Gillian Jacobs
{{short description|American actress (born 1982)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Gillian Jacobs
| image = Gillian Jacobs 2014 Comic Con (cropped).jpg
| caption = Jacobs in 2014
| birth_name = Gillian MacLaren Jacobs
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|10|19}}
| birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Actress}}
| education = Juilliard School (BFA)
| years_active = 2005–present
}}
Gillian MacLaren Jacobs ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|ɪ|l|i|ə|n}}; 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 the Netflix miniseries Transatlantic (2023). Her other notable television roles include Mimi-Rose Howard in the fourth season of the HBO comedy-drama series Girls (2015), Atom Eve in the animated superhero series Invincible (2021–present), and Tiffany Jerimovich in the FX on Hulu comedy-drama series The Bear (2023–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 and education
Gillian MacLaren Jacobs was born in Pittsburgh on October 19, 1982,{{cite web| url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/gillian-jacobs/bio/238179/| title=Gillian Jacobs Biography| publisher= TVGuide.com| access-date= February 8, 2017| archive-date= January 30, 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170130021941/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/gillian-jacobs/bio/238179/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url= https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/gillian-jacobs |title= Gillian Jacobs |author= Lucy Silberman |date= November 29, 2008 |website= interviewmagazine.com |publisher= Interview Magazine |access-date= April 12, 2023 |quote= "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. |archive-date= April 12, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230412042821/https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/gillian-jacobs |url-status= live }} the only child of college administrator Martina Magenau and husband, investment banker William Francis Jacobs Jr. (actually the III), son of William Francis Jacobs Jr. and wife Mary Margaret Haskins.{{cite web |url=http://purple.fr/magazine/s-s-2009-issue-11/article/248 |title=A New Generation |work=Purple |date=Spring–Summer 2009 |access-date=February 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208225853/http://purple.fr/magazine/ss-2009-issue-11/a-new-generation/ |archive-date=February 8, 2017 |url-status=dead }} (Scroll down to Jacobs entry.) Her parents divorced when she was two years old, and she was raised by her mother in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Her maternal family owned a brewery, Erie Brewing Company in Erie, Pennsylvania, where her grandfather John Martin Magenau Jr., married to her grandmother Carol Marie Spiller, was president and CEO until it closed in 1978.{{cite web|title=John Martin Magenau Jr.|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/erietimesnews/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=158667705|via=Legacy.com|work=Erie Times-News|location = Erie, Pennsylvania| access-date=June 30, 2013|date=July 22, 2012| archive-date= March 3, 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181340/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/erietimesnews/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=158667705| url-status=live|quote=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.}}{{cite web| url = http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/erietimesnews/obituary.aspx?n=carol-marie-spiller-magenau&pid=20344852 |title=Carol Marie Spiller Magenau Obituary| date= December 18, 2006| via= Legacy.com| work=Erie Times-News| location = Erie, Pennsylvania| access-date=August 26, 2015| archive-date= March 3, 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210622/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/erietimesnews/obituary.aspx?n=carol-marie-spiller-magenau&pid=20344852| url-status=live}}
Jacobs began studying acting at the age of four and attended weekend acting classes 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."OnStage". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. May 1, 2006.
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.{{cite web |last=Randall |first=Reese |url=http://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/Pittsburgh-Magazine/April-2010/Gillian-Jacobs/ |title=Gillian Jacobs |work=Pittsburgh Magazine |date=April 2010 |access-date=July 5, 2013| archive-date= April 16, 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160416093127/http://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/Pittsburgh-Magazine/April-2010/Gillian-Jacobs/ |url-status=live}}
Career
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File:Melanie Lynskey-Gillian Jacobs SIFF Interview - Teddy Bears - The MacGuffin.webm discussing The Big Ask (at the time called Teddy Bears) in 2013]]
Jacobs starred in the television series The Book of Daniel. Although she played Kim in the pilot of Traveler,{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.curtainup.com/cagelove.html |title=cagelove, A CurtainUp Review |access-date=August 21, 2008 |author=Les Gutman |date=May 14, 2006 |archive-date=September 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909141314/http://www.curtainup.com/cagelove.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/8260 |title=cagelove, Review on TheaterMania |access-date=August 21, 2008 |author1=Siegel, Barbara |author2=Siegel, Scott |date=May 16, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925180920/http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/8260 |archive-date=September 25, 2008 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.talkinbroadway.com/ob/05_15_06.html |title=cagelove Theater Review |access-date=August 21, 2008 |author=Murray, Matthew |publisher=Talkin' Broadway |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926093128/http://www.talkinbroadway.com/ob/05_15_06.html |archive-date=September 26, 2008 }} 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".{{cite web |last=Zinoman |first=Jason |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/17/theater/reviews/17cage.html |title=In 'Cagelove,' a Triangle (Sort of), Including a Man Offstage (Sort Of) |work=The New York Times |date=May 17, 2006 |access-date=August 21, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508015928/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/17/theater/reviews/17cage.html |archive-date=May 8, 2015 }}
Jacobs has appeared in theatrical productions, such as The Fabulous Life of a Size Zero (2007), A Feminine Ending (2007),{{cite web |last=Isherwood |first=Charles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/18/theater/reviews/18femi.html |title=Torn Between Two Loves: The Oboe and the 'Hot Mess' |work=The New York Times |date=October 18, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605071750/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/18/theater/reviews/18femi.html |archive-date=June 5, 2015 }} and The Little Flower of East Orange (2008).{{cite web |last=Silberman |first=Lucy |url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/gillian-jacobs/ |title=Gillian Jacobs |work=Interview |date=August 1, 2008 |access-date=January 6, 2010| archive-date=September 28, 2009| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090928034931/http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/gillian-jacobs}} 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).{{cite web |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/117681/visions-captured-in-a-trailer-and-image-gallery/ |title=Visions |publisher=´Dread Central |date=September 16, 2014 |access-date=October 27, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808130704/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/117681/visions-captured-in-a-trailer-and-image-gallery/ |archive-date=August 8, 2015 }} She voiced Sta'abi in the Nickelodeon animated series Monsters vs. Aliens and Atom Eve in the Amazon Prime animated series Invincible.
Community was canceled by NBC on May 9, 2014,{{cite magazine |last=Snierson |first=Dan |url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/05/09/community-cancelled/ |title='Community' canceled |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |publisher=Time |date=May 9, 2014 |access-date=July 12, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711003346/http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/05/09/community-cancelled/ |archive-date=July 11, 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.{{cite web |last=Swift |first=Andy |url=http://tvline.com/2014/05/21/gillian-jacobs-girls-season-4-cast/ |title=Girls Exclusive: Community{{'}}s Gillian Jacobs Nabs Recurring Role In Season 4 |publisher=TVLine. Penske Media Corporation |date=May 21, 2014 |access-date=July 12, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724043839/http://tvline.com/2014/05/21/gillian-jacobs-girls-season-4-cast/ |archive-date=July 24, 2014 }} In June 2014, Yahoo! Screen picked up Community for a sixth season.{{cite magazine |last=Hibberd |first=James |url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/06/30/community-sixth-season/ |title='Community' saved! Yahoo orders sixth season |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |publisher=Time |date=June 30, 2014 |access-date=July 12, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714182301/http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/06/30/community-sixth-season/ |archive-date=July 14, 2014 }} It was announced on September 16, 2014, that Jacobs was set to star as Mickey in the Netflix original comedy series Love.{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |url=https://deadline.com/2014/09/judd-apatow-comedy-series-netflix-paul-rust-gillian-jacobs-star-829825/ |title=Netflix Nabs Judd Apatow Comedy Series With 2-Season Order; Paul Rust & Gillian Jacobs To Star, Legendary TV To Produce |website=Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation |date=September 16, 2014 |access-date=October 27, 2014| archive-date= January 29, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129064137/http://deadline.com/2014/09/judd-apatow-comedy-series-netflix-paul-rust-gillian-jacobs-star-829825/| url-status=live}}
Jacobs directed the 2015 documentary short The Queen of Code about computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral Grace Hopper.{{cite web |url=http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12205119 |title=Signals: The Queen of Code – ESPN News |work=ESPN Video |date=January 21, 2015 |access-date=January 29, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201012810/http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12205119 |archive-date=February 1, 2015 }} In 2017, Jacobs co-starred in Janicza Bravo's first full length feature, Lemon, which debuted at Sundance Film Festival.{{cite news |last1=D'Arcy |first1=David |title='Lemon': Review |url=http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/lemon-review/5114071.article |work=Screen Daily |date=January 23, 2017 |access-date=August 10, 2021 |archive-date=August 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806162531/https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/lemon-review/5114071.article |url-status=live }} In 2018, she directed Curated, a narrative film short, as a part of a series produced by TNT and Refinery29.{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Greg |date=September 6, 2018 |title=TNT, Refinery29 Set Shatterbox Season 2 Launch: Female-Driven Short Film Series Gets Toronto Screening |url=https://deadline.com/2018/09/tnt-refinery29-set-shatterbox-season-2-launch-female-driven-short-film-series-gets-toronto-screening-1202458713/ |access-date=December 28, 2023 |website=Deadline |language=en-US |archive-date=September 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911225317/https://deadline.com/2018/09/tnt-refinery29-set-shatterbox-season-2-launch-female-driven-short-film-series-gets-toronto-screening-1202458713/ |url-status=live }}
In 2020, Jacobs starred in the comedy-drama film I Used to Go Here. She directed the episode "Higher, Further, Faster" for the documentary series Marvel's 616.{{cite web |last1=Taylor |first1=Drew |title='Marvel's 616' Directors Alison Brie and Gillian Jacobs on Their Unwavering Love of Ms. Marvel |url=https://collider.com/alison-brie-gillian-jacobs-interview-marvel-616-disney-plus/ |website=Collider |date=November 22, 2020 |access-date=August 16, 2021 |archive-date=November 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120115813/https://collider.com/alison-brie-gillian-jacobs-interview-marvel-616-disney-plus/ |url-status=live }}
In February 2021, she and co-host Diona Reasonover premiered a STEM-focused podcast, Periodic Talks, on Stitcher Radio.{{cite web |last1=Sarachan |first1=Risa |title=Gillian Jacobs And Diona Reasonover Explore STEM Fields On Stitcher Podcast 'Periodic Talks' |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/risasarachan/2021/02/22/gillian-jacobs-and-diona-reasonover-explore-stem-fields-on-stitcher-podcast-ifthen/?sh=640e5f726da9 |website=Forbes |access-date=August 14, 2021 |archive-date=August 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814234747/https://www.forbes.com/sites/risasarachan/2021/02/22/gillian-jacobs-and-diona-reasonover-explore-stem-fields-on-stitcher-podcast-ifthen/?sh=640e5f726da9 |url-status=live }} In July 2021, she had a supporting role in the Fear Street horror film trilogy on Netflix as Christine "Ziggy" Berman.
In 2023, she guest starred in two episodes of the television series The Bear.
Personal life
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.{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Ann |date=September 17, 2020 |title='I'm a loner': Gillian Jacobs on the snarky art of playing misfits |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/sep/17/gillian-jacobs-community-interview-girls-love-i-used-to-go-here |access-date=September 17, 2020 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=October 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010204430/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/sep/17/gillian-jacobs-community-interview-girls-love-i-used-to-go-here |url-status=live }} 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 suffering drug addiction.{{cite episode |series=Off Camera |season=6 |number=25 (92) |airdate=February 27, 2017 |network=Audience}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"| Year !scope="col"| Title !scope="col"| Role !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2005
!scope="row"| Building Girl | Katie | |
| 2007
!scope="row"| Blackbird | Froggy | |
| rowspan=2 | 2008
!scope="row"| Choke | Cherry Daiquiri / Beth | |
| scope="row"| Gardens of the Night
| Leslie Whitehead | |
|---|
| rowspan=2 | 2009
!scope="row"| {{sortname|The|Box|dab=2009 film}} | Dana | |
| scope="row"| Solitary Man
| Tall Girl | |
| rowspan=3 | 2010
!scope="row"| Helena from the Wedding | Helena | |
| scope="row"| Nonames
| CJ | |
| scope="row"| Coach
| Zoe | |
| 2011
!scope="row"| Let Go | Darla DeMint | |
| rowspan=4 | 2012
!scope="row"| Watching TV with the Red Chinese | Suzanne | |
| scope="row"| Revenge for Jolly!
| Tina | |
| scope="row"| Adventures in the Sin Bin
| Lauren | |
| scope="row"| Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
| Katie | |
| rowspan=6 | 2013
!scope="row"| {{sortname|The|Incredible Burt Wonderstone}} | Miranda | |
| scope="row"| It's Not You, It's Me
| Babe | Short film |
| scope="row"| Bad Milo!
| Sarah | |
| scope="row"| {{sortname|The|Big Ask|dab=film}}
| Emily | |
| scope="row"| Made in Cleveland
| Martha | |
| scope="row"| Crush
| Shira | Short film |
| rowspan=4 | 2014
!scope="row"| Life Partners | Paige Kearns | |
| scope="row"| Walk of Shame
| Rose | |
| scope="row"| {{sortname|The|Lookalike|dab=2014 film}}
| Lacey / Sadie | |
| scope="row"| Black or White
| Fay | |
| rowspan=4 | 2015
!scope="row"| {{sortname|The|Queen of Code|nolink=1}} | {{n/a}} | Documentary short |
| scope="row"| Hot Tub Time Machine 2
| Jill | |
| scope="row"| No Way Jose
| Penny | |
| scope="row"| Visions
| Sadie | |
| rowspan=3 | 2016
!scope="row"| Don't Think Twice | Samantha | |
| scope="row"| Dean
| Nicky | |
| scope="row"| Brother Nature
| Gwen Turley | |
| 2017
!scope="row"| Lemon | Tracy | |
| rowspan=3 | 2018
!scope="row"| Life of the Party | Helen | |
| scope="row"| Ibiza
| Harper | |
| scope="row"| Curated
| {{n/a}} | Short film |
| rowspan=3 | 2020
!scope="row"| I Used to Go Here | Kate Conklin | |
| scope="row"| Magic Camp
| Kristina Darkwood | |
| scope="row"| Come Play
| Sarah | |
| rowspan="6" |2021
!scope="row"| North Hollywood | Abigaile | |
| scope="row"| Mark, Mary & Some Other People
| Dr. Jacobs | |
| scope="row"| Fear Street Part One: 1994
| C. Berman | |
| scope="row"| Fear Street Part Two: 1978
| rowspan="2" | Adult Christine "Ziggy" Berman | |
| scope="row"| Fear Street Part Three: 1666
| |
| scope="row"|Injustice
|Voice, direct-to-video{{Cite web |last=Couch |first=Aaron |date=July 21, 2021 |title=DC's 'Injustice' Sets Cast for Animated Movie (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/injustice-gods-among-us-movie-dc-1234985568/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721160310/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/injustice-gods-among-us-movie-dc-1234985568/ |archive-date=July 21, 2021 |access-date=July 22, 2021 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{cite web |title=Gillian Jacobs (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Gillian-Jacobs/ |access-date=June 11, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. |
| rowspan=4 | 2022
!scope="row"| More Than Robots |{{N/A}} |Documentary |
| scope="row"| {{sortname|The|Contractor|dab=2022 film}}
| Brianne Harper | |
| scope="row"| {{sortname|The|Seven Faces of Jane}}
| Jane | Directed segment: "Goodbye / Hello"; also writer |
| scope="row"| Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
| Erica Daley |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"| Year !scope="col"| Title !scope="col"| Role !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2006
!scope="row"| {{sortname|The|Book of Daniel|dab=TV series}} | Adele Congreve | 3 episodes |
| 2007
!scope="row"| Traveler | Kimberly | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2008
!scope="row"| Fringe | Joanne Ostler | Episode: "The Equation" |
| rowspan="3" | 2009
!scope="row"| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Sue Smith | Episode: "Rock Star" |
| scope="row"| Royal Pains
| Tess Frimoli | Episode: "There Will Be Food" |
|---|
| scope="row" | {{sortname|The|Good Wife}}
| Sonia | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2009–2015
!scope="row"| Community | 110 episodes |
| 2010
!scope="row"| Aqua Teen Hunger Force | Carl's Wife | Voice, episode: "Larry Miller Hair System" |
| 2012
!scope="row"| Robot Chicken | Various Characters | Voice, episode: "Punctured Jugular" |
| 2012–2016
!scope="row"| Comedy Bang! Bang! | Post-Apocalypse Woman / Herself | 3 episodes |
| 2013
!scope="row"| {{sortname|The|Venture Bros.}} | Marsha Backwood |
| 2013–2014
!scope="row"| Monsters vs. Aliens | Sta'abi, additional voices |
| 2013
!scope="row"| Talking Dead | Herself | Episode: "Indifference" |
| rowspan=4 | 2014
!scope="row"|Rupaul's Drag Race |Guest Judge |Episode: "Snatch Game" |
| scope="row"| {{sortname|The|Greatest Event in Television History}}
| Sonny | Episode: "Bosom Buddies" |
| scope="row"| American Dad!
| Christy | Voice, episode: "Introducing the Naughty Stewardesses" |
| scope="row"| Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories
| Young Patient | Episode: "Toes" |
| rowspan=3 | 2015
!scope="row"| Girls | Mimi-Rose Howard | 5 episodes |
| scope="row"| Adventure Time
| M.A.R.G.L.E.S. |
| scope="row"| Long Live the Royals
| Rosalind |
| 2016
!scope="row"| Great Minds with Dan Harmon | Episode: "Ada Lovelace" |
| 2016–2018
!scope="row"| Love | Mickey Dobbs | 34 episodes |
| rowspan=6 | 2017
!scope="row"| Dr. Ken | Erin | Episode: "Ken's New Intern" |
| scope="row"| Regular Show
| Blu-ray, Dome Computer |
| scope="row"| Bajillion Dollar Propertie$
| Jenny Tanner | Episode: "Chelsea Leight-Leigh Lately" |
| scope="row"| Justice League Action |
| scope="row"| Rick and Morty
| Supernova | Voice, episode: "Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender" |
| scope="row"| HarmonQuest
| Chip | Episode: "The Quest Continues" |
| rowspan=2 | 2018
!scope="row"| Random Acts of Flyness | Herself | Episode: "They Got Some S**t That'll Blow Out Our Back" |
| scope="row"| Angie Tribeca
| Becky Bunnker | Episode: "Joystick Luck Club" |
| rowspan=3 | 2019
!scope="row"| Weird City | Mulia | Episode: "Chonathan & Mulia & Barsley & Phephanie" |
| scope="row"| At Home with Amy Sedaris
| Herself | Episode: "Anniversary" |
| scope="row"| Astronomy Club: The Sketch Show
| Episode: "Full House But Black" |
| rowspan=4 | 2020
!scope="row"| {{sortname|The|Twilight Zone|dab=2019 TV series}} | Annie Mitchell | Episode: "Meet in the Middle" |
| scope="row"| Star Trek: Lower Decks
| Lieutenant Barbara Brinson | Voice, episode: "Cupid's Errant Arrow" |
| scope="row"| Earth to Ned
| Herself | Episode: "Late Night Ned" |
| scope="row"| Marvel's 616
| {{n/a}} | Episode: "Higher, Further, Faster"; director |
| 2021–present
!scope="row"| Invincible |
| rowspan="2"|2021
!scope="row"| Cinema Toast | | Voice, episode: "Warehouse Friends" |
| scope="row"| Aquaman: King of Atlantis
| Mera | Voice, 3 episodes{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Bullet News |date=October 27, 2021 |title="Aquaman: King Of Atlantis" Review: The crazy animated sequel to the DCEU Aquaman saga |url=https://bulletnews.net/aquaman-king-of-atlantis-review-the-crazy-animated-sequel-to-the-dceu-aquaman-saga/ |access-date=June 11, 2024 |website=Bullet News |language=en-US}} |
| 2021–2023
!scope="row"| Ten Year Old Tom | Dakota | Voice, 20 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2022–2023
!scope="row"| Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty | Chris Riley | 7 episodes |
| scope="row"| Minx
| Maggie | 3 episodes |
| rowspan="4" | 2023
!scope="row"| Transatlantic | 7 episodes |
| scope="row"| StoryBots: Answer Time
| | Voice, episode: "Glass" |
| scope="row"| Ada Twist, Scientist
| Miss Greer | Voice, episode: "A Twist in Time"{{Cite Instagram |postid=CrWGwpzJe1f |user=gillian__jacobs |title=So thrilled to have a tiny part on this season of "Ad... |date=April 22, 2023}} |
| scope="row"| Carol & the End of the World
| Lisa | Voice, episode: "The Distraction" |
| 2023–2024
!scope="row"| {{sortname|The|Bear|dab=TV series}} | Tiffany Jerimovich | 4 episodes |
| 2024–2025
!scope="row"|After Midnight | Herself | 4 episodes |
| rowspan="3" | 2025
!scope=row| Krapopolis | Ana | Voice, episode: "Ty Big Fat Greek Wedding" |
| scope=row| Wylde Pak
| Alice Kelly | Voice, 2 episodes |
| scope=row| American Experience
| Narrator | Episode: "Mr. Polaroid"[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/mr-polaroid/ "Mr. Polaroid" – American Experience (PBS).] Retrieved 19 May 2025. |
=Web=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"| Year !scope="col"| Title !scope="col"| Role !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2011
!scope="row"| Don Cheadle Is Captain Planet | Linka | Funny or Die segment |
| 2012
!scope="row"| {{sortname|The|Book Club|nolink=1}} | Penelope | 2 episodes |
| 2013
!scope="row"| Tiny Commando | Mitzi McNeil | 8 episodes |
| 2017
!scope="row"| STRANGER THINGS: A Bad Lip Reading |Voice |
| 2022
!scope="row"| Vindicators 2: Last Stand Between Earth and Doom | Supernova | Voice, 10 episodes |
=Stage=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"| Year !scope="col"| Title !scope="col"| Role !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2006
!scope="row"| cagelove | Katie | Rattlestick Playwrights Theater |
| rowspan=2 | 2007
!scope="row"| The Fabulous Life of a Size Zero | Girl | DR2 Theatre |
| scope="row"| A Feminine Ending
| Amanda Blue |
|---|
| 2008
!scope="row"| The Little Flower of East Orange | Nadine / Cathleen |
| 2018
!scope="row"| Kings | Kate | The Public Theater |
= Audio =
Awards and nominations
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
{{commons category|Gillian Jacobs}}
- {{IMDb name|1843026}}
- {{iobdb name|35358}}
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Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:Actresses from Pittsburgh
Category:Actual play performers
Category:American film actresses
Category:American stage actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:American voice actresses