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Gillian Jacobs

Gillian Jacobs

Acting

October 19, 1982 (43 years old)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Female
66 Movies
66 TV Shows

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.

Community
Community

Community

2009 8.0

as Britta Perry

Age 26 (now 43)
110 eps
INVINCIBLE
INVINCIBLE

INVINCIBLE

2021 8.6

as Eve (voice)

Age 38 (now 43)
26 eps
Ibiza
Ibiza

Ibiza

2018 5.7

as Harper

Age 35 (now 43)
Come Play
Come Play

Come Play

2020 6.4

as Sarah

Age 38 (now 43)
Walk of Shame
Walk of Shame

Walk of Shame

2014 6.0

as Rose

Age 31 (now 43)
Fear Street: 1978
Fear Street: 1978

Fear Street: 1978

2021 7.2

as C. Berman / Adult Ziggy

Age 38 (now 43)
Don't Think Twice
Don't Think Twice

Don't Think Twice

2016 6.4

as Samantha

Age 33 (now 43)
The Contractor
The Contractor

The Contractor

2022 6.4

as Brianne

Age 39 (now 43)
Life of the Party
Life of the Party

Life of the Party

2018 6.1

as Helen

Age 35 (now 43)
Love
Love

Love

2016 7.1

as Mickey Dobbs

Age 33 (now 43)
34 eps
Bad Milo!
Bad Milo!

Bad Milo!

2013 5.7

as Sarah

Age 30 (now 43)
Life Partners
Life Partners

Life Partners

2014 5.8

as Paige

Age 32 (now 43)
Visions
Visions

Visions

2015 5.3

as Sadie

Age 32 (now 43)
Black or White
Black or White

Black or White

2015 6.8

as Fay

Age 32 (now 43)
Magic Camp
Magic Camp

Magic Camp

2020 6.8

as Christina Darkwood

Age 37 (now 43)
The Box
The Box

The Box

2009 5.6

as Dana

Age 27 (now 43)