Julia Louis-Dreyfus

65, from New York City, New York, USA

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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.

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Timeline

2027Future projects

  • Poster for Avengers: Secret Wars

    Valentina Allegra de Fontaine

2026Aged 65

  • Poster for The Sheep Detectives

    Lily (voice)

  • Poster for Tangles

    Midge Leavitt (voice)

2025Aged 64

  • Poster for SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

    Self

  • Poster for The Academy of Armando

    Self

  • Poster for Thunderbolts*

    Valentina Allegra de Fontaine

2024Aged 63

  • Poster for Tuesday

    Zora

  • Poster for The Little Pageant That Could

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Day Drinking with Seth Meyers New Year's Special

    Self (archive footage)

2023Aged 62

  • Poster for You People

    Shelley

  • Poster for Being Mary Tyler Moore

    Self (voice)

  • Poster for You Hurt My Feelings

    Beth

2022Aged 61

  • Poster for Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye

    Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (archive footage)

  • Poster for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

    Valentina Allegra de Fontaine

2021Aged 60

  • Poster for Senior Entourage

    Self

  • Poster for Black Widow

    Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (uncredited)

2020Aged 59

  • Poster for Downhill

    Billie Stanton

  • Poster for Onward

    Laurel Lightfoot (voice)

2017Aged 56

  • Poster for The Words That Built America

    Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence

2015Aged 54

  • Poster for Live from New York!

    Self

  • Poster for Generosity of Eye

    Herself

2014Aged 53

  • Poster for Barely Legal Pawn

    Julia Louis-Dreyfus

2013Aged 52

  • Poster for Planes

    Rochelle (voice)

  • Poster for Enough Said

    Eva

  • Poster for Making a Scene | 11 Performances

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend

    Self

2012Aged 51

  • Poster for Picture Paris

    Ellen Larson

2010Aged 49

  • Poster for The Women of SNL

    Various (archive footage)

2007Aged 46

  • Poster for Jerry Seinfeld: Submarine Captain

    Self

  • Poster for The Pixar Story

    Atta (voice) (archive footage)

2005Aged 44

  • Poster for Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live

    Self

  • Poster for Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found

    Self

  • Poster for Earth to America

    Self

2004Aged 43

  • Poster for Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo

    Self

  • Poster for Seinfeld: How It Began

    Self/Elaine Benes

  • Poster for The Seinfeld Story

    Self

2002Aged 41

  • Poster for Naqoyqatsi

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2000Aged 39

  • Poster for Geppetto

    Blue Fairy

1999Aged 38

  • Poster for Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

    (archive footage)

  • Poster for Animal Farm

    Mollie (voice)

1998Aged 37

  • Poster for A Bug's Life

    Atta (voice)

1997Aged 36

  • Poster for Fathers' Day

    Carrie Lawrence

  • Poster for Deconstructing Harry

    Leslie

1996Aged 35

  • Poster for London Suite

    Debra Dolby

1994Aged 33

  • Poster for Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

    Kathy Lee Kathy

  • Poster for North

    North's Mom

1993Aged 32

  • Poster for Jack the Bear

    Peggy Etinger

1989Aged 28

  • Poster for National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

    Margo Chester

1986Aged 25

  • Poster for Troll

    Jeanette Cooper

  • Poster for Hannah and Her Sisters

    Mary

  • Poster for Soul Man

    Lisa Stimson