Gillian MacLaren Jacobs is an American actress. She portrayed Britta Perry on the NBCYahoo Screen comedy series Community and stars as Mickey on the Netflix series Love. Jacobs has also appeared in television shows such as Fringe, Law amp Order Criminal Intent, The Good Wife, and Girls, and in films such as Gardens of the Night , The Box , Seeking a Friend for the End of the World , and Bad Milo .
Jacobs was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her mother, Martina Magenau Jacobs, is the director of alumni relations at Carnegie Mellon Universitys 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.
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