
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.

as Abigail Morris

as Tiffany Jerimovich

as Ms. Jacobs

as Self - Narrator (voice)

as Jane

as Erica Daley (voice)

as Brianne

as Dr. Jacobs

as Harley Quinn (voice)

as Adult Ziggy / C. Berman

as C. Berman / Adult Ziggy

as C. Berman (voice)

as Abigaile

as Sarah

as Kate Conklin

as Christina Darkwood

as Britta Perry

as Harper

as Helen

as Tracy

as Gwen Turley

as Samantha

as Nicky

as Self

as Sadie

as Penny

as Jill

as Fay

as Paige

as Lacey

as Emily

as Rose

as Self

as Shira Wall

as Sta'abi (voice)

as Sarah

as Martha

as Miranda

as Babe

as Tina

as Waitress / Katie

as Lauren

as Suzanne

as Darla

as Linka

as Helena

as Zoe

as CJ

as Dana

as Tall Girl

as Leslie

as Cherry Daiquiri / Beth

as Froggy

as Katie

as Britta Perry

as Cindy Tyler

as Marni