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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…more

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1/13/1961, New York, New York, USA

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Star (10)

Role
- Veep
  Senator Selina Meyer
  - S 1: Ep 8 Tears
    6/10/12
  - S 1: Ep 7 Full Disclosure
    6/3/12
  - S 1: Ep 6 Baseball
    5/27/12
- Veep
  Vice President Selina Meyer
  - S 1: Ep 5 Nicknames
    5/20/12
  - S 1: Ep 4 Chung
    5/13/12
  - S 1: Ep 3 Catherine
    5/6/12
  - S 1: Ep 2 Frozen Yoghurt
    4/29/12
  - S 1: Ep 1 Fundraiser
    4/22/12
- The New Adventures of Old Christine
  "Old" Christine Campbell
  - S 5: Ep 21 Get Smarter
    5/12/10
  - S 5: Ep 20 Scream
    5/5/10
  - S 5: Ep 19 I Love What You Do For Me
    4/21/10
  - S 5: Ep 18 Revenge Makeover
    4/14/10
  - S 5: Ep 17 Up in the Airport
    4/7/10
  - + 82 More Credits
- The New Adventures of Old Christine
  "New" Christine Campbell
  - S 4: Ep 5 Everyone Says I Love You Except Richie
    10/22/08
- Saturday Night Live
  Herself
  - S 31: Ep 20 Lost & Found: SNL in the '80s
    11/20/05
  - S 10: Ep 18 Howard Cosell/Greg Kihn
    4/13/85
  - S 10: Ep 17 Christopher Reeve/Santana
    4/6/85
  - S 10: Ep 16 Hulk Hogan, Mr. T/The Commodores
    3/30/85
  - S 10: Ep 14 Pamela Sue Martin/Power Station
    2/16/85
  - + 54 More Credits
- Seinfeld
  Elaine Marie Benes (not in pilot)
  - S 9: Ep 25 The "Seinfeld" Story
    11/25/04
  - S 9: Ep 22 The Clip Show (2) (a.k.a. The Chronicle (2))
    5/14/98
  - S 9: Ep 21 The Clip Show (1) (a.k.a. The Chronicle (1))
    5/14/98
  - S 9: Ep 20 The Puerto Rican Day
    5/7/98
  - S 9: Ep 19 The Maid
    4/30/98
  - + 171 More Credits
- Watching Ellie
  Eleanor "Ellie" Riggs
  - S 2: Ep 6 Feud
    5/20/03
  - S 2: Ep 5 Fruit Shots
    5/13/03
  - S 2: Ep 4 Buskers
    5/6/03
  - S 2: Ep 3 Date
    4/29/03
  - S 2: Ep 2 TV
    4/22/03
  - + 14 More Credits
- Seinfeld
  Elaine Benes
  - S 9: Ep 24 The Finale (2)
    5/14/98
  - S 9: Ep 23 The Finale (1)
    5/14/98
  - S 7: Ep 24 The Invitations
    5/16/96
  - S 7: Ep 11 The Rye
    1/4/96
- Day by Day
  Eileen Swift
  - S 2: Ep 20 Father Knows Best
    6/4/89
  - S 2: Ep 19 The Lost Weekend
    4/16/89
  - S 2: Ep 18 The Reunion
    4/2/89
  - S 2: Ep 17 Foul Play
    3/23/89
  - S 2: Ep 16 Three Men and a Babe
    3/12/89
  - + 28 More Credits
- The Art of Being Nick
  Rachel
  - S 1: Ep 2 Pilot (2nd Version)
    8/27/86
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot (1st Version)
Recurring Role (3)

Role
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 157 Julia Louis-Dreyfus/Slash and Adam Levine
    5/11/10
  - S 6: Ep 126 Julia Louis-Dreyfus/Andy Samberg
    3/17/09
  - S 6: Ep 57 Mariah Carey/Milon Simone
    11/26/08
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 10 Seinfeld
    11/22/09
  - S 7: Ep 9 The Table Read
    11/15/09
  - S 7: Ep 6 The Bare Midriff
    10/25/09
  - S 7: Ep 3 The Reunion
    10/4/09
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Massage
    11/25/01
  - + 3 More Credits
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 15: Ep 58 Julia Louis-Dreyfus; Jude Law; Bob Seger
    9/14/06
  - S 14: Ep 169 Show #3103
    3/9/06
  - S 11: Ep 193 Show #2467
    4/14/03
  - S 10: Ep 172 Show #2238
    4/4/02
  - S 10: Ep 149 Show #2215
    2/25/02
Guest Star (39)

Role
- Live! with Kelly
  Herself
  - S 24: Ep 144 April 17, 2012
    4/17/12
  - S 22: Ep 41 November 4, 2009
    11/4/09
  - S 21: Ep 22 September 30, 2008
    9/30/08
  - S 20: Ep 97 January 30, 2008
    1/30/08
  - S 19: Ep 121 March 8, 2007
    3/8/07
  - + 5 More Credits
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 22 Julia Louis-Dreyfus/The Avett Brothers
    10/6/09
  - S 5: Ep 119 Julia Louis-Dreyfus/Dropkick Murphys
    3/17/09
  - S 4: Ep 137 Julia Louis-Dreyfus/Matt Costa
    6/2/08
  - S 4: Ep 67 Julia Louis-Dreyfus/Lindsay Sloane/Sebastian Maniscalco
    1/31/08
  - S 3: Ep 129 Julia Louis-Dreyfus/Rodney Carrington/Cold War Kids
    4/13/07
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Jay Leno Show
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 12 12
    9/29/09
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself - Presenter
  - S 61: Ep 1 The 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/20/09
  - S 60: Ep 1 The 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/21/08
  - S 50: Ep 1 The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/13/98
  - S 47: Ep 1 The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/10/95
  - S 45: Ep 1 The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/19/93
- HBO First Look
  Herself
  - S 16: Ep 0 Curb Your Enthusiasm: It's Not A Reunion Show But It's The Closest You'll Get
    9/8/09
- The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 3 Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bradley Cooper, Sheryl Crow
    6/3/09
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 21 Julia Louis-Dreyfus/Maurice Greene/Cheryl Burke/Jonny Lee Miller
    10/6/08
  - S 6: Ep 2 Mindy Weiss/Shawn Johnson
    9/9/08
  - S 4: Ep 11 Julia Louis-Dreyfus/Bradley Whitford/Dilanna
    9/18/06
  - S 3: Ep 125 John Edward/Julia Louis-Dreyfus
    3/20/06
  - S 2: Ep 65 Julia Louis Dreyfuss/William H. Macy/Tatiana Totmianina/Maxim Marinin
    12/3/04
- The Simpsons
  Gloria
  - S 20: Ep 1 Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes
    9/28/08
  - S 19: Ep 4 I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
    10/14/07
  - S 13: Ep 4 A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love
    12/2/01
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Herself
  - S 16: Ep 165 Julia Louis-Dreyfus; Jason Segel; Goldfrapp
    4/22/08
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 15: Ep 51 Show #2858
    1/24/08
  - S 14: Ep 33 Show #2642
    10/25/06
  - S 13: Ep 125 Show #2538
    4/13/06
  - S 7: Ep 135 Show #1397
    5/4/00
  - S 1: Ep 158 Show #0158
    5/11/94
- Inside the Actors Studio
  herself
  - S 13: Ep 7 Julia Louis-Dreyfus
    6/4/07
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 15: Ep 192 Julia Louis-Dreyfus; Nancy Pelosi; Relient K
    4/12/07
- Saturday Night Live
  Herself
  - S 32: Ep 15 Julia Louis-Dreyfus/Snow Patrol
    3/17/07
  - S 31: Ep 18 Julia Louis-Dreyfus/Paul Simon
    5/13/06
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Self
  - S 14: Ep 2383 Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Harland Williams, Neil deGrasse Tyson
    3/15/07
- E! True Hollywood Story
  Herself
  - S 11: Ep 23 Seinfeld
    12/23/06
- Talkshow with Spike Feresten
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 12 Julia Louis-Dreyfus
    12/16/06
- The Megan Mullally Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 6 Julia Louis-Dreyfus, magician Criss Angel, Mario Lopez
    9/25/06
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself
  - S 58: Ep 1 The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    8/27/06
- The Tony Danza Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 136 Episode 311
    4/17/06
- The View
  Herself
  - S 8: Ep 62 Kravitz/Dreyfus
    11/23/04
  - S 6: Ep 156 April 29, 203
    4/29/03
  - S 5: Ep 41 March 12, 2002
    3/12/02
- Arrested Development
  Maggie Lizer
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 173 Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hugo Weaving, and Switchfoot
    5/5/03
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Guest
  - S 10: Ep 110 Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Donal Logue, Peter Cincotti
    4/29/03
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  Guest
  - S 7: Ep 132 Julia Louis-Dreyfus
    4/29/03
- The Today Show
  Herself
  - S 52: Ep 75 April 15, 2003
    4/15/03
- Primetime Glick
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 3 Jeff Goldblum / Julia Louis-Dreyfus
    3/9/02
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
  Herself
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 156 Show #780
    5/5/00
- Hey Arnold!
  Ms. Felter
  - S 2: Ep 14 Helga's Boyfriend / Crush on Teacher
    11/5/97
- Dr. Katz
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 1 Ben Treats
    5/9/97
- People's Choice Awards
  Herself
  - S 22: Ep 1 The 22nd Annual People's Choice Awards
    3/10/96
- Dennis Miller Live
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 3 The Family
    2/9/96
- The Single Guy
  Tina
  - S 1: Ep 7 Mugging
    11/9/95
- Screen Actors Guild Awards
  Herself, Nominee
  - S 1: Ep 1 1st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
    2/25/95
- Dinosaurs
  Heather
  - S 2: Ep 22 Slave to Fashion
    3/30/92
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 30: Ep 13 Show #4424
    10/29/91
  - S 29: Ep 102 Show #4332
    4/19/91
  - S 28: Ep 133 Show #4178
    6/20/90
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 77 January 14, 1991
    1/14/91
  - S 1: Ep 16 January 24, 1989
    1/24/89
- Family Ties
  Susan White
  - S 6: Ep 22 Read It and Weep (2)
    2/14/88
- The Oprah Winfrey Show
  Herself
  - — 11/29/04-Seinfeld Reunion
Cameo (1)

Role
- The Wanda Sykes Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 101 Episode 101
    11/7/09
Special Guest Star (2)

Role
- 30 Rock
  Flashback Liz
  - S 5: Ep 4 Live Show
    10/14/10
- Arrested Development
  Maggie Lizer
  - S 2: Ep 12 Hand to God (2)
    3/6/05
  - S 2: Ep 11 Out on a Limb (1)
    3/6/05
  - S 1: Ep 17 Justice Is Blind (2)
    3/21/04
  - S 1: Ep 16 Altar Egos (1)
    3/17/04
Producer (1)

Role
- Veep
  Producer
  - S 1: Ep 5 Nicknames
    5/20/12
  - S 1: Ep 4 Chung
    5/13/12
  - S 1: Ep 3 Catherine
    5/6/12
  - S 1: Ep 2 Frozen Yoghurt
    4/29/12
  - S 1: Ep 1 Fundraiser
    4/22/12

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- Julia is ranked #95 in the "100 Hottest Brunettes of AIM".
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- While starring in Seinfeld, Julia appeared in one of NBC's The More You Know public service announcements. Her topic was school support.
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- Julia won the 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her starring role in The New Adventures of The Old Christine. She was nominated a further four time for this series - in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
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- Julia Louis-Dreyfus: There are lots of strong women on television, which is superb, and I'd like to be one of them. There seems to be a lot of interesting work for women in television, much more so than I would say in films.
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- Julia Louis-Dreyfus: (on her name's pronunciation) It's LOO-ee DRY-fus. This is the deal: it's French, and it's hyphenated, and it's weird.
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- Julia Louis-Dreyfus: I dropped out of college my junior year to do Saturday Night Live, and I didn't even consult my parents. They were very supportive because they had no choice.
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