Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 13, 1961
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
103 titles
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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 (voice)
The Sheep Detectives
Lily (voice)
Thunderbolts*
Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
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 (archive footage)
The Little Pageant That Could
Self (archive footage)
Tuesday
Zora
You Hurt My Feelings
Beth
Being Mary Tyler Moore
Self (voice)
You People
Shelley
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Self - Guest
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 - Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
Onward
Laurel Lightfoot (voice)
Downhill
Billie Stanton
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
Self
The Words That Built America
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
Self
Generosity of Eye
Herself
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
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Self
Veep
Selina Meyer
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 - Guest
Web Therapy
Shevaun Haig
The Pixar Story
Atta (voice) (archive footage)