Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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New York, New York, USA
Like other Saturday Night Live alumni, Julia Louis-Dreyfus made the move to feature films, but she achieved true stardom on TV as Seinfeld's inimitable Elaine Benes. Born to an affluent family and raised in Washington, D.C., Louis-Dreyfus studied theater at Northwestern University. Along with working as a member of The Practical Theater Company, Louis-Dreyfus cut her sharp comic teeth as part of Chicago's Second City troupe. She soon followed in the footsteps of prior Second City-ers John Belushi and Bill Murray, joining the cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live from 1982 to 1985 (along with Northwestern classmate and eventual husband Brad Hall). Louis-Dreyfus bounced to films with appearances in Soul Man (1986), Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), before returning to TV on the second episode of a low-rated NBC primetime sitcom starring comedian Jerry Seinfeld in 1990.As Jerry's ex-girlfriend-turned-pal Elaine, Louis-Dreyfus proved that she could hold her own as the sole female member of Seinfeld's do-nothing quartet of neurotic New Yorkers. With her "big wall of hair," signature shoes and penchant for over-enthusiastic exclamations, Louis-Dreyfus' Elaine was no mere foil, but rather a full participant in the show's increasingly popular, irony-laden comic shenanigans. Along with winning an Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 1996, Louis-Dreyfus won the Golden Globe in 1994 and the Screen Actor's Guild award in 1997 and 1998. During Seinfeld's phenomenally successful nine-year run, Louis-Dreyfus also played supporting roles in North (1994), Father's Day (1997), and as a libidinous sister in Woody Allen's Deconstructing Harry (1997). After Seinfeld went off the air in 1998, Dreyfus took some time off from appearing in front of the camera to spend time with her husband and two sons, but she did the voice of Princess Atta in the Pixar animated blockbuster A Bug's Life (1998).Louis-Dreyfus subsequently returned to TV as the Blue Fairy in the TV movie musical Gepetto (2000) before attempting another sitcom. After two of her Seinfeld co-stars failed to make their own series fly in 2000 and 2001, Louis-Dreyfus opted for a non-traditional approach, playing a struggling lounge singer in the real time, laugh track free Watching Ellie in 2002. Louis-Dreyfus would continue to remain one of the most beloved comedic actresses in TV, starring on The New Adventures of Old Christine, and the political satire Veep.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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88% | Onward |
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— | 2020 |
38% | Downhill |
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— | 2020 |
No Score Yet | FramƄt |
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— | 2020 |
No Score Yet | EteenpƤin |
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— | 2020 |
No Score Yet | Fremad |
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— | 2020 |
No Score Yet | CUESTA ABAJO |
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— | 2020 |
No Score Yet | The Words That Built America |
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— | 2017 |
No Score Yet | Stars In Shorts: No Ordinary Love |
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— | 2016 |
52% | Live From New York! |
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— | 2015 |
95% | Enough Said |
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— | 2013 |
25% | Planes |
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$71.3M | 2013 |
No Score Yet | Picture Paris |
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— | 2011 |
No Score Yet | Saturday Night Live Lost & Found: SNL in the 80s |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Love and Support |
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— | 2003 |
No Score Yet | Geppetto |
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— | 2000 |
40% | Animal Farm |
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— | 1999 |
92% | A Bug's Life |
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— | 1998 |
73% | Deconstructing Harry |
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— | 1997 |
25% | Fathers' Day |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Neil Simon's 'London Suite' |
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— | 1996 |
14% | North |
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— | 1994 |
29% | Jack the Bear |
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— | 1993 |
68% | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation |
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— | 1989 |
13% | Soul Man |
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— | 1986 |
91% | Hannah and Her Sisters |
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— | 1986 |
30% | Troll |
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— | 1986 |
No Score Yet | Nagoyqatsi |
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TV
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Archibald's Next Big Thing
2019-2020
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No Score Yet |
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
2015
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No Score Yet |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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No Score Yet |
Late Night With Seth Meyers
2014
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
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No Score Yet |
Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
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93% |
Veep
2012-2019
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No Score Yet |
The Late Late Show With James Corden
2015
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No Score Yet |
Conan
2010
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No Score Yet |
Saturday Night Live
1975
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No Score Yet |
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012-2019
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86% |
Inside Amy Schumer
2013-2016
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No Score Yet |
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2015-2019
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No Score Yet |
Late Show With David Letterman
1993-2015
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No Score Yet |
Charlie Rose
2013-2017
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No Score Yet |
Chelsea Lately
2007-2014
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No Score Yet |
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
2009-2014
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No Score Yet |
The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson
2005-2014
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
1992-2014
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No Score Yet |
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
1999-2015
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78% |
30 Rock
2006-2020
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89% |
The New Adventures of Old Christine
2006-2010
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No Score Yet |
The Bonnie Hunt Show
2008-2010
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No Score Yet |
Rachael Ray
2006
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92% |
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000-2020
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No Score Yet |
Lass es, Larry!
2000-2017
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No Score Yet |
Sunday Morning
2011-2018
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85% |
The Simpsons
1989
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74% |
Arrested Development
2003-2019
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75% |
The West Wing
1999-2006
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32% |
Watching Ellie
2002-2003
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89% |
Seinfeld
1989-1998
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No Score Yet |
Family Ties
1982-1989
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Quotes from Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Characters
Eva: | I'm tired of being funny. |
Albert: | Me, too. |
Eva: | But you're not funny. |
Hopper: | You little termites!! I gave you a second chance, and this is all I get! |
Princess Atta: | But, Hopper, we ran out of time! |
Hopper: | Have you been playing all summer? You think this is a game? |
Princess Atta: | No, no please don't do this. |
Hopper: | Well, get what? You just lost! Not one ant sleeps until we get every scrap of food, on this island! |
Molt: | Just do what he says. You don't want to make him mad, believe me. |
Hopper: | No, no, no. You're staying with me your highness. |
Eva: | I'm tired of being funny. |
Martin (Massage Client): | Me too. |
Albert: | Me too. |
Hopper: | So, where is it? Where's my food! |
Princess Atta: | Isn't it up...there? |
Hopper: | What?! |
Princess Atta: | The food was in a leaf. |
Hopper: | (interrupts) Excuse me!? |
Princess Atta: | Are you sure it's not up there? |
Hopper: | Are you saying I'm stupid? |
Princess Atta: | No. |
Princess Atta: | You mean you're not warriors? |
P.T. Flea: | re you kidding? These guys are the lousiest circus bugs you've ever seen, and they're gonna make me rich! |
P.T. Flea: | Are you kidding? These guys are the lousiest circus bugs you've ever seen, and they're gonna make me rich! |