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Gillian Jacobs
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Film & TV
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Gillian MacLaren 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…
Known for
- The Musical — Abigail2026
- The Home — Ms. Jacobs2026
- Gary — Tiffany Jerimovich2026
- The Detour with David Chang — Guest2026
- President Curtis — Elsie (voice)2026
- Mr. Polaroid — Self - Narrator (voice)2025
- Wylde Pak — Alice Kelly (voice)2025
- Long Story Short — (voice)2025
- Is It Cake? Halloween — Self - Judge2025
- Dish It Out — Self - Guest2025
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Key facts
- Born
- Gillian MacLaren Jacobs , ( 1982-10-19 ) October 19, 1982 (age 43) , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , U.S.
- Education
- Juilliard School ( BFA )
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 2005–present
- Partner
- Christopher Storer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gillian
- Family name
- Jacobs
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh
- Occupation
- film director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Eye colour
- blue
- Hair colour
- blond hair
- Mass
- 55
- Image
- Gillian Jacobs 2014 Comic Con (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 163
- Residence
- New York City
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- start of work period
- 2005-00-00
- Commons category
- Gillian Jacobs
- date of birth
- 1982-10-19
- birth name
- Gillian MacLaren Jacobs
- social media followers
- 491222
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Gillian Jacobs
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Encyclopedic overview
Gillian MacLaren Jacobs (/ˈɡɪliən/; born October 19, 1982) is an American actress. She is known for playing Britta Perry in the NBC sitcom Community (2009–2015), Mickey Dobbs in the Netflix romantic comedy series Love (2016–2018), and Mary Jayne Gold in the Netflix miniseries Transatlantic (2023). Her other notable television roles include Mimi-Rose Howard in the fourth season of the HBO comedy-drama series Girls (2015), Atom Eve in the animated superhero series Invincible (2021–present), and Tiffany Jerimovich in the FX on Hulu comedy-drama series The Bear (2022–present).
She has also appeared in films such as Gardens of the Night (2008), Don't Think Twice (2016), Ibiza (2018), I Used to Go Here (2020), and the Fear Street trilogy (2021).
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