Gillian Jacobs
Known For
Acting
Born
1982-10-19 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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 Known For
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
American Dad!
as Christie (voice)
Rick and Morty
as Supernova (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Regular Show
as BluRay / Computer V.O. (voice)
Regular Show
as BluRay (voice)
The Good Wife
as Sonia
Fringe
as Joanne Ostler
Community
as Britta Perry
Invincible
as Eve (voice)
Invincible
as Eve / College Girl (voice)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Sue Smith
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
Robot Chicken
as (voice)
The Soup
as Self
Star Trek: Lower Decks
as Barbara Brinson (voice)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
The Bear
as Tiffany Jerimovich
After Midnight
as Self