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Gillian Jacobs (born October 19, 1982) is an American film, theatre and television actress, best known for her role as Britta Perry on the NBC comedy series Community. Jacobs was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her mother, Martina Magenau Jacobs, was a Carnegie Mellon University director of alumni relations at the Heinz College. Her father, William F. Jacobs Jr., was an investment banker.She was raised in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon. She is of French, German, Irish, and Scottish descent. Her family owned the Jackson Koehler Eagle Brewery, established in 1847 in Erie, Pennsylvania, where her grandfather, John Martin Magenau Jr., served as President and CEO until its closure in 1978. Jacobs began studying acting at the age of eight, and attended acting classes on Saturdays at the Pittsburgh Playhouse while growing up.She performed with the Pittsburgh Public Theater, where she was a perennial contender in the Public's Shakespeare Monologue Contest, leading her to be cast as Titania in its production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. After graduating from Mt. Lebanon High School in 2000, Jacobs moved to New York City, New York to attend the Juilliard School, where she was a member of the Drama Division's Group 33. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2004.
This one-hour special tells the story of the greatest superhero team of the Golden Age. Before the Justice League, before Batman and Superman, there were already heroes and a team that brought together the best of them: the Justice Society of America. Years after its founding, the JSA (Flash, Green Lantern, Wildcat, Doctor Fate, Black Canary, Hawkgirl, Hawkman, Atom, Doctor Mid-Nite, Sandman/other members who are not currently part of the team are mentioned) faces a dangerous threat when they are recruited to stop Vandal Savage from finding the Spear of Destiny. It is up to these heroes to show the meaning of the word heroism. In the end, we see a present-day meeting between Jay Garrick, Alan Scott, and Ted, reminiscing about old times. However, the reunion is interrupted by the arrival of Doctor Fate, who warns that they need to reunite the JSA.
