Highest rated as cast or director
Gillian Jacobs's 6 titles from the 2020s have a median Balasaur Score of 62, led by Fear Street: 1978 (71) and Transatlantic (65), against 51 for those from the 2010s.
Biography
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 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.
Acted in 97
2020s
- 2026
The Detour with David Chang
TV
The Home
Ms. Jacobs
- 2025
- 2023
The Ultimate Improv Show
Monologist · 1 episode
- 2022
Untitled Improv Project
Monologist · 1 episode
- 2021
Aquaman: King of Atlantis
Mera (voice) · 3 episodes
Cinema Toast
TV
- 2020
Community Table Read
Britta Perry
2010s
- 2019
Weird City
Mulia · 1 episode
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
Brother Nature
Gwen Turley
Dean
Nicky
Great Minds with Dan Harmon
Ada Lovelace · 1 episode
- 2015
Long Live the Royals
Rosalind / Katherine (voice) · 4 episodes
No Way Jose
Penny
- 2014
Life Partners
Paige
The Lookalike
Lacey
- 2013
Crush
Shira Wall
Monsters Vs Aliens: Cloning Around
Sta'abi (voice)
Tiny Commando
Mitzi McNeil · 12 episodes
Made in Cleveland
Martha
It's Not You, It's Me
Babe
- 2012
The Greatest Event in Television History
Sonny · 1 episode
Revenge for Jolly!
Tina
Adventures in the Sin Bin
Lauren
- 2011
Captain Planet with Don Cheadle
Linka
- 2010
Helena from the Wedding
Helena
Coach
Zoe
NoNAMES
CJ
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
Traveler
Kimberly · 1 episode
Blackbird
Froggy
- 2006
The Book of Daniel
Adele Congreve · 2 episodes
- 2005
- 2004
- 2001
- 2000
No release date
Untitled Community Movie
Britta Perry
Beverly Hills
Cindy Tyler
Directed 5
2020s
- 2023
- 2022
More Than Robots
Director
- 2020
2010s
- 2018
Curated
Director
- 2015
The Queen of Code
Director
Wrote 1
2020s
- 2023
Appearances25
2020s
- 2025
Dish It Out
Self - Guest · 2 episodes
Mr. Polaroid
Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2024
- 2021
- 2020
Earth to Ned
Herself · 1 episode
Marvel's Storyboards
Self · 1 episode
2010s
- 2018
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2011
Helena from the Wedding: Cast Interviews
Self
- 2010
