Gillian Jacobs

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 bankerShe 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 upShe performed with the Pittsburgh Public Theater where she was a perennial contender in the Publics Shakespeare Monologue Contest leading her to be cast as Titania in its production of A Midsummer Nights 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 Divisions Group 33 She graduated with a bachelors degree in 2004