Gillian Jacobs
Acting
Born 1982-10-19
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
126 credits
Awards
Nominated for 1 Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Comedy Supporting Actress Award
Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Comedy Supporting Actress 1 nominated
- 2012 Best Comedy Supporting Actress Nominated Community
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Gillian Jacobs (born October 19, 1982) is an American film, theatre and television actress, best known for her role as Britta Perry on the NBC comedy series Community.
Jacobs was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her mother, Martina Magenau Jacobs, was a Carnegie Mellon University director of alumni relations at the Heinz College. Her father, William F. Jacobs Jr., was an investment banker.She was raised in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon. She is of French, German, Irish, and Scottish descent. Her family owned the Jackson Koehler Eagle Brewery, established in 1847 in Erie, Pennsylvania, where her grandfather, John Martin Magenau Jr., served as President and CEO until its closure in 1978.
Jacobs began studying acting at the age of eight, and attended acting classes on Saturdays at the Pittsburgh Playhouse while growing up.She performed with the Pittsburgh Public Theater, where she was a perennial contender in the Public's Shakespeare Monologue Contest, leading her to be cast as Titania in its production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. After graduating from Mt. Lebanon High School in 2000, Jacobs moved to New York City, New York to attend the Juilliard School, where she was a member of the Drama Division's Group 33. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2004.
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Filmography
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Acting
59 credits
Rick and Morty
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Late Night with Seth Meyers
American Dad!
Regular Show
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
INVINCIBLE
Conan
The Good Wife
The Bear
Fringe
RuPaul's Drag Race
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Community
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Robot Chicken
Justice League Action
Star Trek: Lower Decks
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Girls
Royal Pains
Angie Tribeca
After Midnight
Comedy Bang! Bang!
The Soup
Off Camera with Sam Jones
The Venture Bros.
Dr. Ken
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
The Twilight Zone
Match Game
Minx
To Tell the Truth
Love
Hollywood Game Night
Monsters vs. Aliens
HarmonQuest
Carol & the End of the World
Gary
Wylde Pak
The Contractor
Long Story Short
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
Walk of Shame
Fear Street: 1978
Fear Street: 1994
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
Ten Year Old Tom
Transatlantic
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
Magic Camp
The Box
The Book of Daniel
Weird City
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
The Ultimate Improv Show
Life of the Party
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