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 Publics Shakespeare Monologue Contest, leading her to be cast as Titania in its production of A Midsummer Nights 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 Divisions Group 33. She graduated with a bachelors degree in 2004.

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Poster movie The Box

The Box

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Poster movie Solitary Man

Solitary Man

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Poster movie Gardens of the Night

Gardens of the Night

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Poster movie Watching TV with the Red Chinese

Watching TV with the Red

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Poster movie Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Seeking a Friend for the

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Poster movie The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

The Incredible Burt Wonde

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Poster movie Revenge for Jolly!

Revenge for Jolly!

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Poster movie Walk of Shame

Walk of Shame

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Poster movie Bad Milo!

Bad Milo!

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Poster movie Black or White

Black or White

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Poster movie Life Partners

Life Partners

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Poster movie Brother Nature

Brother Nature

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Poster movie The Lookalike

The Lookalike

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Poster movie Dean

Dean

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Poster movie Untitled Community Movie

Untitled Community Movie

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Poster movie Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again

Night at the Museum: Kahm

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Poster movie Visions

Visions

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Poster movie Don't Think Twice

Don't Think Twice

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Poster movie Lemon

Lemon

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Poster movie Life of the Party

Life of the Party

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Poster movie Magic Camp

Magic Camp

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Poster movie Monsters Vs Aliens: Cloning Around

Monsters Vs Aliens: Cloni

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Poster movie Fear Street: 1978

Fear Street: 1978

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Poster movie Fear Street: 1666

Fear Street: 1666

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Poster movie The Contractor

The Contractor

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Poster movie I Used to Go Here

I Used to Go Here

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Poster movie Injustice

Injustice

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Poster movie Community

Community

Tv series
Poster movie Ten Year Old Tom

Ten Year Old Tom

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Poster movie Love

Love

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Poster movie Transatlantic

Transatlantic

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Movies unavailable from Gillian Jacobs

Community Table Read

Britta Perry

Movie 2020

Choke

Cherry Daiquiri / Beth

Movie 2008

Helena from the Wedding

Helena

Movie 2010

NoNAMES

CJ

Movie 2010

Coach

Zoe

Movie 2010

Any Other Night

Maggie

Movie

Adventures in the Sin Bin

Lauren

Movie 2012

Let Go

Darla

Movie 2011

The Big Ask

Emily

Movie 2014

Blackbird

Froggy

Movie 2007

It's Not You, It's Me

Babe

Movie 2013

Hot Tub Time Machine 2

Jill

Movie 2015

The Seven Faces of Jane

Jane

Movie 2023

Harmontown

Self

Movie 2014

Made in Cleveland

Martha

Movie 2013

No Way Jose

Penny

Movie 2015

Building Girl

Katie

Movie 2005

Crush

Shira Wall

Movie 2013

Beverly Hills

Cindy Tyler

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Ibiza

Harper

Movie 2018

Captain Planet with Don Cheadle

Linka

Movie 2011

Come Play

Sarah

Movie 2020

Fear Street: 1994

C. Berman (voice)

Movie 2021

Mark, Mary + Some Other People

Dr. Jacobs

Movie 2021

North Hollywood

Abigaile

Movie 2021

13-Year-Old Michael Ausiello Presents: Beverly Hills: a Pretend Soap Opera Performed by Real Actors

Movie 2024

Tv series unavailable from Gillian Jacobs

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Carl's Wife (voice)

Tv 2000

Fringe

Joanne Ostler

Tv 2008

The Greatest Event in Television History

Sonny

Tv 2012

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Sue Smith

Tv 2001

The Soup

Tv 2004

Aquaman: King of Atlantis

Mera (voice)

Tv 2021

Girls

Mimi-Rose Howard

Tv 2012

Comedy Bang! Bang!

Post-Apocalypse Woman

Tv 2012

Comedy Bang! Bang!

Self

Tv 2012

Traveler

Kimberly

Tv 2007

Royal Pains

Tess Frimoli

Tv 2009

The Venture Bros.

Marsha Backwood (voice)

Tv 2004

The Book of Daniel

Adele Congreve

Tv 2006

Monsters vs. Aliens

Sta'abi (voice)

Tv 2013

Robot Chicken

(voice)

Tv 2005

Tiny Commando

Mitzi McNeil

Tv 2013

Dr. Ken

Erin

Tv 2015

Long Live the Royals

Rosalind / Katherine (voice)

Tv 2015

The Bear

Tiffany Jerimovich

Tv 2022

RuPaul's Drag Race

Self - Guest Judge

Tv 2009

The Good Wife

Sonia

Tv 2009

Minx

Maggie

Tv 2022

HarmonQuest

Chip

Tv 2016

Carol & the End of the World

(voice)

Tv 2023

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest

Tv 2009

@midnight with Chris Hardwick

Self

Tv 2013

The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale

Self - Special Guest

Tv 2018

Hollywood Game Night

Self

Tv 2013

Earth to Ned

Herself

Tv 2020

INVINCIBLE

Eve (voice)

Tv 2021

Angie Tribeca

Becky Bunker

Tv 2016

INVINCIBLE

Eve / College Girl (voice)

Tv 2021

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

Tv 2014

Random Acts of Flyness

Herself

Tv 2018

Rick and Morty

Supernova (voice)

Tv 2013

Bajillion Dollar Propertie$

Jenny Tanner

Tv 2016

Regular Show

BluRay (voice)

Tv 2010

Regular Show

BluRay / Computer V.O. (voice)

Tv 2010

To Tell the Truth

Self - Panelist

Tv 2016

Great Minds with Dan Harmon

Ada Lovelace

Tv 2016

Match Game

Self - Panelist

Tv 2016

Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories

Young Patient

Tv 2014

After Midnight

Self

Tv 2024

Star Trek: Lower Decks

Barbara Brinson (voice)

Tv 2020

American Dad!

Christie (voice)

Tv 2005

Off Camera with Sam Jones

Self

Tv 2014

The Twilight Zone

Annie

Tv 2019

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self

Tv 2003

Bacon and Eggs

Eggs

Tv

Bacon and Eggs

Therapist (voice)

Tv

Weird City

Mulia

Tv 2019

Justice League Action

Roxy Rocket (voice)

Tv 2016

Marvel's Storyboards

Self

Tv 2020

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

Self - Contestant

Tv 2020

Vindicators 2: Last Stand Between Earth and Doom

Supernova (voice)

Tv 2022