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Gillian Jacobs
Known for: ActingGillian 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. 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.
Filmography 47
Community
+5
as Britta Perry 
Love
as Mickey Dobbs 
The Musical
as Abigail 
Gary
as Tiffany Jerimovich 
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
+3
as Waitress / Katie 
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
as Erica Daley (voice) 
The Contractor
+8
as Brianne 
Walk of Shame
+3
as Rose 
Fear Street: 1978
as C. Berman / Adult Ziggy 
Ten Year Old Tom
as Dakota (voice) 
Choke
+2
as Cherry Daiquiri / Beth 
Transatlantic
as Mary Jayne Gold 
Life of the Party
+4
as Helen 
Don't Think Twice
+2
as Samantha 
Come Play
+5
as Sarah 
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
+5
as Jill 
The Box
+3
as Dana 
Long Live the Royals
+2
as Rosalind / Katherine (voice) 
Injustice
+4
as Harley Quinn (voice) 
Lemon
+12
as Tracy 
Ibiza
as Harper 
Visions
+2
as Sadie 
Bad Milo!
+8
as Sarah 
Harmontown
+1
as Self 
Black or White
+3
as Fay 
Let Go
+4
as Darla 
North Hollywood
+13
as Abigaile 
I Used to Go Here
+21
as Kate Conklin 
Revenge for Jolly!
+3
as Tina 
Life Partners
+12
as Paige 
Mark, Mary + Some Other People
+3
as Dr. Jacobs 
Brother Nature
+3
as Gwen Turley 
Gardens of the Night
+7
as Leslie 
Blackbird
as Froggy 
Helena from the Wedding
+2
as Helena 
Captain Planet with Don Cheadle
as Linka 
The Big Ask
+11
as Emily 
Adventures in the Sin Bin
+5
as Lauren 
The Seven Faces of Jane
as Jane 
Coach
as Zoe 
Dean
+6
as Nicky 
Watching TV with the Red Chinese
+11
as Suzanne 
The Lookalike
+7
as Lacey 
Mr. Polaroid
as Self - Narrator (voice) 
No Way Jose
+2
as Penny