Julia Louis-Dreyfus Biography
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is an actress, comedian, and producer from the United States. She is best known for her roles in the sitcoms Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld, The New Adventures of Old Christine, and Veep. She has received more Primetime Emmy Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards than any other performer, tying Cloris Leachman for the most acting wins.
How old is Julia Louis-Dreyfus? – Age
She is 61 years old as of 13 January 2022. She was born in 1961 in New York, New York, United States. Her real name is Julia Scarlett Elizabeth Louis-Dreyfus.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Father – Family
Her mother, Judith (née LeFever), was a writer and special needs tutor, and her father, Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, was the chairman of the Louis Dreyfus Company. Her paternal grandfather, Pierre Louis-Dreyfus, was the president of the Louis Dreyfus Group; he was from an Alsatian Jewish family and served as a cavalry officer and member of the French Resistance during WWII. She is also a great-great-granddaughter of Léopold Louis-Dreyfus, who founded the Louis Dreyfus Group in 1851, a French commodities and shipping conglomerate that members of her family still own, and is distantly related to Alfred Dreyfus of the infamous Dreyfus affair.
Her parents divorced one year after Louis-Dreyfus was born, in 1962. When Julia was four years old, her mother married L. Thompson Bowles, dean of the George Washington University Medical School; Louis-Dreyfus gained a half-sister, Lauren Bowles, who is also an actress. Louis-Dreyfus spent her childhood in several states and countries as a result of her stepfather’s work with Project HOPE, including Colombia, Sri Lanka, and Tunisia. In 1979, she graduated from the all-girls Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, Maryland. Lauren Bowles, Dreyfus’ maternal half-sister, is also an actress. She also has two paternal half-sisters, Phoebe and Emma, who died in August 2018. One of her cousins, Robert Louis-Dreyfus, was the former CEO of Adidas and owner of the Olympique de Marseille football club.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Husband
She met her future husband and Saturday Night Live comedian Brad Hall at Northwestern. They married in 1987 and have two children. Her older son is a musician who has appeared on The Tonight Show.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $250 Million.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Marvel
He appeared as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine in the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier in 2021, though she was originally supposed to make her debut in the film Black Widow.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Seinfeld
Dreyfus rose to prominence in the early 1990s as Elaine Benes on NBC’s Seinfeld. She played the role for nine seasons, appearing in every episode except three. Because her character was not originally intended to be a part of the series, she did not appear in the pilot episode, “The Seinfeld Chronicles.” NBC executives felt the show was too male-centric after the first episode and demanded that creators Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld add a woman to the cast. The inclusion of a female character was revealed as a condition for commissioning the show in the DVD commentary.
Louis-Dreyfus beat out several other actresses who went on to have TV success, including Patricia Heaton and Megan Mullally. Seinfeld says in the DVD package’s “Notes About Nothing” featurette that Louis-Dreyfus’ ability to eat a peanut M&M without breaking the peanut aptly describes the actress: “She cracks you up without breaking your nuts.” Jerry Seinfeld decided to end the series after nine seasons in 1998. The series finale, which aired on May 14, was one of the most-watched television events in history, with over 76 million viewers tuning in.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Cancer
On September 28, 2017, Louis-Dreyfus announced her breast cancer diagnosis on Twitter, just one day after winning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in Veep. She announced her cancer-free status on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on October 18, 2018.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus SNL
During her time on SNL, she shared the stage with many future stars, including Eddie Murphy, Jim Belushi, Billy Crystal, and Martin Short. She met writer Larry David during his only year on SNL during her third and final year on the show. Seinfeld was later co-created by David. Louis-Dreyfus has said that her casting on SNL was a “Cinderella-getting-to-the-ball kind of experience,” but she has also admitted that it was often quite tense, stating that she “didn’t know how to navigate the waters of show business in general, let alone doing a live sketch-comedy show.”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Movies
♦ 2024 – Thunderbolts
♦ 2022 – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
♦ 2021 – Black Widow
♦ 2020 – Downhill
♦ 2020 – Onward
♦ 2013 – Planes
♦ 2013 – Enough Said
♦ 2012 – Picture Paris
♦ 1998 – A Bug’s Life
♦ 1997 – Fathers’ Day
♦ 1997 – Deconstructing Harry
♦ 1994 – North
♦ 1993 – Jack the Bear
Julia Louis-Dreyfus TV Shows
♦ 2021 – The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
♦ 2021 – Marvel Studios: Assembled
♦ 2019 – Archibald’s Next Big Thing
♦ 2015 – Inside Amy Schumer
♦ 2012–2019 – Veep
♦ 2012 – Web Therapy
♦ 2010 – 30 Rock
♦ 2016 – Saturday Night Live
♦ 2006–2010 – The New Adventures of Old Christine
♦ 2005 – The Fairly OddParents
♦ 2004–2005 – Arrested Development
♦ 2002–2003 – Watching Ellie
♦ 2001–2008 – The Simpsons
