Gillian MacLaren Jacobs

Gillian MacLaren Jacobs, born on 19 October 1982 was an American actress. She is best known for her performances as Britta Perry in the NBC comedy series Community (2009-2015), Mickey Dobbs on the Netflix romantic comedy series Love (2016-2018), and Atom Eve on the Amazon animated series Invincible (2021). Mimi Rose Howard played a regular part in the fourth season of the HBO comedy series Girls (2012 to 2017). Gillian MacLaren Jacobs, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 19, 1982. Her mother, Martina Magenau Jacobs, is a member of the alumni relations department at Carnegie Mellon University, while her father, William F. Jacobs Jr. was an investment banker. Her father William F. Jacobs Jr. died in 2013. She was raised by her mother in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Her family was the owners of the Erie Brewing Company (not to be confused with the later brewery with the identical name) which was where her father, John Martin Magenau Jr. was the president and CEO until the company ended in 1978.Jacobs began her acting studies at the age of four, and was a student in weekend classes at the Pittsburgh Playhouse while growing up. She performed regularly at the Pittsburgh Public Theater. There she won the Public's Shakespeare Monologue Contest. That made her want to play Titania in their production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Mt. After graduation from Lebanon High School in 2000, she moved to New York City to study at the Juilliard School. She graduated in 2004 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.