Gillian Jacobs
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
2020
asBritta Perry
2009
asDana
2008
asCherry Daiquiri / Beth
2009
asTall Girl
2010
asHelena
2010
asCJ
2008
asLeslie
2010
asZoe
2011
asSuzanne
2012
asWaitress / Katie
2013
asMiranda
2012
asLauren
2011
asDarla
2012
asTina
2014
asRose
2013
asSarah
2014
asEmily
2007
asFroggy
2013
asBabe
2014
asFay
2015
asJill
2023
asJane
2014
asPaige
2016
asGwen Turley
2014
asLacey
2016
asNicky
asBritta Perry
2022
asErica Daley (voice)
2014
asSelf
2013
asMartha
2015
asPenny
2005
asKatie
2015
asSadie
2016
asSamantha
2013
asShira Wall
asCindy Tyler
2017
asTracy
2018
asHelen
2020
asChristina Darkwood
2018
asHarper
2013
asSta'abi (voice)
2011
asLinka
2020
asSarah
2021
asAdult Ziggy / C. Berman
2021
asC. Berman (voice)
2021
asC. Berman / Adult Ziggy
2022
asBrianne
2020
asKate Conklin
2021
asDr. Jacobs
2021
asAbigaile
2021
asHarley Quinn (voice)
asMarni
2011
asSelf
2014
asSelf
2016
asSelf
2025
asNarrator (voice)
asCarl's Wife (voice)
asJoanne Ostler
asSonny
asSue Smith
asBritta Perry
asSelf
asMera (voice)
asDakota (voice)
asMimi-Rose Howard
asPost-Apocalypse Woman
asSelf
asMarsha Backwood (voice)
asKimberly
asTess Frimoli
asAdele Congreve
as(voice)
asSta'abi (voice)
asMitzi McNeil
asErin
asRosalind / Katherine (voice)
asTiffany Jerimovich
asMickey Dobbs
asSelf - Guest Judge
asSonia
asMaggie
asChip
as(voice)
asSelf - Guest
asSelf
asSelf - Special Guest
asSelf
asHerself
asEve (voice)
asBecky Bunker
asEve / College Girl (voice)
asSelf
asHerself
asSupernova (voice)
asJenny Tanner
asBluRay / Computer V.O. (voice)
asBluRay (voice)
asSelf - Panelist
asAda Lovelace
asSelf - Panelist
asYoung Patient
asSelf
asBarbara Brinson (voice)
asChristie (voice)
asMary Jayne Gold
asSelf
asAnnie
asSelf
asEggs
asTherapist (voice)
asMulia
asRoxy Rocket (voice)
asSelf
asSelf - Contestant
as
asAlice Kelly (voice)
Production
Crew
2014
as2016
asDirecting
2023
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2015
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2022
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2018
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