Jillian Leigh Bell (born April 25, 1984) is an American actress, comedian and screenwriter. She stars in the 2019 film ''

Brittany Runs a Marathon ''Brittany Runs a Marathon'' is a 2019 American comedy film written and directed by Paul Downs Colaizzo, in his directorial debut. It stars Jillian Bell, Michaela Watkins, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Lil Rel Howery, and Micah Stock. The film follows an ...

'' and 2022's ''

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''. She starred as Jillian Belk on ''

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'', voiced the role of Violet Hart in '' Bless the Harts'' and had a recurring role as Dixie on the final season of '' Eastbound & Down'', and appeared in ''

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,'' ''

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'', and '' Godmothered''.

Early life

Bell was born and raised in

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, 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

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in 2002. After high school, she moved to

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, and became a member of the

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Career

Bell is an alumnus of The Straitjacket Society in

. She auditioned for ''

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.'' Although she did not join the cast, she became a writer for the show in 2009 for its 35th season. The same year Bell appeared in an episode of '' Curb Your Enthusiasm'' as an assistant who wears revealing clothing at work. In 2011, she began to play Jillian Belk on the

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series ''

''. Film director

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noticed her in ''Workaholics'' and cast her in a small role in his 2012 film, '' The Master'' and yet again in another small role in his 2014 film, ''

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''. She had a recurring role as Dixie in the fourth and final season of '' Eastbound and Down''. In 2014, she appeared in ''

'' alongside

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and

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. In 2015, she co-starred in ''

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'' and '' The Night Before''. In January 2016,

debuted a new series, '' Idiotsitter'', in which Bell portrays the constantly misbehaving adult daughter of wealthy parents. ''Idiotsitter'' was launched as a web series in early 2014, before being picked up in June 2014 by Comedy Central for network airing. Bell starred as the

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's '' Godmothered'', which was released on

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Filmography

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 ''

''. In 2015, she was nominated for two

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for Best Fight with

and Best Villain for her work on ''

''. In 2019, she received the Fairbanks Award at the San Diego International Film Festival and the Next Wave Award at the

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References

External links

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