Jillian Bell

Jillian Leigh Bell (born April 25, 1984) is an American actress, comedian, and screenwriter. She was a writer for the 35th season of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live between 2009 and 2010. Since her departure from SNL, she has had starring roles in the films Brittany Runs a Marathon and I'm Totally Fine (2022). She has also appeared on television, starring as Jillian Belk on Workaholics, voicing Violet Hart on Bless the Harts, and in a recurring role as Dixie on the final season of Eastbound & Down. Her other film credits include 22 Jump Street (2014), Fist Fight (2017), Godmothered (2020), and Candy Cane Lane (2023). Bell is engaged to illustrator and musician Luke McGarry.

Early life Bell was born and raised in Henderson, Nevada. She began studying improv at age eight. She graduated from Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas in 2002, moved to Los Angeles, and became a member of the comedy group The Groundlings. In 2015, she co-starred in Goosebumps and The Night Before.

In January 2016, Bell portrayed the constantly misbehaving adult daughter of wealthy parents in a Comedy Central series, Idiotsitter. It was originally launched as a web series in early 2014. She starred as the Fairy Godmother in Disney's Godmothered, a film released on Disney+ in 2020 and also starring Isla Fisher.

Filmography

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Film

Television

Accolades In 2010, Bell was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series for her work in the writers' room on Saturday Night Live. In 2015, she was nominated for two MTV Movie Awards for Best Fight with Jonah Hill and Best Villain for her work on 22 Jump Street.

In 2019, she received the Fairbanks Award at the San Diego International Film Festival and the Next Wave Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.