[7] Jacobson later attended The University of Texas at Austin, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Radio, Television and Film/ Performance.

[9] Jacobson's credits include Days of Our Lives, Hung, Newhart, Castle, The New Gidget, Arliss,[11] Party Down,[12] Harper Valley PTA, The Devlin Connection, Crazy Like a Fox, Falcon Crest, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Quantum Leap, Who's the Boss?, Murphy Brown, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,[8] Splash, Bad Georgia Road, Forbidden Love, Baby Sister,[11] Policewoman Centerfold, Not Just Another Affair [es],[7] Ghost Whisperer,[13] and The Fix.

[11] She also worked as an executive producer, on The Circle [fr] and on the 2014 short Mic Whore,[12] which she wrote.

[15] In September 2024, Jacobson revealed that she suffered from esophageal cancer for 2.5 years,[9] which "kind of took [her] out of the game for a while".

[17] She died after a long illness at a hospital in Culver City, California, on December 8, 2024, at the age of 70.