Gillian Jacobs
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
Actor
as Maggie
as Britta Perry
as Cindy Tyler
as Eggs
as Therapist (voice)
as Self
as Jane
as (voice)
as Mary Jayne Gold
as Erica Daley (voice)
as Brianne
as Tiffany Jerimovich
as Maggie
as Dr. Jacobs
as Harley Quinn (voice)
as Adult Ziggy / C. Berman
as C. Berman / Adult Ziggy
as C. Berman (voice)
as Abigaile
as Mera (voice)
as Dakota (voice)
as Eve (voice)
as Eve / College Girl (voice)
as Sarah
as Kate Conklin
as Christina Darkwood
as Britta Perry
as Herself
as Lieutenant Barbara Brinson (voice)
as Self
as Self - Contestant
as Annie
as Mulia
as Harper
as Helen
as Herself
as Self - Special Guest
as Tracy
as Gwen Turley
as Samantha
as Nicky
as Roxy Rocket (voice)
as Chip
as Self - Panelist
as Self - Panelist
as Ada Lovelace
as Jenny Tanner
as Mickey Dobbs
as Becky Bunker
as Sadie
as Penny
as Jill
as Rosalind / Katherine (voice)
as Erin
as Paige
as Fay
as Lacey
as Emily
as Rose
as Self
as Young Patient
as Self
as Self
as Shira Wall
as Sta'abi (voice)
as Sarah
as Martha
as Miranda
as Babe
as Supernova (voice)
as Self
as Mitzi McNeil
as Self
as Sta'abi (voice)
as Tina
as Waitress / Katie
as Lauren
as Post-Apocalypse Woman
as Self
as Mimi-Rose Howard
as Suzanne
as Darla
as Linka
as Helena
as Zoe
as CJ
as BluRay / Computer V.O. (voice)
as BluRay (voice)
as Dana
as Tall Girl
as Sonia
as Britta Perry
as Self - Guest
as Tess Frimoli
as Self - Judge
as Leslie
as Cherry Daiquiri / Beth
as Joanne Ostler
as Froggy
as Kimberly
as Adele Congreve
as Katie
as (voice)
as Christie (voice)
as Marsha Backwood (voice)
as Self
as Sue Smith
as Carl's Wife (voice)
Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
Writer
as Writer