Early life

Jacobs was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her mother, Martina Magenau Jacobs, is the director of alumni relations at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College. Her father, William F. Jacobs Jr., was an investment banker. She was raised in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. 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 to attend the Juilliard School, where she was a member of the Drama Division's Group 33. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2004.

Career

Jacobs' first acting role came as Adele Congreve on the television series The Book of Daniel. Although she played Kim in the pilot of Traveler, the role was given to Pascale Hutton when ABC acquired the series. Jacobs subsequently made guest appearances on Fringe and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. In 2006, she starred in an Off-Off-Broadway production of Chris Denham's cagelove. While overall critical reaction to the play was negative, Jacobs earned praise in several reviews. 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".

Jacobs has appeared in theatrical productions such as The Fabulous Life of a Size Zero (2007), A Feminine Ending (2007), and The Little Flower of East Orange (2008). Her film work includes Blackbird (2007), Choke (2008), Gardens of the Night (2008), and The Box (2009). In March 2009, Jacobs joined the cast of the NBC single-camera comedy series Community as Britta Perry, a high school dropout who aspires to become a psychologist. Community was canceled by NBC on May 9, 2014, 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.

In June 2014, Yahoo! Screen picked up Community for a sixth season. It was announced on September 16, 2014 that Jacobs had been cast to star as Mickey in the Netflix original comedy series Love, which premiered in 2016.

In January 2015, the documentary The Queen of Code about computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral Grace Hopper was directed by Jacobs. Also in 2015 she co-starred in the thriller film Visions with Jim Parsons, Isla Fisher and Anson Mount.

Personal life

Jacobs is a teetotaler. She is a fan of professional wrestling and is a regular at Pro Wrestling Guerrilla shows.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Building Girl	Katie
2007	Blackbird	Froggy
2008	Choke	Cherry Daiquiri / Beth
2008	Gardens of the Night	Leslie
2009	Box, TheThe Box	Dana
2009	Solitary Man	Tall girl
2010	Helena from the Wedding	Helena
2010	Nonames	CJ
2010	Coach	Zoe
2011	Let Go	Darla DeMint
2012	Watching TV with the Red Chinese	Suzanne
2012	Revenge for Jolly!	Tina
2012	Adventures in the Sin Bin	Lauren
2012	Seeking a Friend for the End of the World	Katie
2013	Incredible Burt Wonderstone, TheThe Incredible Burt Wonderstone	Miranda
2013	It's Not You, It's Me	Babe	Short film
2013	Bad Milo!	Sarah
2013	Big Ask, TheThe Big Ask	Emily
2013	Made in Cleveland	Martha
2013	Crush	Shira	Short film
2014	Life Partners	Paige
2014	Walk of Shame	Rose
2014	Lookalike, TheThe Lookalike	Lacey / Sadie
2014	Black or White	Fay
2015	Queen of Code, TheThe Queen of Code	N/A	Documentary short; director
2015	Hot Tub Time Machine 2	Jill
2015	No Way Jose	Penny
2015	Visions	Sadie
2016	Don't Think Twice	Samantha
2016	Dean	Nicky
2016	Brother in Laws		In post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Book of Daniel, TheThe 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"
2009	Royal Pains	Tess Frimoli	Episode: "There Will Be Food"
2009-15	Community	Britta Perry	110 episodes
2009	Good Wife, TheThe Good Wife	Sonia	Episode: "Pilot"
2010	Aqua Teen Hunger Force	Carl's wife (voice)	Episode: "Larry Miller Hair System"
2012	Robot Chicken	Various voices	Episode: "Punctured Jugular"
2012	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Post-apocalypse woman	Episode: "Zach Galifianakis Wears a Blue Jacket & Red Socks"
2013	Venture Bros., TheThe Venture Bros.	Marsha Backwood (voice)	Episode: "Venture Libre"
2013	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Herself	Episode: "Gillian Jacobs Wears a Red Dress with Sail Boats"
2013-14	Monsters vs. Aliens	Sta'abi (voice)	12 episodes
2014	Greatest Event in Television History, TheThe Greatest Event in Television History	Sonny	Episode: "Bosom Buddies"
2014	American Dad!	Christy (voice)	Episode: "Introducing the Naughty Stewardesses"
2014	Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories	Young patient	Episode: "Toes"
2015	Girls	Mimi-Rose Howard	5 episodes
2015	Adventure Time	M.A.R.G.L.E.S. (voice)	Episode: "You Forgot Your Floaties"
2015	Long Live the Royals	Rosalind / additional voices	4 episodes
2016-present	Love	Mickey	10 episodes

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Book Club, TheThe Book Club	Penelope	2 episodes
2013	Tiny Commando	Mitzi McNeil	8 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2010	Method Fest Award	Best Actress	Nonames	Won
2010	Phoenix Film Festival Award	Best Ensemble Acting	Nonames	Won
2010	Phoenix Film Festival Award	Acting Achievement	Nonames	Won
2012	Critics' Choice Television Award	Best Comedy Supporting Actress	Community	Nominated
2012	TV Guide Award	Favorite Ensemble	Community	Won

[ Source: Wikipedia ]