Gillian Jacobs
Age: N/A | From: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: 길리언 제이콥스
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Movie Involvements: 22
TV Involvements: 14
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
(2001) Sue Smith
The Good Wife
(2009) Sonia
Fringe
(2008) Joanne Ostler
Invincible
(2021) Atom Eve / College Girl (voice)
RuPaul's Drag Race
(2009) Self - Judge
Justice League Action
(2016) Roxy Rocket (voice)
The Twilight Zone
(2019) Annie
Traveler
(2007) KimberlyActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | N/A | |
| Mary Jayne Gold | ||
| Jane | ||
| 2022 | Erica Daley (voice) | |
| Tiffany Jerimovich | ||
| Maggie | ||
| Brianne | ||
| 2021 | Dr. Jacobs | |
| Mera (voice) | ||
| Harley Quinn (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Adult Ziggy / C. Berman | ||
| C. Berman / Adult Ziggy | ||
| C. Berman | ||
| Abigaile | ||
| Samantha Eve Wilkins / Atom Eve (voice) | ||
| Atom Eve / College Girl (voice) | ||
| 2020 | Sarah | |
| Kate Conklin | ||
| Christina Darkwood | ||
| Self | ||
| Britta Perry | ||
| 2019 | Annie | |
| Mulia | ||
| 2018 | Herself | |
| Harper | ||
| Helen | ||
| Self - Special Guest | ||
| 2017 | Tracy | |
| 2016 | Roxy Rocket (voice) | |
| Gwen Turley | ||
| Samantha | ||
| Chip | ||
| Herself - Panelist | ||
| Self | ||
| Nicky | ||
| Ada Lovelace | ||
| Jenny Tanner | ||
| Mickey Dobbs | ||
| Becky Bunker / Baguette Bardot | ||
| 2015 | Rosalind / Katherine (voice) | |
| Erin | ||
| Sadie | ||
| Penny | ||
| Jill | ||
| 2014 | Paige | |
| Fay | ||
| Lacey | ||
| Emily | ||
| Rose | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2013 | Supernova (voice) | |
| Shira Wall | ||
| Self | ||
| Sta'abi (voice) | ||
| Mitzi McNeil | ||
| Sarah | ||
| Martha | ||
| Sta'abi (voice) | ||
| Miranda | ||
| Babe | ||
| 2012 | Sonny | |
| Tina | ||
| Waitress / Katie | ||
| Post Apocalypse Woman | ||
| Self | ||
| Lauren | ||
| Mimi-Rose Howard | ||
| 2011 | Suzanne | |
| Darla | ||
| Linka | ||
| 2010 | Helena | |
| BluRay / Computer V.O. (voice) | ||
| BluRay (voice) | ||
| Zoe | ||
| CJ | ||
| 2009 | Dana | |
| Sonia | ||
| Britta Perry | ||
| Tall Girl | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Tess Frimoli | ||
| Self - Judge | ||
| 2008 | Leslie | |
| Cherry Daiquiri / Beth | ||
| Joanne Ostler | ||
| 2007 | Kimberly | |
| Froggy | ||
| 2006 | Adele Congreve | |
| 2005 | (voice) | |
| Christie (voice) | ||
| Katie | ||
| 2004 | Marsha Backwood (voice) | |
| N/A | ||
| 2001 | Sue Smith | |
| 2000 | Carl's Wife (voice) | |
| Maggie | ||
| Britta Perry | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Director | |
| 2022 | Director | |
| 2020 | Director | |
| 2018 | Director | |
| 2015 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |