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Julia Louis-Dreyfus

ACTOR · BORN 1961

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Born
13 January 1961, New York City, New York, USA
Known for
Seinfeld (1989), Enough Said (2013), You People (2023), Planes (2013)

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus (born 13 January 1961) is an actor best known for Seinfeld, Enough Said and You People.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus over the years

Julia Louis-Dreyfus in 1982 (age 21)
1982 · age 21Pbarrosse58, CC BY-SA 3.0
Julia Louis-Dreyfus in 1995 (age 34)
1995 · age 34Alan Light, CC BY 2.0
Julia Louis-Dreyfus in 2019 (age 58)
2019 · age 58Neil Grabowsky, for the Montclair Film Festival, CC BY 2.0

14 Interesting Facts About Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Interesting Facts (1)

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    She and her future husband, Brad Hall (a year before they were married in 1987) made their feature film debut together as a couple in the fantasy horror movie Troll (1986).

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Production Story (3)

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    Was originally slated to play Alison Stern in Private Parts (1997), Howard Stern's biography. She dropped out to spend more time with her children. The role went to Mary McCormack.

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  2. #003

    Her television series, Watching Ellie (2002), was created for her by husband Brad Hall. They originally wanted the series to air commercial free, but that idea was rejected by NBC.

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  3. #004

    She successfully fought NBC censors to allow a scene where a man runs around his house completely naked in front of Ellie (Julia's character on Watching Ellie (2002)).

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Characters & Cast (1)

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    Her character on Seinfeld (1989), Elaine Benes, did not appear in the original pilot. She has never watched that episode - out of superstition. [Contrary to that statement, she told David Letterman that when she watches the show, she doesn't recall any of it; it's like she's a new viewer].

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Easter Eggs & References (1)

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    While many critics consider The Simpsons (1989) and Seinfeld (1989) to be the two most revolutionary comedies of the 1990s, with several even lauding them as the two funniest series ever, Louis-Dreyfus is the only regular cast member of either series to make an appearance on the other. However, Yeardley Smith, voice of Lisa Simpson, unsuccessfully auditioned for the title role in the Seinfeld episode "The Secretary" and actors Marisa Tomei, Lawrence Tierney, Kathy Griffin, Bryan Cranston, Dana Gould, Bette Midler and Jon Lovitz have made guest appearances on both series.

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Career & Awards (5)

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    Performed improv with Chicago's Second City and the Practical Theatre Company, started by her husband, Brad Hall.

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  2. #008

    Both she and her husband, Brad Hall, appeared as part of NBC's Saturday Night Live (1975) cast in early 1980s. They are the only husband/wife team to do so.

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    Is the first, and thus far only, one of the four primary cast members of Seinfeld (1989) to have received a Razzie Award nomination. She was nominated for Worst Supporting Actress in 1998 for her performance in the film Fathers' Day (1997). However, she ultimately lost the award to Alicia Silverstone in Batman & Robin (1997).

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  4. #010

    During a guest appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003), Bradley Whitford, revealed that his (then) wife, Jane Kaczmarek, received a big bouquet of flowers from Julia the day after the Emmy Awards. Both Jane and Julia were nominated in the category Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and Jane had been highly tipped to win for Malcolm in the Middle (2000) but the Emmy was given to Julia for The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006). With the bouquet was a card with the words "You Got Screwed".

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  5. #011

    Is included in Richard Roeper's list of actresses who have never done nude scenes in his latest book, "Ten Sure Signs a Movie Character is Doomed, and Other Surprising Movie Lists". When asked about this by Conan O'Brien, Dreyfus stated that she had never been asked to do one.

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Life & Family (3)

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    Is distantly related to actor Richard Dreyfuss.

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    Her grandfather, Pierre Louis-Dreyfus, was a member of the French Resistance during World War II, and flew 88 missions for Charles de Gaulle's Free French Air Force. He came from a well-established Alsatian Jewish family.

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  3. #014

    Paternal half-sister, social worker Emma Louis-Dreyfus (June 16, 1974-August 13, 2018), was on a camping trip in the Sierra Nevadas when she suffered a seizure and died at age 44.

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Sources & editorial notes

Reference databases

  • Wikipedia English Wikipedia article
  • IMDb IMDb name page (biography and trivia)

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