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