Jillian Bell

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. She has also acted in 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.

Jillian Bell studied at Bishop Gorman High School. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is acting and film screenwriting. Residence is recorded at Las Vegas. Works named in the authority record are 22 Jump Street and Candy Cane Lane.

• Name — Jillian Bell • Birth Name — Jillian Leigh Bell • Born — 25 April 1984 • Birthplace — Henderson, Nevada, U.S. • Education — Bishop Gorman High School • Occupation — * Actress • comedian • screenwriter • Years Active — 2006–present • Partner — Luke McGarry

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.

Bell 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 also appeared in an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm as an assistant wearing revealing clothing at work. In 2011, Bell 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 & 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, Bell portrayed the constantly misbehaving adult daughter of wealthy parents in a Comedy Central series, Idiotsitter; it had 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.

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• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2006 — Crossbows & Mustaches — Denise — Television shorts • 2007–2008 — Preppy Hippies — Jillian — 5 episodes • 2009 — Waiting to Die — Kristy — Pilot • Worst Week — Eleanor — Episode: "The Puppy" • 2009–2010 — Saturday Night Live — Team Helga Curling Player — Episode: "Jennifer Lopez"; also writer • 2009–2024 — Curb Your Enthusiasm — Maureen — 2 episodes • 2011 — Franklin & Bash — Jennifer Putnam — Episode: "Jennifer of Troy" • Friends with Benefits — Amanda — Episode: "The Benefit of Keeping Your Ego in Check" • 2011–2017 — Workaholics — Jillian Belk — 44 episodes • 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 • 2015–2019 — SuperMansion — Lex Lightning — Voice, 20 episodes • 2016 — Portlandia — Car Rental Clerk — Episode: "Weirdo Beach" • Son of Zorn — Dorothy Clementina, Headbutt Girl — Voice, episode: "Return of the Drinking Buddy" • 2016–2017 — Idiotsitter — Genevieve "Gene" Russell — Also creator and writer • 2017 — Dogs In a Park — Various Dogs — 8 episodes • 2018 — Drunk History — Clara Kinsey — Episode: "Sex" • 2018–present — Bob's Burgers — Mandy, Nat — Voice, 7 episodes • 2019 — Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television — Herself — Episode: "The Rhy Chromosome" • Neurotica — Hailey — Episode: "Eureka!" • What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage — Herself — Episode: "Elevator" • Human Discoveries — Minerva — Voice, recurring role • Archer — Captain Glenda Price — Voice, episode: "Dining with the Zarglorp" • Nailed It! — Guest host — Episode: "One Fail, Two Fail. I Fail, You Fail!" • 2019–2021 — Bless the Harts — Violet Hart — Voice, recurring role • 2019–2022 — Green Eggs and Ham — Gluntz — Voice, recurring role • 2020 — Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party — Herself — Episode: "The Eggplant Parm Episode" • 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 — Episode: "The Woman Who Solved Her Own Murder" • Impractical Jokers — Herself — Episode: "Jillian Bell" • 2023 — History of the World, Part II — Head Writer — Episode: "VIII" • 2024 — Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — Lee the Eel — Voice, guest role • 2025 — Sausage Party: Foodtopia — Trish the Walnut — Voice, main role

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 her work on 22 Jump Street: Best Villain and, with co-star Jonah Hill, Best Fight. 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.

Jillian Bell is recorded with the occupation actor. Recorded as actress, screenwriter, television writer and film director. Recorded at birth as Jillian Leigh Bell.