Gillian MacLaren Jacobs

Gillian MacLaren Jacobs was born on the 19th of October, 1982. She is an American actor. Her roles include Britta Perry (NBC comedy series from 2009 to 2015), Mickey Dobbs (Netflix romantic comedy series Love (2016)-2018), and Atom Eve (Amazon animated series Invincible 2021). She was a regular as Mimi-Rose Howard on the fourth season of the HBO comedy-drama series Girls (2012-2017) and was in films like Life Partners (2014), Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015), Don't Think Twice (2016), Brother Nature (2016), Life of the Party (2018), Ibiza (2018), I Used to Go Here (2020) as well as the Fear Street trilogy (2021). Gillian MacLaren Jacobs, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 19th, 1982. Her mother, Martina Magenau Jacobs, is employed in alumni relations at Carnegie Mellon University, while her father, William F. Jacobs Jr., was an investment banker. Her father was killed in the year 2013. Her mother raised her in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Her family owned the Erie Brewing Company (not to be confused with the later brewery with the same name) and her father, John Martin Magenau Jr., served as CEO and president until the brewery ended in 1978.Jacobs began her studies in acting at age four and attended weekend acting classes at the Pittsburgh Playhouse while growing up. She was a frequent performer at the Pittsburgh Public Theater. There she was a winner of the Public's Shakespeare Monologue Contest. That was the catalyst for her participation in Titania in the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. After graduating from Mt. After graduating from Lebanon High School in 2000, she relocated to New York City to study at the Juilliard School. She graduated in 2004 with a BFA.