[citation needed] From 1994, she took private drama lessons in London and New York City.
[citation needed] From 2008 to 2011, she studied Information Technology at the University of Potsdam and graduated with an MBA degree.
[citation needed] Jacobi became known in the early 1990s through the German ZDF television series Our Teacher, Doctor Specht.
[citation needed] She was part of the main cast and, in parallel with her preparatory school studies, made 13 episodes between 1990 and 1992.
In 1997 she achieved a major audience with a leading role in the Sat.1 action series HeliCops – Einsatz über Berlin.