History Creator / JuliaLouisDreyfus

Her notable recurring characters include Patty-Lynn Hunnsucker (a teenage commentator for "Saturday Night News"[[note]]Weekend Update[[/note]]), Weather Woman (a parody of ComicBook/{{Storm}} in the recurring sketch, "The Interesting Four"), April May June (a female televangelist), and Consuela (a Hispanic TV show host), and her celebrity impressions include Jo Anne Worley, Creator/AndieMacDowell, Linda Ellerbee (back before she did ''Series/{{Nick News|WithLindaEllerbee}}''), Music/LindaRonstadt, and Marie Osmond (in the infamous Christmas sketch where Marie and Donny Osmond make out). She even found love on ''SNL''; her husband is former cast member Brad Hall, who was an anchor for the "Saturday Night News" segment for season eight and parts of season nine. She was the first female former castmember to host SNL, hosting the penultimate episode of season 31 (2005-06).

A Creator/SecondCity veteran, Louis-Dreyfus started in the Practical Theatre Company in UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} before getting cast on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in 1982. Despite being overshadowed by the likes of Creator/EddieMurphy and Creator/JoePiscopo (and later, Creator/ChristopherGuest, Creator/BillyCrystal, and Creator/MartinShort), Louis-Dreyfus managed to make the most of her time on the show.

A Creator/SecondCity veteran, she started in the Practical Theatre Company in UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} before getting cast on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in 1982. Despite being overshadowed by the likes of Creator/EddieMurphy and Creator/JoePiscopo (and later, Creator/ChristopherGuest, Creator/BillyCrystal, and Creator/MartinShort), Louis-Dreyfus managed to make the most of her time on the show. Her notable recurring characters include Patty-Lynn Hunnsucker (a teenage commentator for "Saturday Night News"[[note]]Weekend Update[[/note]]), Weather Woman (a parody of ComicBook/{{Storm}} in the recurring sketch, "The Interesting Four"), April May June (a female televangelist), and Consuela (a Hispanic TV show host), and her celebrity impressions include Jo Anne Worley, Creator/AndieMacDowell, Linda Ellerbee (back before she did ''Series/{{Nick News|WithLindaEllerbee}}''), Music/LindaRonstadt, and Marie Osmond (in the infamous Christmas sketch where Marie and Donny Osmond make out). Louis-Dreyfus even found love on ''SNL''; her husband is former cast member Brad Hall, who was an anchor for the "Saturday Night News" segment for season eight and parts of season nine. She was the first female former castmember to host SNL, hosting the penultimate episode of season 31 (2005-06).

Her biggest success was as Elaine Benes on ''Seinfeld''. She has also acted in such movies as ''Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation'', ''Film/HannahAndHerSisters'' and ''Film/DeconstructingHarry''. She is a 11-time UsefulNotes/{{Emmy Award}} winner (eight for acting, three for producing) and the only actress who won for three different comedy series: ''Seinfeld'', ''Series/TheNewAdventuresOfOldChristine'' and ''Veep''. That last one also gave her the current record for the most Emmy wins for playing a single character, with six. Along with the two she got from ''Seinfeld'', she's tied with Creator/ClorisLeachman for the most acting Emmys.

Oh, and if you're wondering: Yes, she's related to ''the'' Louis-Dreyfus family of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Dreyfus_Company Louis Dreyfus Company]], a.k.a. one of the "Five Great Fortunes of France". Her late father Gérard "William" Louis-Dreyfus was the chairman of family conglomerate for decades, and left Julia with a massive fortune that meant she didn't have to work a day in her life. That she chose to [[NonIdleRich not only work, but become one of the hardest-working actresses in American comedy for over 40 years]], has earned her a lot of respect in the comedy community.

Oh, and if you're wondering: Yes, she's related to ''the'' Louis-Dreyfus family of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Dreyfus_Company Louis Dreyfus Company]], a.k.a. one of the "Five Great Fortunes of France". Her late father Gérard was the head of the energy unit of the family conglomerate for decades, and left Julia with a massive fortune that meant she didn't have to work a day in her life. That she chose to [[NonIdleRich not only work, but become one of the hardest-working actresses in American comedy for over 40 years]], has earned her a lot of respect in the comedy community.

Julia Scarlett Elizabeth Louis-Dreyfus (born January 13, 1961 in New York City) is an American actor and comedian, best known for her work on ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' and ''Series/{{Veep}}''.

Oh, and if you're wondering: Yes, she's related to ''the'' Louis-Dreyfus family of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Dreyfus_Company Louis Dreyfus Company]]. Her late father Gérard was the head of the energy unit of the family conglomerate for decades, and left Julia with a massive fortune that meant she didn't have to work a day in her life. That she chose to [[NonIdleRich not only work, but become one of the hardest-working actresses in American comedy for over 40 years]], has earned her a lot of respect in the comedy community.

A Creator/SecondCity veteran, she started in the Practical Theatre Company in UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} before getting cast on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in 1982. Despite being overshadowed by the likes of Creator/EddieMurphy and Creator/JoePiscopo (and later, Creator/ChristopherGuest, Creator/BillyCrystal, and Creator/MartinShort), Louis-Dreyfus managed to make the most of her time on the show. Her notable recurring characters include Patty-Lynn Hunnsucker (a teenage commentator for "Saturday Night News"[[note]]Weekend Update[[/note]]), Weather Woman (a parody of ComicBook/{{Storm}} in the recurring sketch, "The Interesting Four"), April May June (a female televangelist), and Consuela (a Hispanic TV show host), and her celebrity impressions include Jo Anne Worley, Creator/AndieMacDowell, Linda Ellerbee (back before she did ''Series/{{Nick News|WithLindaEllerbee}}''), Music/LindaRonstadt, and Marie Osmond (in the infamous Christmas sketch where Marie and Donny Osmond make out). Louis-Dreyfus even found love on ''SNL''; her husband is former cast member Brad Hall, who was an anchor for the "Saturday Night News" segment for season eight and parts of season nine.

* ''Film/{{Troll}}'' (1986)

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* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (2021 — present) as [[ComicBook/MadameHydra Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine]]

* MsFanservice: Remember the dress she wore to the 1995 Emmy Awards? Or the scene from the debut episode of
''Watching Ellie'' of her running around her apartment and, with her back to the camera, taking off her bra? Hell, there was a time during ''Seinfeld'''s run when Elaine's ''hair'' was considered sexy. Her clothes-free cover for ''Rolling Stone'' in 2014 shows she can still bring the fanservice as time goes on.

* MsFanservice: Remember the dress she wore to the 1995 Emmy Awards? Or the scene from the debut episode of ''Watching Ellie'' of her running around her apartment and, with her back to the camera, taking off her bra? Hell, there was a time during ''Seinfeld'''s run when Elaine's ''hair'' was considered sexy. Her clothes-free cover for ''Rolling Stone'' in 2014 shows she can still bring the fanservice as time goes on.

As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Louis-Dreyfus The Other Wiki]] and at [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000506/reference [=IMDB=]]].

Julia Scarlett Elizabeth Louis-Dreyfus (born January 13, 1961 in New York City) is an American actress and comedian, best known for her work on ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' and ''Series/{{Veep}}''.

** ''Film/{{Black Widow|2021}}'' (2021)

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse as [[ComicBook/MadameHydra Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine]]

** ''Film/{{BlackWidow|2021}}'' (2021)

** ''Film/BlackWidow2021''

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse

* ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'' (2021)

->'''''[[CatchPhrase "GET OUT!"]]'''''

!! "The New Tropes of Julia Louis-Dreyfus":
* {{As H|imself}}erself: In 1996's ''Good Money'' and in several episodes of ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm''.
* {{Awesome McCool Name}}: Her full name.
* BigApplesauce: Born there, broke through on TV on ''[=SNL=]'', played Elaine on ''Seinfeld''[[note]]even though the show was actually [[CaliforniaDoubling shot in Los Angeles]][[/note]], starred in Creator/WoodyAllen movies...

* {{Determinator}}: She went on filming the final season of ''Veep'' in the midst of chemotherapy treatments for breast cancer.
* {{Expy}}: Creator/TinaFey has cited her as an inspiration for her ''Series/ThirtyRock'' character Liz Lemon.
* MixedAncestry: She's generally considered French-Jewish, but has German, Mexican, English, French and Scottish roots.
* MsFanservice: Remember the dress she wore to the 1995 Emmy Awards? Or the scene from the debut episode of ''Watching Ellie'' of her running around her apartment and, with her back to the camera, taking off her bra? Hell, there was a time during ''Seinfeld'''s run when Elaine's ''hair'' was considered sexy.
** Her clothes-free cover for ''Rolling Stone'' in 2014 shows she can still bring the fanservice as time goes on.
* NonIdleRich: Her great-great-grandfather established the Louis Dreyfus Group in 1851, which is a French shipping conglomerate still in the family to this day; the family was known as one of the "Five Great Fortunes of France" in the early twentieth century, and her father had a personal fortune of $3 billion. She nevertheless is an extremely active working comic actress.
* NotThatKindOfDoctor: She has an honorary Doctor Of Arts degree from Northwestern.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: There's only one "s" in "Dreyfus." During her acceptance speech at the 2016 Emmy Awards, she paid tribute to her father, who'd passed away a couple days earlier, and afterwards, many Twitter users mistakenly paid tribute to ''Creator/RichardDreyfuss''.
* TyopOnTheCover: She received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010. Unfortunately, the "Louis" in her name was misspelled as "Luis" and the hyphen was left out.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Among the roles she was apparently considered for were "Madison" in ''Film/{{Splash}}'' and "Susan Mayer" on ''Series/DesperateHousewives.''

* BigApplesauce: Born there, broke through on TV on ''[=SNL=]'', played Elaine on ''Seinfeld'', starred in Creator/WoodyAllen movies...