Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Acting
- January 13, 1961 · 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 · Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
- Tangles · Midge Leavitt (Voice), Producer
- The Sheep Detectives · Lily (Voice)
- Thunderbolts* · Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
- Good Hang with Amy Poehler · Self
- The Academy of Armando · Self
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert · Self
- SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night · Self
- The Day Drinking with Seth Meyers New Year's Special · Self
- The Little Pageant That Could · Self
- Tuesday · Zora
- You Hurt My Feelings · Beth, Producer
- Being Mary Tyler Moore · Self
- You People · Shelley
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever · Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
- Be My Guest with Ina Garten · Self
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye · Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (archive footage)
- Black Widow · Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (uncredited)
- Senior Entourage · Self
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier · Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
- Marvel Studios Assembled · Self
- Onward · Laurel Lightfoot (Voice)
- Downhill · Billie Stanton, Producer
- My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman · Self
- The Words That Built America · Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- The Weekly with Charlie Pickering · Self
- Generosity of Eye · Self, Producer
- Live from New York! · Self
- Hot Ones · Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- Barely Legal Pawn · Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver · Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend · Self
- Making a Scene | 11 Performances
- Enough Said · Eva
- Planes · Rochelle (Voice)
- Picture Paris · Ellen Larson, Producer
- Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee · Self
- Veep · Selina Meyer, Producer
- Inside Comedy · Self
- Web Therapy · Shevaun Haig
- Conan · Self
- The Women of SNL · Various (archive footage)
- The Jay Leno Show · Self
- The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien · Self
- Web Therapy · Shevaun Haig
- The Pixar Story · Atta (voice) (archive footage)
- Jerry Seinfeld: Submarine Captain · Self
- 30 Rock · Liz Lemon
- The Megan Mullally Show · Self
- Talkshow with Spike Feresten
- The One Show · Self
- The New Adventures of Old Christine · 'Old' Christine Campbell, Producer
- Earth to America · Self
- Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found · Self
- Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live · Self
- The Seinfeld Story · Self
- Seinfeld: How It Began · Self/Elaine Benes
- Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo · Self
- The Tony Danza Show · Self
- Arrested Development · Maggie Lizer
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- Naqoyqatsi · Self
- Watching Ellie · Eleanor 'Ellie' Riggs, Producer
- Primetime Glick
- Curb Your Enthusiasm · Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Geppetto · Blue Fairy, Songs
- The Early Show · Self
- Animal Farm · Mollie (Voice)
- Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special · (archive footage)
- A Bug's Life · Atta (Voice)
- Deconstructing Harry · Leslie
- The View · Self
- Fathers' Day · Carrie Lawrence
- Hey Arnold! · Miss Felter (Voice)
- London Suite · Debra Dolby