Jillian Bell Facts for Kids

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Born	Jillian Leigh Bell (1984-04-25) April 25, 1984 (age 39) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Occupation	Actress comedian screenwriter
Years active	2006–present

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 (2019) 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), and Godmothered (2020).

Early life
Career
Filmography
- Film
- Television
Accolades
See also

Early life

Bell was born and raised in Las Vegas, the daughter of Tanzy and Ron Bell. She is of Romanian descent through her maternal grandmother. Bell began to study improv at the age of eight. She graduated from Bishop Gorman High School in 2002. After high school, she moved to Los Angeles, and became a member of the Groundlings.

Career

She auditioned for Saturday Night Live, and although she did not join the cast, she became a writer for the show in 2009 for its 35th season. That year, she appeared in an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm as an assistant who wears revealing clothing at work.

In 2011, she began playing Jillian Belk on the Comedy Central series Workaholics. Film director Paul Thomas Anderson saw her in it and gave her a small role in his 2012 film The Master, then another small role in his 2014 film Inherent Vice. She had a recurring role as Dixie in the fourth and final season of Eastbound and Down. In 2014, she appeared in 22 Jump Street with Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum. In 2015, she co-starred in Goosebumps and The Night Before.

In January 2016, Comedy Central debuted a new series, Idiotsitter, in which Bell portrayed the constantly misbehaving adult daughter of wealthy parents. It was originally launched as a web series in early 2014.

Bell starred as the Fairy Godmother in Disney's Godmothered, which was released on Disney+.

Filmography

Key
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Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Bridesmaids	Girl at Shower
2012	Love, Gloria	Cheryl
2012	The Master	Susan Gregory
2014	22 Jump Street	Mercedes Nillsen
2014	Inherent Vice	Chlorinda
2015	Goosebumps	Lorraine Conyers
2015	The Night Before	Betsy Greenberg
2016	The Angry Birds Movie	Helene the Lunch Mom, Yoga Instructor	Voice
2016	Office Christmas Party	Trina Vanstone
2017	Fist Fight	Counselor Holly
2017	Rough Night	Alice
2018	Game Over, Man!	Embarrassed Girl
2019	Brittany Runs a Marathon	Brittany Forgler	Also executive producer
2019	Sword of Trust	Cynthia
2020	Cowboys	Sally
	Bill & Ted Face the Music	Dr. Taylor Wood
	Godmothered	Eleanor Fay Bloomingbottom / Fairy Godmother
2022	The Drop	Lindsey
2022	I'm Totally Fine	Vanessa
2023	Murder Mystery 2	Susan
	Fool's Paradise	Shaman
	Good Burger 2	Katt Boswell
	Candy Cane Lane	Pepper
TBA	Reunion	Vivian	Also executive producer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Crossbows & Mustaches	Denise	Television shorts
2007–2008	Preppy Hippies	Jillian	5 episodes
2009	Waiting to Die	Kristy	Pilot
2009–2010	Saturday Night Live	Team Helga Curling Player	Episode: "Jennifer Lopez"; also writer
2009	Worst Week	Eleanor	Episode: "The Puppy"
2009	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Maureen	Episode: "The Bare Midriff"
2011	Franklin & Bash	Jennifer Putnam	Episode: "Jennifer of Troy"
2011–2017	Workaholics	Jillian Belk	44 episodes
2011	Friends with Benefits	Amanda	Episode: "The Benefit of Keeping Your Ego in Check"
2012–2013	Partners	Renata	6 episodes
2013	To My Future Assistant		Pilot
	Eastbound & Down	Dixie	8 episodes
	High School USA!	Miriam	Voice, episode: "Rumsprinabreakers"
2014	Gravity Falls	Melody	Voice, 2 episodes
2015	Lucas Bros Moving Co	Beyonce, Laura	Voice, 2 episodes
2015–2019	SuperMansion	Lex Lightning	Voice, 20 episodes
2016–2017	Idiotsitter	Genevieve "Gene" Russell	Also creator and writer
2016	Portlandia	Car Rental Clerk	Episode: "Weirdo Beach"
2016	Son of Zorn	Dorothy Clementina, Headbutt Girl	Voice, 1 episode
2017	Dogs In a Park	Various Dogs	8 episodes
2018–present	Bob's Burgers	Mandy, Nat	Voice, 5 episodes
2018	... History	Clara Kinsey	1 episode
2019	Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television	Herself	Episode: "The Rhy Chormosome"
	Neurotica	Hailey	Episode: "Eureka!"
	What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage	Herself	Episode: “Elevator”
2019–2021	Bless the Harts	Violet Hart	Voice, recurring role
2019	Human Discoveries	Minerva
2019–2022	Green Eggs and Ham	Gluntz
2019	Archer	Captain Glenda Price	Voice, episode: "Dining with the Zarglorp"
2019	Nailed It!	Guest host	Episode: "One Fail, Two Fail. I Fail, You Fail!"
2020	Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party	Herself	Episode: "The Eggplant Parm Episode"
2020	Room 104	Sam	Episode: "Star Time"
2021	Home Sweet Homegoods	Jillian	6 episodes
2022	Tales of the Walking Dead	Gina	Episode: "Blair / Gina"
	Roar	Christina	1 episode
	Impractical Jokers	Herself	Episode: "Jillian Bell"
2023	History of the World, Part II	Head Writer	Episode: “VIII”

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.

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