville, China Beach, and One Life to Live.

Born in 1955 in Ohio, she was known for her numerous roles in films, TV series, and on Broadway in New York City.

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