Gillian Jacobs
Age: 38 | From: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1982-10-20 10:22:17
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Movie Involvements: 15
TV Involvements: 11
Most Famous Work
Biography
Gillian Jacobs (born October 20, 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.
Most Famous Work
Come Play
(2020) Sarah
Fringe
(2008) Joanne Ostler
The Good Wife
(2009) Sonia
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
(2001) Sue Smith
RuPaul's Drag Race
(2009) Guest Judge
Justice League Action
(2016) Roxy Rocket (voice)
The Twilight Zone
(2019) Annie
The Box
(2009) DanaActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Sarah | |
| Kate Conklin | ||
| Christina Darkwood | ||
| Self | ||
| Annie Mitchell | ||
| 2019 | Annie | |
| Mulia | ||
| 2018 | Herself | |
| Harper | ||
| Helen | ||
| Herself | ||
| 2017 | Tracy | |
| 2016 | Roxy Rocket (voice) | |
| Gwen Turley | ||
| Samantha | ||
| Chip | ||
| Herself - Panelist | ||
| Herself | ||
| Nicky | ||
| Ada Lovelace | ||
| Mickey Dobbs | ||
| 2015 | Rosalind / Katherine (voice) | |
| Sadie | ||
| Penny | ||
| Jill | ||
| 2014 | Paige | |
| Fay | ||
| Lacey | ||
| Emily | ||
| Rose | ||
| Herself | ||
| Herself | ||
| 2013 | Supernova (voice) | |
| Shira Wall | ||
| Sta'abi (voice) | ||
| Mitzi McNeil | ||
| Sarah | ||
| Martha | ||
| Sta'abi (voice) | ||
| Miranda | ||
| Babe | ||
| 2012 | Tina | |
| Waitress / Katie | ||
| Lauren | ||
| Mimi-Rose Howard | ||
| 2011 | Suzanne | |
| Darla DeMint | ||
| Linka | ||
| 2010 | Helena | |
| Zoe | ||
| CJ | ||
| 2009 | Sonia | |
| Britta Perry | ||
| Dana | ||
| Tall Girl | ||
| Tess Frimoli | ||
| Guest Judge | ||
| 2008 | Leslie | |
| Cherry Daiquiri / Beth | ||
| Joanne Ostler | ||
| 2007 | Kimberly | |
| Froggy | ||
| 2006 | Adele Congreve | |
| 2005 | (voice) | |
| N/A | ||
| Katie | ||
| 2004 | Marsha Backwood (voice) | |
| 2001 | Sue Smith | |
| 2000 | Carl's Wife (voice) | |
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| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Director | |
| 2018 | Director | |
| 2015 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
