“A friend of mine wrote a script, a feminist romantic comedy. She had a feminist scholar consult on it. My friend said, 'Oh, my friend Gillian read it and really loved it.' She goes, 'Gillian Jacobs, you mean: Britta Perry, feminist icon?'”

American actress

Gillian Jacobs is an American actress known for television roles that span comedy, drama, and animation. She became widely recognized for playing Britta Perry on the NBC sitcom Community from 2009 to 2015, and Mickey Dobbs in the Netflix romantic comedy series Love from 2016 to 2018. Her other notable roles include Mimi-Rose Howard in the fourth season of Girls, Atom Eve in Invincible, Tiffany Jerimovich in The Bear, and Mary Jayne Gold in Transatlantic. Her work is often associated with sharp, offbeat characters in contemporary television.