Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Acting
- Born:
- 1961-01-13
- Place of birth:
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Julia Scarlett Elizabeth Louis-Dreyfus (/ˌluːiˈdraɪfəs/ LOO-ee DRY-fəs; born January 13, 1961) is an American actress, comedian, and producer. She is known for her roles in a string of successful comedy series and several comedy films. She has received numerous accolades, including 11 Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and nine Screen Actors Guild Awards. The daughter of French billionaire Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, she entered comedy as a performer with the Practical Theatre Company. She was a cast member on the sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1982 to 1985. Her breakthrough came playing Elaine Benes on the NBC sitcomSeinfeld (1990–1998), one of the most successful sitcoms in television history. She earned further acclaim for her roles as Christine Campbell on The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–2010) and Selina Meyer on Veep (2012–2019), and has guest-starred on shows such as Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and 30 Rock. Louis-Dreyfus has had leading film roles in the comedy-dramas Enough Said (2013), Downhill (2020), You Hurt My Feelings (2023), and Tuesday (2023), with supporting film roles in comedy films such as Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Deconstructing Harry (1997), and You People (2023). Her voice acting work includes roles in the Disney animated films A Bug's Life (1998), Planes (2013), and Onward (2020). She has played Valentina Allegra de Fontaine in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2021. Louis-Dreyfus is one of the most awarded actors in television history, winning more Emmys and Screen Actors Guild Awards than any other performer. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010. She was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 2014. She was named as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world in 2016. She also received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humour in 2018 and the National Medal of Arts in 2021. Description above from the Wikipedia article Julia Louis-Dreyfus, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Avengers: Secret Wars
Tangles
The Sheep Detectives
Thunderbolts*
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
The Academy of Armando
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
The Day Drinking with Seth Meyers New Year's Special
The Little Pageant That Could
Tuesday
You Hurt My Feelings
Being Mary Tyler Moore
You People
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
Black Widow
Senior Entourage
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Marvel Studios Assembled
Onward
Downhill
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
The Words That Built America
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
Generosity of Eye
Live from New York!
Hot Ones
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Barely Legal Pawn
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
Enough Said
Planes
Picture Paris
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Veep
Inside Comedy
Web Therapy
Conan
The Women of SNL
The Jay Leno Show
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Web Therapy
The Pixar Story
Jerry Seinfeld: Submarine Captain
30 Rock
The Megan Mullally Show
Talkshow with Spike Feresten
The One Show
The New Adventures of Old Christine
Earth to America
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
The Seinfeld Story
Seinfeld: How It Began
Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo
The Tony Danza Show
Arrested Development
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Naqoyqatsi
Watching Ellie
Primetime Glick
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Geppetto
The Early Show
Animal Farm
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
A Bug's Life
Deconstructing Harry
The View
Fathers' Day
Hey Arnold!
London Suite
The Daily Show
The Single Guy
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Extra
Inside the Actors Studio
North
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Show with David Letterman
Jack the Bear
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Dinosaurs
The Simpsons
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Seinfeld
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Day by Day
Soul Man
Hannah and Her Sisters
Troll
Family Ties
Saturday Night Live
The Oscars
The Art of Being Nick