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.
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Full filmography
- Rick and Morty (2013) as Supernova (voice)
- American Dad! (2005) as Christie (voice)
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self
- The Good Wife (2009) as Sonia
- Regular Show (2010) as BluRay (voice)
- Regular Show (2010) as BluRay / Computer V.O. (voice)
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) as Sue Smith
- INVINCIBLE (2021) as Eve (voice)
- INVINCIBLE (2021) as Eve / College Girl (voice)
- Fringe (2008) as Joanne Ostler
- Conan (2010) as Self
- RuPaul's Drag Race (2009) as Self - Guest Judge
- Robot Chicken (2005) as (voice)
- The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015) as Self - Guest
- Community (2009) as Britta Perry
- The Bear (2022) as Tiffany Jerimovich
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force (2000) as Carl's Wife (voice)
- Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020) as Barbara Brinson (voice)
- Royal Pains (2009) as Tess Frimoli
- @midnight with Chris Hardwick (2013) as Self
- Girls (2012) as Mimi-Rose Howard
- Angie Tribeca (2016) as Becky Bunker