Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 19, 1982
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
126 titles
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
Filmography
Gary
Tiffany Jerimovich
The Home
Ms. Jacobs
The Musical
Abigail
Is It Cake? Halloween
Self - Judge
Dish It Out
Self - Guest
Long Story Short
(voice)
Wylde Pak
Alice Kelly (voice)
Mr. Polaroid
Self - Narrator (voice)
After Midnight
Self
Carol & the End of the World
(voice)
The Ultimate Improv Show
Monologist
Transatlantic
Mary Jayne Gold
The Seven Faces of Jane
Jane
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
Erica Daley (voice)
Untitled Improv Project
Monologist
Vindicators 2
Supernova (voice)
The Bear
Tiffany Jerimovich
Minx
Maggie
More Than Robots
Director
The Contractor
Brianne
Mark, Mary + Some Other People
Dr. Jacobs
Aquaman: King of Atlantis
Mera (voice)
Injustice
Harley Quinn (voice)
Ten Year Old Tom
Dakota (voice)
Fear Street: 1666
Adult Ziggy / C. Berman
Fear Street: 1978
C. Berman / Adult Ziggy
Fear Street: 1994
C. Berman (voice)
Cinema Toast
North Hollywood
Abigaile
INVINCIBLE
Eve (voice)
Marvel's 616
Director
Come Play
Sarah
I Used to Go Here
Kate Conklin
Earth to Ned
Herself
Magic Camp
Christina Darkwood
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Barbara Brinson (voice)
Marvel's Storyboards
Self
Community Table Read
Britta Perry
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Self - Contestant
The Twilight Zone
Annie
Weird City
Mulia
Curated
Director
Random Acts of Flyness
Herself
Ibiza
Harper
Life of the Party
Helen
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
Self - Special Guest
Lemon
Tracy
Justice League Action
Roxy Rocket (voice)
Brother Nature
Gwen Turley
Don't Think Twice
Samantha