Gillian Jacobs
Acting
🎂 1982-10-19
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.
Cast credits(116)
Christie (voice)
2005
Supernova (voice)
2013
BluRay / Computer V.O. (voice)
2010
BluRay (voice)
2010
Sue Smith
2001
Eve (voice)
2021
Eve / College Girl (voice)
2021
Sonia
2009
Self
2014
Joanne Ostler
2008
Britta Perry
2009
Self - Guest
2009
Tiffany Jerimovich
2022
Self - Guest Judge
2009
Self
2004
(voice)
2005
Barbara Brinson (voice)
2020
Carl's Wife (voice)
2000
Tess Frimoli
2009
Self
2013
Mimi-Rose Howard
2012
Self
2003
Post-Apocalypse Woman
2012
Self
2012
Self
2014
Becky Bunker
2016
Marsha Backwood (voice)
2004
Roxy Rocket (voice)
2016
Self
2024
Annie
2019
Self - Panelist
2016
Self - Panelist
2016
Maggie
2022
Mickey Dobbs
2016
C. Berman (voice)
2021
Erin
2015
Harley Quinn (voice)
2021
C. Berman / Adult Ziggy
2021
(voice)
2023
Brianne
2022
Jenny Tanner
2016
Chip
2016
Self
2013
Adult Ziggy / C. Berman
2021
Erica Daley (voice)
2022
Rose
2014
Self - Contestant
2020
Jill
2015
Miranda
2013
Young Patient
2014
Self - Special Guest
2018
Sta'abi (voice)
2013
Waitress / Katie
2012
Helen
2018
Sarah
2020
Harper
2018
Dakota (voice)
2021
2021
Dana
2009
Tall Girl
2009
Alice Kelly (voice)
2025
Sadie
2015
Martha
2013
Jane
2023
Katie
2005
Mary Jayne Gold
2023
Darla
2011
Adele Congreve
2006
Shira Wall
2013
Christina Darkwood
2020
Sarah
2013
Sonny
2012
Mulia
2019
Kimberly
2007
Penny
2015
Nicky
2016
Tina
2012
Narrator (voice)
2025
Suzanne
2011
Helena
2010
CJ
2010
Self
2016
Gwen Turley
2016
Dr. Jacobs
2021
Ada Lovelace
2016
Marni
Fay
2014
Lauren
2012
Eggs
Therapist (voice)
Tracy
2017
Babe
2013
Paige
2014
Herself
2020
Leslie
2008
Mitzi McNeil
2013
Linka
2011
Abigaile
2021
Rosalind / Katherine (voice)
2015
Cherry Daiquiri / Beth
2008
Self
2014
Samantha
2016
Lacey
2014
Kate Conklin
2020
Froggy
2007
Britta Perry
Herself
2018
Britta Perry
2020
Cindy Tyler
Emily
2014
Mera (voice)
2021
Self
2011
Sta'abi (voice)
2013
Zoe
2010
Self
2020
Self
2014
