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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 (nacida el 19 de octubre de 1982) es una actriz de cine, teatro y televisión estadounidense, mejor conocida por su papel de Britta Perry en la serie de comedia de NBC Community.

Jacobs nació en Pittsburgh, Pensilvania. Su madre, Martina Magenau Jacobs, fue directora de relaciones con ex alumnos de la Universidad Carnegie Mellon en el Heinz College. Su padre, William F. Jacobs Jr., era un banquero de inversiones. Ella se crió en el suburbio de Mt. Lebanon en Pittsburgh. Ella es de ascendencia francesa, alemana, irlandesa y escocesa. Su familia era propietaria de la cervecería Jackson Koehler Eagle, establecida en 1847 en Erie, Pensilvania, donde su abuelo, John Martin Magenau Jr., se desempeñó como presidente y director ejecutivo hasta su cierre en 1978.

Jacobs comenzó a estudiar actuación a la edad de ocho años y asistió a clases de actuación los sábados en el Pittsburgh Playhouse mientras crecía. Actuó en el Pittsburgh Public Theatre, donde fue una contendiente perenne en el Concurso Público de Monólogos de Shakespeare, lo que la llevó a ser elegida como Titania en su producción de A Midsummer Night's Dream. Después de graduarse de Mt. Lebanon High School en 2000, Jacobs se mudó a la ciudad de Nueva York, Nueva York para asistir a la Juilliard School, donde fue miembro del Grupo 33 de la División de Drama. Se graduó con una licenciatura en 2004.

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