Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Actor

Born: 13 January 1961
Birthplace: New York, New York
Best known as: Elaine on the sitcom Seinfeld
Julia Louis-Dreyfus played Elaine Benes, ex-girlfriend and pal of Jerry Seinfeld, on the hit sitcomSeinfeld from 1990-98. (Their co-stars included Michael Richards as Kramer and Jason Alexander as George Costanza.) Louis-Dreyfus got her start in big-time comedy at Chicago's Second City club, and was a regular on TV's Saturday Night Live from 1982-85. She made her movie debut in Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters in 1986. She starred in her own short-lived sitcom in 2002, Watching Ellie, and in 2006 she began playing a divorced mom in another new sitcom, The New Adventures of Old Christine.
Extra credit: Louis-Dreyfus won an Emmy Award as best supporting actress in a comedy series for Seinfeld in 1996... She married fellow SNL alumnus Brad Hall in 1987... She is the daughter of billionaire French businessman Gérard Louis-Dreyfus.

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