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Gillian Jacobs
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. J…
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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. 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.
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2026
The Detour with David Chang
TV show Guest
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2026
The Musical
Movie Abigail
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2026
President Curtis
TV show Elsie (voice)
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2026
Gary
Movie Tiffany Jerimovich
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2026
The Home
Movie Ms. Jacobs
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2025
Is It Cake? Halloween
TV show Self - Judge
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2025
Dish It Out
TV show Self - Guest
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2025
Long Story Short
TV show (voice)
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2025
Wylde Pak
TV show Alice Kelly (voice)
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2025
Mr. Polaroid
Movie Self - Narrator (voice)
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2024
After Midnight
TV show Self
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2023
Carol & the End of the World
TV show (voice)
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2023
The Ultimate Improv Show
TV show Monologist
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2023
Transatlantic
TV show Mary Jayne Gold
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2023
The Seven Faces of Jane
Movie Jane
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2022
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
Movie Erica Daley (voice)
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2022
Untitled Improv Project
TV show Monologist
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2022
Vindicators 2
TV show Supernova (voice)
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2022
The Bear
TV show Tiffany Jerimovich
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2022
Minx
TV show Maggie
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2022
More Than Robots
Movie Director
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2022
The Contractor
Movie Brianne
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2021
Mark, Mary + Some Other People
Movie Dr. Jacobs
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2021
Aquaman: King of Atlantis
TV show Mera (voice)
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2021
Injustice
Movie Harley Quinn (voice)
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2021
Ten Year Old Tom
TV show Dakota (voice)
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2021
Fear Street: 1666
Movie Adult Ziggy / C. Berman
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2021
Fear Street: 1978
Movie C. Berman / Adult Ziggy
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2021
Fear Street: 1994
Movie C. Berman (voice)
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2021
Cinema Toast
TV show
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2021
North Hollywood
Movie Abigaile
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2021
INVINCIBLE
TV show Eve (voice)
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2020
Marvel's 616
TV show Director
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2020
Come Play
Movie Sarah
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2020
I Used to Go Here
Movie Kate Conklin
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2020
Earth to Ned
TV show Herself
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2020
Magic Camp
Movie Christina Darkwood
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2020
Star Trek: Lower Decks
TV show Barbara Brinson (voice)
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2020
Marvel's Storyboards
TV show Self
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2020
Community Table Read
Movie Britta Perry
