Acting · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA · Born October 19, 1982
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.
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as Tiffany Jerimovich
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as Ms. Jacobs
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as Abigail
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as Self - Judge
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as Self - Guest
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as (voice)
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as Alice Kelly (voice)
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as Self
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as (voice)
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as Monologist
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as Mary Jayne Gold
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as Jane
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as Erica Daley (voice)
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as Monologist
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as Supernova (voice)
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as Tiffany Jerimovich
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as Maggie
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as Brianne
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as Dr. Jacobs
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as Mera (voice)
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as Harley Quinn (voice)
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as Dakota (voice)
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as Adult Ziggy / C. Berman
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as C. Berman / Adult Ziggy
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as C. Berman (voice)
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as Abigaile
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as Eve (voice)
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as Sarah
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as Herself
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as Christina Darkwood
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as Barbara Brinson (voice)
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2020
as Self
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as Britta Perry
TVWho Wants to Be a Millionaire
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as Self - Contestant
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2019
as Annie
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2018
as Herself
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as Helen
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as Self - Special Guest
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as Gwen Turley
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as Samantha
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as Chip
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as Self - Panelist
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as Nicky
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as Self
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as Ada Lovelace
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as Jenny Tanner
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as Mickey Dobbs
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as Becky Bunker
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as Self
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as Lacey
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as Emily
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as Self
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as Self
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as Self
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2013
as Supernova (voice)
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2013
as Shira Wall
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as Self
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as Sta'abi (voice)
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as Mitzi McNeil
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as Sarah
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as Self
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as Martha
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as Sta'abi (voice)
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as Miranda
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as Babe
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as Sonny
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as Tina
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as Waitress / Katie
MovieAdventures in the Sin Bin
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as Lauren
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2012
as Post-Apocalypse Woman
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as Mimi-Rose Howard
MovieWatching TV with the Red Chinese
2011
as Suzanne
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2011
as Darla
MovieCaptain Planet with Don Cheadle
2011
as Linka
MovieHelena from the Wedding: Cast Interviews
2011
as Self
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2010
as Helena
TVConan
2010
as Self
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2010
as BluRay / Computer V.O. (voice)
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2010
as Zoe
MovieNoNAMES
2010
as CJ
MovieThe Box
2009
as Dana
TVThe Good Wife
2009
as Sonia
TVCommunity
2009
as Britta Perry
MovieSolitary Man
2009
as Tall Girl
TVWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
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as Self - Guest
TVRoyal Pains
2009
as Tess Frimoli
TVRuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Guest Judge
MovieGardens of the Night
2008
as Leslie
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2008
as Cherry Daiquiri / Beth
TVFringe
2008
as Joanne Ostler
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2007
as Kimberly
MovieBlackbird
2007
as Froggy
TVThe Book of Daniel
2006
as Adele Congreve
TVRobot Chicken
2005
as (voice)
TVAmerican Dad!
2005
as Christie (voice)
Building Girl
2005
as Katie
TVThe Venture Bros.
2004
as Marsha Backwood (voice)
TVThe Soup
2004
as Self
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
TVLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Sue Smith
TVAqua Teen Hunger Force
2000
as Carl's Wife (voice)
MovieUntitled Community Movie
as Britta Perry
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as Cindy Tyler
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as Marni
