1982-10-19 ( 42 years old ) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Movies
The Seven Faces of Jane
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Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
2022-12-08
The Contractor
2022-03-10
Mark, Mary + Some Other People
2021-11-05
Injustice
2021-10-09
Fear Street: 1666
2021-07-14
Fear Street: 1978
2021-07-08
Fear Street: 1994
2021-06-28
North Hollywood
2021-03-26
Come Play
2020-10-28
I Used to Go Here
2020-09-17
Magic Camp
2020-08-14
Community Table Read
2020-05-18
Ibiza
2018-05-25
Life of the Party
2018-05-10
Lemon
2017-01-22
Brother Nature
2016-09-09
Don't Think Twice
2016-07-22
Dean
2016-04-16
Six Seasons and a Finale
2016-03-08
Visions
2015-08-28
No Way Jose
2015-06-06
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
2015-02-20
Life Partners
2014-12-05
Black or White
2014-09-06
The Lookalike
2014-07-11
The Big Ask
2014-05-30
Walk of Shame
2014-05-02
Harmontown
2014-03-08
Crush
2013-10-25
Monsters Vs Aliens: Cloning Around
2013-10-15
Bad Milo!
2013-08-28
Made in Cleveland
2013-06-21
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
2013-03-14
It's Not You, It's Me
2013-03-10
Revenge for Jolly!
2012-07-17
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
2012-06-22
Adventures in the Sin Bin
2012-06-08
Watching TV with the Red Chinese
2011-12-02
Let Go
2011-10-25
Captain Planet with Don Cheadle
2011-09-14
Helena from the Wedding: Cast Interviews
2011-03-08
Helena from the Wedding
2010-11-12
Coach
2010-06-13
NoNAMES
2010-03-10
The Box
2009-10-29
Solitary Man
2009-09-07
Gardens of the Night
2008-11-21
Choke
2008-09-26
Blackbird
2007-03-12
Building Girl
2005-01-01
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