Gillian Jacobs
Actor
- Born
- October 19, 1982 (age 44) · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Gillian MacLaren 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.
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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.
Known for
Fear Street: 1994
June 28, 2021
Fear Street: 1978
July 8, 2021
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
June 22, 2012
Fear Street: 1666
July 14, 2021
The Box
October 29, 2009
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
March 14, 2013
Walk of Shame
May 2, 2014
Ibiza
May 25, 2018
The Contractor
March 10, 2022
Life of the Party
May 10, 2018
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
February 20, 2015
Injustice
October 9, 2021
Acting59
- 2026The Musical as Abigail
- 2026Gary as Tiffany Jerimovich
- 2026The Home as Ms. Jacobs
- 2025Mr. Polaroid as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2023The Seven Faces of Jane as Jane
- 2022Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again as Erica Daley (voice)
- 2022The Contractor as Brianne
- 2021Mark, Mary + Some Other People as Dr. Jacobs
- 2021Injustice as Harley Quinn (voice)
- 2021Fear Street: 1666