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Julia Louis-Dreyfus

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Recent Role:
Flashback Liz on 30 Rock
Gender:
Female
Born:
1-13-1961
Birthplace:
New York, New York, USA
AKA:
Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, Julia Louise Dreyfus, Little Yum-Yum
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (born January 13, 1961) is an American actress and comedian of French Jewish descent.

Born in New York City, Louis-Dreyfus was a cast member on NBC's Saturday Night Live from 1982 to 1985. She has also appeared in quite a few sitcoms and films over the years, but is best known for her nine season role as "Elaine Benes" on Seinfeld from 1990 to 1998.

After Seinfeld, Louis-Dreyfus began a new sitcom -- Watching Ellie -- in 2002, which was soon cancelled. Julia also had a notable four-episode guest role as the



More compulsively lying prosecutor Maggie Lizer on Arrested Development.

Currently, Louis-Dreyfus is busy with her new and successful sitcom, The New Adventures of Old Christine. Julia plays a divorced working mother just trying to keep up with the world around her.

Julia is a member of the famous New York financial Dreyfus family. Her father is French billionaire Gerard Louis-Dreyfus; her grandfather, Pierre Louis-Dreyfus, fought for the French Resistance during World War II. Her cousin Robert Louis-Dreyfus is the current owner of Adidas and the French football (soccer) club Olympique de Marseille. Some biographies claim she is related to the late Alfred Dreyfus, a French military officer best known for being the focus of the Dreyfus affair.

Julia has been married to actor/writer Brad Hall since 1987, whom she met while they were students at Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois). The couple have two sons, Henry and Charles.

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    Great, I think that she is just is an awesome actress, and I think that she is one of the best around, her character in Seinfeld, was the coolest of all the females characters, and I love her new role on The New Adventures of Old Christine, I really like her style and I really think that she is pretty. I like her a lot.

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    Julia Louis Dreyfus who has been in a couple of sitcoms in the past, was most famous for the role she played in the greatest sitcom ever, Seinfeld. In her role she played the Ex- Girlfriend to Jerry. She also stars in her new sitcom called the new adventures of old christine

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