Gillian Jacobs

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". ["OnStage", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 1, 2006] After graduating from Mt. Lebanon High School in 2000, Jacobs moved to New York to study acting at Juilliard.

Jacobs's first national exposure came in her recurring role as Adele Congreve on the television series "The Book of Daniel". Although she played Kimberly in the pilot "Traveler", the role was recast when ABC picked up the show.

In 2006, Jacobs starred off-broadway in Chris Denham's "cagelove". While overall critical reaction to the play was negative, Jacobs earned praise in several reviews. [cite web |url=http://www.curtainup.com/cagelove.html |title="cagelove", A CurtainUp Review |accessdate=2008-08-21 |author=Les Gutman |date=14 May 2006 |work= |publisher=] [cite web |url=http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/8260 |title="cagelove", Review on TheaterMania|accessdate=2008-08-21 |author=Barbara & Scott Siegel |date=16 May 2006 |work= |publisher=] [cite web |url=http://www.talkinbroadway.com/ob/05_15_06.html |title="cagelove" Theater Review |accessdate=2008-08-21 |author=Matthew Murray |publisher=Talkin' Broadway] The "New York Times" advised readers to "make sure to remember the name of Gillian Jacobs, a stunning Juilliard graduate who has the glow of a star in the making". [cite news |first=Jason |last=Zinoman |title=In 'Cagelove,' a Triangle (Sort of), Including a Man Offstage (Sort Of) |url=http://theater2.nytimes.com/2006/05/17/theater/reviews/17cage.html |work= |publisher=The New York Times |date=2006-05-17|accessdate=2008-08-21 ] Among her other theater credits are "The Fabulous Life of a Size Zero" (2007) and "The Little Flower of East Orange" (2008), directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman. [cite journal |last=Silberman |first=Lucy |year=2008 |month=August |title=Gillian Jacobs |journal=Interview|pages=28 ] Jacobs's recent film work includes "Gardens of the Night" (2007); writer-director Adam Rapp's "Blackbird" (2007); and "Choke" (2008), based on the Chuck Palahniuk novel. Currently in post-production are the films "Watching TV with the Red Chinese" and "The Box". [cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1843026/ |title="Gillian Jacobs IMDb Page"|accessdate=2008-08-21 |publisher=Internet Movie Database]

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* [http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/choke/trailer| Trailer for "Choke" (video file).]
* [http://lasvegas.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.cfm?colid=19531&a=on| Interview with "The Fabulous Life of a Size Zero"co-stars Anna Chlumsky and Gillian Jacobs (video file).]
* [http://joyhog.com/interviews/gillian-jacobs-inquisitor/ Gillian Jacobs Answers the Joy Hog Inquisitor!]