Gillian Jacobs Biography Gillian Jacobs was born on 1982, is an American motion picture, theatre & television actress. Starting in 2009, she began co-starring in the situation-comedy TV series Community, which airs on the NBC tv network. Jacobs was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, & grew up in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. She created her name locally at the Pittsb... more.