Dreyfus has said that she first noticed her penchant for humor at the age of 3, after sticking raisins up her nose this first made her mother chuckle, then necessitated a trip to the emergency room. In 1962, a year after Louis-Dreyfus' birth, her parents divorced.
She is also a great-great-granddaughter of Léopold Louis-Dreyfus, who in 1851 founded the aforementioned Louis Dreyfus Group, a French commodities and shipping conglomerate, which members of her family still control and is related to Alfred Dreyfus of the infamous Dreyfus affair. Her paternal grandfather, Pierre Louis-Dreyfus, was president of the Louis Dreyfus Group he was a member of a Jewish family from Alsace and served as a cavalry officer and member of the French Resistance during World War II. Her American-born mother, Judith (née LeFever), was a writer and special needs tutor, and her French-born father, Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, chaired the Louis Dreyfus Company. Louis-Dreyfus was born in New York City on January 13, 1961. She has also received numerous honors including the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2018 and the National Medal of Arts in 2021. She was named as one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world in 2016. Louis-Dreyfus received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010 and was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 2014. Louis-Dreyfus has received eleven Primetime Emmy Awards, eight for acting and three for producing, in addition to a Golden Globe Award and nine Screen Actors Guild Awards. She has also voice roles for A Bug's Life (1998), Planes (2013), and Onward (2020), and has played Valentina Allegra de Fontaine in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2021. She has had supporting roles in Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Deconstructing Harry (1997), and leading roles in Enough Said (2013), Downhill (2020), You People (2023), and You Hurt My Feelings (2023). She has also made guest appearances on shows such as Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and 30 Rock. Her other television roles include Christine Campbell in The New Adventures of Old Christine, which had a five-season run on CBS, and Selina Meyer in Veep, which ran for seven seasons on HBO. Her breakthrough came in 1989 with a nine-season run playing Elaine Benes on Seinfeld, one of the most critically and commercially successful sitcoms of all time. Louis-Dreyfus broke into comedy as a performer in The Practical Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois, which led to her casting in the sketch show Saturday Night Live from 1982 to 1985. She is one of the most award-winning actresses in American television history, having received more Primetime Emmy Awards and more Screen Actors Guild Awards than any other performer.
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Often described as one of the greatest performers in television history, she is widely known for her work on series such as Saturday Night Live (1982–1985), Seinfeld (1989–1998), The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–2010), and Veep (2012–2019).
Julia Scarlett Elizabeth Louis-Dreyfus ( / ˌ l uː i ˈ d r aɪ f ə s/ LOO-ee DRY-fəs born January 13, 1961) is an American actress, comedian, and producer. Léopold Louis-Dreyfus (great-great-grandfather).
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