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Julia Elizabeth Scarlett Louis-Dreyfus
(born January 13, 1961) is an Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG Award-winning
American actress and comedian who gained popularity while playing the
role of Elaine Benes on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld in the 1990s. She
currently stars in the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine.
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Born January 13, 1961 (1961-01-13) (age 46)
New York City, USA
Notable roles various comedy roles in Saturday Night Live (1982-1985)
Elaine Benes in Seinfeld (1989-1998)
Christine Campbell in The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006-)
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Biography
Louis-Dreyfus was born in New York City, on Friday the 13th, to a
wealthy Franco-American family best-known for the Louis Dreyfus Group,
an international investment and banking firm. Her paternal grandparents
were Dolores Neubauer and Pierre Louis-Dreyfus, a member of the French
Resistance during World War II.
Julia was raised in Bethesda, Maryland, and graduated from the
Holton-Arms School. Her mother is Judith Bowles, and her father is
French billionaire Gérard Louis-Dreyfus (who changed his name to William
in the 1940s).[2] Her cousin Robert Louis-Dreyfus is the former CEO of
Adidas (1993–2001). She has claimed to be related to Alfred Dreyfus, the
Jewish-French Army Captain famously known for being the central figure
in the Dreyfus Affair, though this has not been confirmed.[citation
needed]
Louis-Dreyfus attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois,
where she studied theater and was a member of the Delta Gamma sorority.
She graduated in 1982. Since 1987 she has been married to actor/writer
Brad Hall, whom she met while they were students at Northwestern. Hall
also worked on SNL. The couple have two sons, Henry (born 1992) and
Charles (born 1997).
[edit] Career
Louis-Dreyfus was a cast member on NBC's Saturday Night Live from 1982
to 1985. While on SNL, she met writer Larry David, who would later
co-create Seinfeld. Louis-Dreyfus also appeared in quite a few sitcoms
and films over the years but is best known for her nine-season role as
"Elaine Benes" on NBC's Seinfeld from 1990 to 1998, in which she
appeared in all but three episodes.
[edit] Post-Seinfeld career
After Seinfeld, Louis-Dreyfus began a new NBC sitcom, Watching Ellie,
which was soon canceled. She had a notable recurring guest role as the
deceitful prosecutor Maggie Lizer on Arrested Development. Louis-Dreyfus
came to be seen as a victim of "the Seinfeld Curse", a term applied to
typecast actors who, after appearing in an enormously popular television
series or movie, have trouble finding popularity in other roles.
However, the impressive ratings for The New Adventures of Old Christine
have shown that any "curse" is broken. She received a Lead Actress Emmy
Award for her work on the first season of The New Adventures of Old
Christine. She was evidently surprised by her win, as she could barely
utter her acceptance speech during the 2006 Emmy Awards.
She returned to host Saturday Night Live on May 13, 2006, becoming the
first former female cast member to return as host (Gilda Radner was
supposed to host in the 1987-88 season, but a writers' strike cut the
season short and Radner died of ovarian cancer a year later).
Louis-Dreyfus appeared with former Seinfeld mates Jason Alexander and
Jerry Seinfeld in the opening monologue, parodying the so-called
"Seinfeld Curse". She mocked the curse once again while accepting her
Emmy award in 2006. Louis-Dreyfus made SNL history again when she became
the first (and so far only) former female castmember to host SNL a
second time on March 17, 2007.
She has also appeared on Seinfeld creator Larry David's show Curb Your
Enthusiasm, playing herself fictionally trying to break the "curse" by
planning to star in a show in which she would play an actress affected
by a Seinfeld-like curse. That storyline expanded on Seinfeld's "show
about nothing" theme by twisting it into a "show about a show about a
show about nothing."
She is scheduled to be the commencement speaker in June 2007 at her alma
mater of Northwestern University.
[edit] Recurring characters on Saturday Night Live
April May June, a female televangelist
Becky, El Dorko's (Gary Kroeger) date
Consuela, Chi Chi's friend and co-host of "Let's Watch TV"
Darla in SNL's parody of The Little Rascals
Weather Woman, a female superhero who controls the weather
Patti Lynn Hunnsucker, a teenage correspondent on Saturday Night News
(Weekend Update)
[edit] Celebrity impersonations
Nina Blackwood
Joanna Carson
Diana Ross
Ali MacGraw
Christina Ferrare
Linda Ellerbee
Mary Travers
Nastassja Kinski
Jo Anne Worley
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Joan Mondale
Marie Osmond
Helen Caldicott
Hu Na
Robin Antin
Linda Ronstadt
JoBeth Williams
[edit] Selected filmography
Saturday Night Live (1982–1985)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Troll (1986)
Soul Man (1986)
Day by Day (television) (1988)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Seinfeld (1989–1998)
Jack the Bear (1993)
North (1994)
London Suite (1996)
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Father's Day (1997)
A Bug's Life (1998)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
Watching Ellie (2002)
Arrested Development (2004)
The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–present)
[edit] Awards and nominations
Emmy Awards
1992: nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series --
Seinfeld
1993: nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series --
Seinfeld
1994: nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series --
Seinfeld
1995: nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series --
Seinfeld
1996: won for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series -- Seinfeld
1997: nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series --
Seinfeld
1998: nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series --
Seinfeld
2006: won for Best Actress in a Comedy Series -- The New Adventures of
Old Christine
Golden Globe Awards
1994: won for Best Supporting Actress in a TV production -- Seinfeld
1995: nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a TV production --
Seinfeld
2007: nominated for Best Actress in a TV Series-Comedy -- The New
Adventures of Old Christine
Screen Actors Guild Awards
1995: nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Comedy
Series -- Seinfeld
1996: nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Comedy
Series -- Seinfeld
1997: won for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Comedy Series
-- Seinfeld
1998: won for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Comedy Series
-- Seinfeld
1999: nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Comedy
Series -- Seinfeld
2006: nominated for Outstanding Performance By an Actress in a Comedy
Series -- The New Adventures of Old Christine
[edit] Trivia
Her sons are Henry (born 1992) and Charles (born 1997). Both pregnancies
were disguised while she played the character of Elaine on Seinfeld.
She was considered for the role of Marla in Fight Club (which eventually
went to Helena Bonham Carter).[citation needed]
Was the only member of the principal cast of Seinfeld not to appear in
the pilot episode; on the DVD of the show's first season, she claims not
to have seen the pilot.
[edit] References
1 http://www.celebheights.com/s/Julia-Louis-Dreyfus-2018.html
2 Forbes World's Richest People. Gérard Louis-Dreyfus & family
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