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.
48 movies · 52 shows
The Sheep Detectives
2026·7.9
Thunderbolts*
2025·7.3
The Academy of Armando
2025·1.0
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025·6.4
The Day Drinking with Seth Meyers New Year's Special
2024·0.0
The Little Pageant That Could
2024·0.0
Tuesday
2024·6.7
You Hurt My Feelings
2023·6.3
Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023·6.7
You People
2023·5.6
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022·7.0
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
2022·7.2
Black Widow
2021·7.2
Senior Entourage
2021·2.0
Onward
2020·7.6
Downhill
2020·5.2
The Words That Built America
2017·6.0
Generosity of Eye
2015·0.0
Live from New York!
2015·5.9
Barely Legal Pawn
2014·10.0
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
2013·7.4
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013·0.0
Enough Said
2013·6.7
Planes
2013·5.9
Picture Paris
2012·6.0
The Women of SNL
2010·5.2
The Pixar Story
2007·7.5
Jerry Seinfeld: Submarine Captain
2007·6.5
Earth to America
2005·7.7
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005·8.0
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
2005·8.0
The Seinfeld Story
2004·7.4
Seinfeld: How It Began
2004·7.8
Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo
2004·7.0
Naqoyqatsi
2002·6.1
Geppetto
2000·6.3
Animal Farm
1999·5.7
A Bug's Life
1998·7.0
Deconstructing Harry
1997·7.3
Fathers' Day
1997·5.5
London Suite
1996·5.1
North
1994·5.1
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994·7.0
Jack the Bear
1993·6.4
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989·7.2
Soul Man
1986·5.3
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986·7.5
Troll
1986·5.1