Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1982-10-19 (Age: 44)
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Gillian Jacobs
Biography
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.
Filmography (56)
Gary
2026
The Home
2026
The Musical
2026
Mr. Polaroid
2025
The Seven Faces of Jane
2023
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
2022
The Contractor
2022
Mark, Mary + Some Other People
2021
Injustice
2021
Fear Street: 1666
2021
Fear Street: 1978
2021
Fear Street: 1994
2021
North Hollywood
2021
Come Play
2020
