Gillian Jacobs
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.
118 acting credits · 5 directing credits
Acting · 118
Rick and Morty
2013
American Dad!
2005
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
INVINCIBLE
2021
Regular Show
2010
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
The Good Wife
2009
Fringe
2008
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Robot Chicken
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Community
2009
The Bear
2022
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
2013
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020
The Soup
2004
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000
Royal Pains
2009
Girls
2012
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
Gary
2026
After Midnight
2024
Angie Tribeca
2016
The Venture Bros.
2004
To Tell the Truth
2016
The Twilight Zone
2019
Justice League Action
2016
Match Game
2016
Minx
2022
Dr. Ken
2015
Hollywood Game Night
2013
Carol & the End of the World
2023
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$
2016
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2020
HarmonQuest
2016
Wylde Pak
2025
Love
2016
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
2018
Weird City
2019
The Contractor
2022
Long Story Short
2025
Monsters vs. Aliens
2013
Cinema Toast
2021
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
2014
Traveler
2007
The Greatest Event in Television History
2012
Fear Street: 1994
2021
Transatlantic
2023
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
2013
Fear Street: 1978
2021
The Book of Daniel
2006
Life of the Party
2018
Ten Year Old Tom
2021
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
2022
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
2012
The Box
2009
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
2015
Walk of Shame
2014
Visions
2015
Fear Street: 1666
2021
Come Play
2020
Random Acts of Flyness
2018
Great Minds with Dan Harmon
2016
Magic Camp
2020
Injustice
2021
Long Live the Royals
2015
Solitary Man
2009
Is It Cake? Halloween
2025
Dish It Out
2025
Advanced Television Production - 5 Days, 2 Scripts, No Sleep
2014
Earth to Ned
2020
Aquaman: King of Atlantis
2021
Revenge for Jolly!
2012
Ibiza
2018
Harmontown
2014
Marvel's Storyboards
2020
Bad Milo!
2013
Don't Think Twice
2016
The Musical
2026
Choke
2008
Tiny Commando
2013
Black or White
2015
Let Go
2011
North Hollywood
2021
Brother Nature
2016
Lemon
2017
Gardens of the Night
2008
Dean
2016
Community Table Read
2020
Coach
2010
The Seven Faces of Jane
2023
Life Partners
2014
Mark, Mary + Some Other People
2021
Untitled Community Movie
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Adventures in the Sin Bin
2012
The Lookalike
2014
I Used to Go Here
2020
Helena from the Wedding
2010
Captain Planet with Don Cheadle
2011
Helena from the Wedding: Cast Interviews
2011
Watching TV with the Red Chinese
2011
Blackbird
2007
The Big Ask
2014
Six Seasons and a Finale
2016
Monsters Vs Aliens: Cloning Around
2013
NoNAMES
2010
Up All Night
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No Way Jose
2015
Mr. Polaroid
2025
Building Girl
2005
The Home
2026
Crush
2013
It's Not You, It's Me
2013
Made in Cleveland
2013
Beverly Hills
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