Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Biography in Details

Who is Julia Louis-Dreyfus?

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is an Award-winning actress. Julia Louis-Dreyfus is also best known for playing Elaine on the sitcom ‘Seinfeld.’

She has also been part of ‘The New Adventures of Old Christine’ and also the HBO TV series Veep.’

Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Age, Parents, Ethnicity, Education

Julia Louis-Dreyfus was born in New York City in New York, U.S.A. She was born Julia Scarlett Elizabeth Louis-Dreyfus on January 13, 1961.

The name of her father is Gerard Louis-Dreyfus. He was the ex-chairman of Gerard Louis Energy Services who sadly passed away in 2016. Her mother’s name is Judith LeFever.

Judith used to work as a writer and a special needs tutor. Soon after a year of her birth, her parents got divorced. Although she was born in New York, she grew up in several countries like Columbia, Vietnam, and Tunisia.

She lived in different places during her childhood. Julia has mixed ethnicity in English, French, German, Scottish, Mexican, and Scots-Irish.

For her education, Julia Louis-Dreyfus went to Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, Maryland. She graduated from there in 1979. Then she enrolled at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Later, she dropped out to pursue acting.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Career, Salary, Net worth

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is an actress, a comedienne, and a producer by profession. She started off her career via the TV show, “Saturday Night Live” in 1982. Julia Louis-Dreyfus performed several characters in 57 episodes of the shows till 1985.

Then, she made her debut feature film in a dark fantasy comedy film, “Troll” in 1986.

The same year, she also acted in “Hannah and Her Sisters” and “Soul Man” as Mary and Lisa Stimson respectively. Afterward, she appeared in the TV show, “Day by Day” in 33 episodes from 1988 to 1989.

From 1990 to 1998, she appeared in “Seinfeld” as Elaine Benes. In the meantime, she acted in several films like “North,” “Father’s Day,” “A Bug’s Life,” and others.

Similarly, she also featured on TV shows like “Dinosaurs,” “The Single Guy,” “London Suite,” and others.

Additionally, she acted and produced “Watching Ellie” from 2002 to 2003. Her role as Christine Campbell in “The New Adventures of Old Christine” from 2006 to 2010 raised her fame.

Again, Julia Louis-Dreyfus also produced the show. Then, she joined the cast of the political satire television series, “Veep” in 2012 as Selina Meyer. She is also the executive producer of it.

Furthermore, she gave voice to Rochelle in the animated film, “Planes” in 2013. In 2015, she appeared in “Inside Amy Schumer” as herself. For her work in “Seinfeld,” she won five American Comedy Awards and One Golden Globe Award.

Louis Dreyfus and Will Ferell shared the lead role in the comedy-drama Downhill in 2020. The movie had its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and opened in theatre on February 14.

Then opposite Tom Holland and Chris Pratt, she provided the voice of the suburban elf mother in Pixar Onward. The movie came out on March 6, 2020.

Presently, she earns a huge amount of salary. Subsequently, her estimated net worth is around $ 250 million.

Is Julia Louis-Dreyfus involved in any rumors and controversies?

Julia Louis-Dreyfus got into a controversy when she teased U.S. President’s immigration travel ban decision.

Apart from that, she gets into media tittle-tattle because of her political comments. Otherwise, she is away from any criticism or rumor.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Julia Louis-Dreyfus has a height of 5 feet 3 inches. She maintains her body. Consequently, she has a sexy figure of 34-25-35 inches.

While she has hazel eyes, her hair is of dark brown color. She weighs around 54 kg.

Is Julia Louis-Dreyfus active on social media?

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is active on all sorts of social media platforms. Presently, she has more than 535k followers on Facebook.

Similarly, her followers cross the 1.5 million and 1.3 million marks on Instagram and Twitter respectively.

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