Gillian Jacobs

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Gillian Jacobs (pronounced Gill-e-en) is an American stage and film actress.

Jacobs grew up in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania suburb of Mt. Lebanon. She made her name locally at the Pittsburgh Public Theater. There she was a perennial contender in the Public's Shakespeare Monologue Contest, which led to her being cast as Titania in their production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.^[1] After graduating from Mt. Lebanon High School in 2000, Jacobs moved to New York to study acting at Juilliard.

Jacobs first national exposure came in her recurring role as Adele Congreve on the controversial (and hence short-lived) series The Book of Daniel. Although she played Kimberly in the pilot of the series Traveler, the role was recast when ABC picked up the show.

Jacobs starred off-broadway in Chris Denham's Cagelove, receiving several positive notices for her work despite critics frosty reaction to the play as a whole. She also has a starring role in the film version of Adam Rapp's stage play Blackbird, which does not currently have a release date. She will also be starring in Gardens of the Night with Evan Ross this year. Gillian is in the pilot TV show "Up All Night". Gillian appeared in the play "The Fabulous Life of a Size Zero" in New York City in the summer of 2007. She is currently filming the movie "Choke"^{[citation needed]}.

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Gillian Jacobs at the Internet Movie Database

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