Julia Louis Dreyfus is an Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG Award-winning actress.
Julia Louis Dreyfus was born on January 13, 1961 in New York City, New York.
Julia Louis Dreyfus is well known as Elaine Benes on the widely popular NBC sitcom Seinfeld.
Julia Louis Dreyfus' real name is Julia Scarlett Elizabeth Louis Dreyfus.
Julia Louis Dreyfus' mom, Judith, is a writer and her dad Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, is an attorney and business executive.
Julia Louis Dreyfus was born in a wealthy family known for owning the Louis Dreyfus Group, a French commodities trading and merchandising firm. Her parents were divorced when she was still very young. Her dad is a French billionaire who has been featured in the Forbes magazine "Richest People in the World" list.
Julia Dreyfus wears a size 8.5 shoe.
Julia Dreyfus is just 5'2.5" tall.
Julia Louis Dreyfus attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where she studied theater. She dropped out of college to pursue a career in acting. Julia was a member of the Delta Gamma sorority in college.
Julia Louis Dreyfus hosted the May 13, 2006 episode of Saturday Night Live with Paul Simon as a musical guest. Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, and Al Gore all made surprise appearances. Julia Louis Dreyfus thus became the first female SNL cast member to come back and host the show.
Julia Louis Dreyfus won two Screen Actors Guild Awards in 1997 and two in 1998, each time for both "Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series" and "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series" for Seinfeld. Julia was also nominated in 1995, 1996, and 1999.
Julia Louis Dreyfus won three Viewers for Quality Television Awards for "Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Comedy Series" for Seinfeld in 1992, 1993, and 1994.
Julia Louis Dreyfus was chosen by People Magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" in 1998.
Julia Louis Dreyfus did not appear in the original pilot for Seinfeld. The reason for this is that Jerry Seinfeld and the writers for the show had not come up with the character of "Elaine" yet, and only later realized that the show would need a female character to balance the cast.
Julia Louis Dreyfus has won five American Comedy Awards for "Funniest Supporting Female Performer in a TV Series" for Seinfeld, winning them in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, and 1998.
Julia Louis Dreyfus won an Emmy in 1996 for "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy" Series" for Seinfeld.
Julia Louis Dreyfus won a Golden Globe award in 1994 for "Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV" for her work on Seinfeld.
Julia Louis Dreyfus' nickname is "Little Yum-Yum," given to her by her Seinfeld co-stars.
Julia Louis Dreyfus married actor and writer, Brad Hall in 1987. The two met while at college at Northwestern University. The couple has two sons, Henry (born in 1992), and Charles (born in 1997). Both were born during her stay on Seinfeld, and both pregnancies were cleverly covered-up on the show.
Julia is a contributor to the generally liberal Internet web log The Huffington Post.
Julia has had three TV roles with extremely similar names (Ellie, Elaine, and Eileen).