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Jillian Bell

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Biography

Jillian Bell (born April 25, 1984) is an American comedian, actress, and screenwriter. Jillian was raised in Las Vegas, Nevada and began studying improv at the age of eight. She graduated from Bishop Gorman High School in 2002, then moved to Los Angeles, where she became a member of the Groundlings. She auditioned for Saturday Night Live, and though she did not join the cast, she became a writer for the show in 2009 for the 35th season.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

The Master

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Angry Birds Movie

As Helen the Lunch Mom / Yoga Instructor (voice)

Murder Mystery 2

As Susan

22 Jump Street

As Mercedes

Inherent Vice

As Chlorinda

Goosebumps

As Lorraine

Human Discoveries

As Minerva (voice)

Bill & Ted Face the Music

As Dr. Taylor Wood

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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The Price of Devotion

From the riverbank to the desert, a journey through American cinema's darkest portraits of faith, charisma, and the corruption that follows.

8 films

The Architecture of Obsession: Cinema of the Fixated Mind

Eight films in which a character's consuming fixation drives the narrative, examined through the directorial techniques that externalise interiority: subjective...

8 films

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