Gillian Jacobs
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 Transatlantic (2023), also on Netflix. Her other notable television roles include Mimi-Rose Howard in the fourth season of the HBO comedy-drama series Girls (2015) and Atom Eve in the animated superhero series Invincible (2021–present).
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Jacobs in July 2014 | |
| Born | Gillian MacLaren Jacobs October 19, 1982[1] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | Juilliard School (BFA) |
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| Years active | 2005–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).
Early life edit
Gillian MacLaren Jacobs was born in Pittsburgh on October 19, 1982,[2] the only child of college administrator Martina Magenau and investment banker William F. Jacobs Jr.[3][4][5] Her parents divorced when she was two years old, and she was raised by her mother in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania.[5] Her family owned a brewery, where her grandfather was president and CEO until it closed in 1978.[6]
Jacobs began studying acting at the age of four and attended weekend acting classes at the Pittsburgh Playhouse while growing up.[5] 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.[7] After graduating from Mt. Lebanon High School in 2000, she moved to New York City to attend the Juilliard School, where she graduated with a BFA in 2004.[5]
Career edit
Jacobs' first acting role was Adele Congreve on the television series The Book of Daniel. Although she played Kim in the pilot of Traveler,[citation needed] the role was given to Pascale Hutton when ABC acquired the series; the series was canceled after eight episodes. Jacobs subsequently made guest appearances on Fringe and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. In 2006, she starred in an Off-Off-Broadway production of Christopher Denham's cagelove. While overall critical reaction to the play was negative, Jacobs earned praise in several reviews.[8][9][10] The New York Times advised readers to "remember the name of Gillian Jacobs, a stunning Juilliard graduate who has the glow of a star in the making".[11]
Jacobs has appeared in theatrical productions such as The Fabulous Life of a Size Zero (2007), A Feminine Ending (2007),[12] and The Little Flower of East Orange (2008).[13] In March 2009, she joined the cast of the NBC single-camera comedy series Community as Britta Perry, a high school dropout who aspires to become a psychologist. Her film work includes Blackbird (2007), Choke (2008), Gardens of the Night (2008), The Box (2009), Revenge for Jolly! (2012), Bad Milo! (2013), Walk of Shame (2014), The Lookalike (2014), Life Partners (2014), Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015), Visions (2015), Don't Think Twice (2016), and Brother Nature (2016).[14] She voiced Sta'abi in the Nickelodeon series Monsters vs. Aliens, and Atom Eve in the Amazon Prime animated series Invincible. Community was canceled by NBC on May 9, 2014,[15] and later that month, it was reported that Jacobs had landed a recurring role as Mimi-Rose Howard in the fourth season of the HBO series Girls.[16]
In June 2014, Yahoo! Screen picked up Community for a sixth season.[17] It was announced on September 16, 2014, that Jacobs was cast to star as Mickey in the Netflix original comedy series Love, which ran from February 2016 to March 2018.[18]
Jacobs directed the 2015 documentary short The Queen of Code about computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral Grace Hopper.[19] In 2017, Jacobs co-starred in Janicza Bravo's first full length feature, Lemon, which debuted at Sundance Film Festival.[20] In 2018, she directed Curated, a narrative film short, as a part of a series produced by TNT and Refinery29.[21]
In 2020, Jacobs starred in the comedy-drama film I Used to Go Here, directed by Kris Rey.[22] In 2020, she directed "Higher, Further, Faster," an episode of Marvel's 616, a documentary series about the impact of Marvel Comics on culture.[23]
In February 2021, she and co-host Diona Reasonover premiered a STEM-focused podcast, Periodic Talks, on Stitcher Radio.[24] In July 2021, she had a supporting role in the Netflix horror films The Fear Street Trilogy as Christine "Ziggy" Berman.
In 2023, she guest starred on two episodes of The Bear as Tiffany Jerimovich.
Personal life edit
Jacobs does not drink alcohol or take any recreational drugs, a choice she made when she was younger after watching some family members struggle with addiction.[22] She revealed that her father was an addict and that she was fearful of becoming the same, a feeling reinforced in her youth by reading the book Go Ask Alice, which follows a teenage girl who becomes addicted to drugs.[25] Jacobs is in a relationship with television writer Christopher Storer, creator of the series The Bear, in which she guest starred.[26]
Filmography edit
Film edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Building Girl | Katie | |
| 2007 | Blackbird | Froggy | |
| 2008 | Choke | Cherry Daiquiri / Beth | |
| Gardens of the Night | Leslie Whitehead | ||
| 2009 | The Box | Dana | |
| Solitary Man | Tall Girl | ||
| 2010 | Helena from the Wedding | Helena | |
| Nonames | CJ | ||
| Coach | Zoe | ||
| 2011 | Let Go | Darla DeMint | |
| 2012 | Watching TV with the Red Chinese | Suzanne | |
| Revenge for Jolly! | Tina | ||
| Adventures in the Sin Bin | Lauren | ||
| Seeking a Friend for the End of the World | Katie | ||
| 2013 | The Incredible Burt Wonderstone | Miranda | |
| It's Not You, It's Me | Babe | Short film | |
| Bad Milo! | Sarah | ||
| The Big Ask | Emily | ||
| Made in Cleveland | Martha | ||
| Crush | Shira | Short film | |
| 2014 | Life Partners | Paige Kearns | |
| Walk of Shame | Rose | ||
| The Lookalike | Lacey / Sadie | ||
| Black or White | Fay | ||
| 2015 | The Queen of Code | — | Documentary short Director |
| Hot Tub Time Machine 2 | Jill | ||
| No Way Jose | Penny | ||
| Visions | Sadie | ||
| 2016 | Don't Think Twice | Samantha | |
| Dean | Nicky | ||
| Brother Nature | Gwen Turley | ||
| 2017 | Lemon | Tracy | |
| 2018 | Life of the Party | Helen | |
| Ibiza | Harper | ||
| Curated | — | Short film Director | |
| 2020 | I Used to Go Here | Kate Conklin | |
| Magic Camp | Kristina Darkwood | ||
| Come Play | Sarah | ||
| 2021 | North Hollywood | Abigaile | |
| Mark, Mary & Some Other People | Dr. Jacobs | ||
| Fear Street Part One: 1994 | C. Berman | ||
| Fear Street Part Two: 1978 | Adult Christine "Ziggy" Berman | ||
| Fear Street Part Three: 1666 | |||
| Injustice | Harley Quinn[27] | Voice | |
| 2022 | More Than Robots | — | Documentary Director |
| The Contractor | Brianne Harper | ||
| The Seven Faces of Jane | Jane | Directed segment: "Goodbye / Hello"; also writer | |
| Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again | Erica | Voice |
Television edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | The Book of Daniel | Adele Congreve | 3 episodes |
| 2007 | Traveler | Kimberly | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2008 | Fringe | Joanne Ostler | Episode: "The Equation" |
| 2009 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Sue Smith | Episode: "Rock Star" |
| Royal Pains | Tess Frimoli | Episode: "There Will Be Food" | |
| The Good Wife | Sonia | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 2009–2015 | Community | Britta Perry | 110 episodes |
| 2010 | Aqua Teen Hunger Force | Carl's Wife | Voice, episode: "Larry Miller Hair System" |
| 2012 | Robot Chicken | Various Characters | Voice, episode: "Punctured Jugular" |
| 2012–2016 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Post-Apocalypse Woman / Herself | 3 episodes |
| 2013 | The Venture Bros. | Marsha Backwood | Voice, episode: "Venture Libre" |
| 2013–2014 | Monsters vs. Aliens | Sta'abi | Voice, 12 episodes |
| 2013 | Talking Dead | Herself | Episode: "Indifference" |
| 2014 | Rupaul's Drag Race | Guest Judge | Episode: "Snatch Game" |
| The Greatest Event in Television History | Sonny | Episode: "Bosom Buddies" | |
| American Dad! | Christy | Voice, episode: "Introducing the Naughty Stewardesses" | |
| Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories | Young Patient | Episode: "Toes" | |
| 2015 | Girls | Mimi-Rose Howard | 5 episodes |
| Adventure Time | M.A.R.G.L.E.S. | Voice, episode: "You Forgot Your Floaties" | |
| Long Live the Royals | Rosalind | 4 episodes | |
| 2016 | Great Minds with Dan Harmon | Ada Lovelace | Episode: "Ada Lovelace" |
| 2016–2018 | Love | Mickey Dobbs | 34 episodes |
| 2017 | Dr. Ken | Erin | Episode: "Ken's New Intern" |
| Regular Show | Blu-ray | Voice, 3 episodes | |
| Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ | Jenny Tanner | Episode: "Chelsea Leight-Leigh Lately" | |
| Justice League Action | Roxy Rocket | Voice, episode: "The Fatal Fare" | |
| Rick and Morty | Supernova | Voice, episode: "Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender" | |
| HarmonQuest | Chip | Episode: "The Quest Continues" | |
| 2018 | Random Acts of Flyness | Herself | Episode: "They Got Some S**t That'll Blow Out Our Back" |
| Angie Tribeca | Becky Bunnker | Episode: "Joystick Luck Club" | |
| 2019 | Weird City | Mulia | Episode: "Chonathan & Mulia & Barsley & Phephanie" |
| At Home with Amy Sedaris | Herself | Episode: "Anniversary" | |
| Astronomy Club: The Sketch Show | Mary Poppins | Episode: "Full House But Black" | |
| 2020 | The Twilight Zone | Annie Mitchell | Episode: "Meet in the Middle" |
| Star Trek: Lower Decks | Lieutenant Barbara Brinson | Voice, episode: "Cupid's Errant Arrow" | |
| Earth to Ned | Herself | Episode: "Late Night Ned" | |
| Marvel's 616 | — | Episode: "Higher, Further, Faster"; director | |
| 2021–present | Invincible | Samantha Eve Wilkins / Atom Eve | Voice |
| 2023 | Invincible: Atom Eve | Television special | |
| 2021 | Aquaman: King of Atlantis | Mera | Voice, 3 episodes |
| 2021–2023 | Ten Year Old Tom | Dakota | Voice, 20 episodes |
| 2022–2023 | Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty | Chris Riley | 7 episodes |
| Minx | Maggie | 3 episodes | |
| 2023 | Transatlantic | Mary Jayne Gold | 7 episodes |
| The Bear | Tiffany Jerimovich | 2 episodes | |
| 2024 | After Midnight | Herself | 1 episode |
Web edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Don Cheadle Is Captain Planet | Linka | Funny or Die segment |
| 2012 | The Book Club | Penelope | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Tiny Commando | Mitzi McNeil | 8 episodes |
| 2017 | STRANGER THINGS: A Bad Lip Reading | Nancy Wheeler | Voice |
| 2022 | Vindicators 2: Last Stand Between Earth and Doom | Supernova | Voice, 10 episodes |
Stage edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | cagelove | Katie | Rattlestick Playwrights Theater |
| 2007 | The Fabulous Life of a Size Zero | Girl | DR2 Theatre |
| A Feminine Ending | Amanda Blue | Playwrights Horizons | |
| 2008 | The Little Flower of East Orange | Nadine / Cathleen | The Public Theater |
| 2018 | Kings | Kate | The Public Theater |
Audio edit
| Year | Title | Role | Production company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–present | Blood Ties | Eleonore Richland | Wondery |
| 2021 | Christmas Delivery | Beth Briny | Audible |
| 2022 | Batman: The Audio Adventures[28] | Harley Quinn/Harleen Quinzel | Blue Ribbon Content |
Awards and nominations edit
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Method Fest Award[29] | Best Actress | Nonames | Nominated |
| 2012 | Critics' Choice Television Award[30] | Best Comedy Supporting Actress | Community | Nominated |
| 2012 | TV Guide Fan Favorites Award[31] | Favorite Ensemble | Community | Won |
References edit
- ^ Lucy Silberman (November 29, 2008). "Gillian Jacobs". interviewmagazine.com. Interview Magazine. from the original on April 12, 2023. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
"On the first day shooting the new film Choke, 25-year-old Gillian Jacobs found herself standing on a stage wearing nothing but underwear and a pair of 5-inch heels as she tried to convince everyone on the set that she was a stripper named Cherry Daiquiri.
- ^ "Gillian Jacobs Biography". TVGuide.com. from the original on January 30, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
- ^ . Purple. Spring–Summer 2009. Archived from the original on February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017. (Scroll down to Jacobs entry.)
- ^ "Carol Marie Spiller Magenau Obituary". Erie Times-News. Erie, Pennsylvania. December 18, 2006. from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2015 – via Legacy.com.
- ^ a b c d Randall, Reese (April 2010). "Gillian Jacobs". Pittsburgh Magazine. from the original on April 16, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
- ^ "John Martin Magenau Jr". Erie Times-News. Erie, Pennsylvania. July 22, 2012. from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2013 – via Legacy.com.
Martin was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and the Siebel Institute of Brewing, and served as President and CEO of the Erie Brewing Company until its closing in 1978.
- ^ "OnStage". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. May 1, 2006.
- ^ Les Gutman (May 14, 2006). "cagelove, A CurtainUp Review". from the original on September 9, 2019. Retrieved August 21, 2008.
- ^ Siegel, Barbara; Siegel, Scott (May 16, 2006). . Archived from the original on September 25, 2008. Retrieved August 21, 2008.
- ^ Murray, Matthew. "cagelove Theater Review". Talkin' Broadway. from the original on September 26, 2008. Retrieved August 21, 2008.
- ^ Zinoman, Jason (May 17, 2006). "In 'Cagelove,' a Triangle (Sort of), Including a Man Offstage (Sort Of)". The New York Times. from the original on May 8, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2008.
- ^ Isherwood, Charles (October 18, 2007). "Torn Between Two Loves: The Oboe and the 'Hot Mess'". The New York Times. from the original on June 5, 2015.
- ^ Silberman, Lucy (August 1, 2008). . Interview. Archived from the original on September 28, 2009. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
- ^ "Visions". ´Dread Central. September 16, 2014. from the original on August 8, 2015. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
- ^ Snierson, Dan (May 9, 2014). "'Community' canceled". Entertainment Weekly. Time. from the original on July 11, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ Swift, Andy (May 21, 2014). "Girls Exclusive: Community's Gillian Jacobs Nabs Recurring Role In Season 4". TVLine. Penske Media Corporation. from the original on July 24, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ Hibberd, James (June 30, 2014). "'Community' saved! Yahoo orders sixth season". Entertainment Weekly. Time. from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (September 16, 2014). "Netflix Nabs Judd Apatow Comedy Series With 2-Season Order; Paul Rust & Gillian Jacobs To Star, Legendary TV To Produce". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. from the original on January 29, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
- ^ "Signals: The Queen of Code – ESPN News". ESPN Video. January 21, 2015. from the original on February 1, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
- ^ D'Arcy, David (January 23, 2017). "'Lemon': Review". Screen Daily. from the original on August 6, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
- ^ Evans, Greg (September 6, 2018). "TNT, Refinery29 Set Shatterbox Season 2 Launch: Female-Driven Short Film Series Gets Toronto Screening". Deadline. from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
- ^ a b Lee, Ann (September 17, 2020). "'I'm a loner': Gillian Jacobs on the snarky art of playing misfits". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. from the original on October 10, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
- ^ Taylor, Drew (November 22, 2020). "'Marvel's 616' Directors Alison Brie and Gillian Jacobs on Their Unwavering Love of Ms. Marvel". Collider. from the original on November 20, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
- ^ Sarachan, Risa. "Gillian Jacobs And Diona Reasonover Explore STEM Fields On Stitcher Podcast 'Periodic Talks'". Forbes. from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
- ^ Off Camera. Season 6. Episode 25 (92). February 27, 2017. Audience.
- ^ Rankin, Seija (June 30, 2023). "Molly Gordon Found Catharsis — and Bolognese — on Set of 'The Bear's Second Season". The Hollywood Reporter. from the original on July 18, 2023. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
- ^ "DC's 'Injustice' Sets Cast for Animated Movie (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. July 21, 2021. from the original on July 21, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
- ^ Batman: The Audio Adventures (Podcast Series 2022) - IMDb, from the original on November 11, 2021, retrieved January 12, 2023
- ^ "The 2010 Method Fest Award Winners (Highlighted) and the Lists of Nominees" July 3, 2019, at the Wayback Machine (2010). Method Fest Independent Film Festival (MethodFest.com). Retrieved July 7, 2019.
- ^ Block, Alex Ben (June 5, 2012). "'Community' Leads Critics' Choice Television Awards Nominees." February 17, 2018, at the Wayback Machine The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
- ^ "TV Guide Magazine Fan Favorites Awards Winners Revealed!" April 2, 2019, at the Wayback Machine (April 10, 2012). TVGuide.com. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
External links edit
- Gillian Jacobs at IMDb
- Gillian Jacobs at the Internet Off-Broadway Database