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Gillian Jacobs
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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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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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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Regular Show
American Dad!
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
After Midnight
Hollywood Game Night
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Minx
The Twilight Zone
The Good Wife
Fringe
The Soup
The Bear
INVINCIBLE
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
Rick and Morty
Carol & the End of the World
The Greatest Event in Television History
Robot Chicken
The Book of Daniel
RuPaul's Drag Race
Traveler
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
The Venture Bros.
Girls
Random Acts of Flyness
Earth to Ned
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Monsters vs. Aliens
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
Fear Street: 1994
Fear Street: 1666
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Injustice
North Hollywood
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Choke
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Fear Street: 1978
Ten Year Old Tom
The Contractor
Life of the Party
Magic Camp
Community
Aquaman: King of Atlantis
Come Play
Love
Transatlantic
Ibiza
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More Than Robots
Marvel's 616
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