Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Biography

Last Editor: simran				Julia Louis-Dreyfus Biography -   Name : Julia Louis-Dreyfus Date of birth : 13 January 1961 Place of birth : New York, New York, USA Nickname : Little Yum-Yum (From her Seinfeld co-stars) Height : 5' 2½

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Trivia -

Met her husband, Brad Hall, while both were attending Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois). She graduated in 1982. Two sons Henry (b. 1992) and Charles (b. 1997) Chosen by People Magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. [1998] Both she and her husband, Brad Hall, appeared as part of NBC's "Saturday Night Live" (1975) cast in early 1980s. Only husband/wife team to do so. Earlier, they had been part of ABC's similar "Fridays" (1980) sketch-comedy series, where she worked with Michael Richards and Larry David, whom she would reunite with on "Seinfeld" (1990) success. Her Dreyfus family name is linked to prominent Wall Street financial firm. Daughter of Gerard Louis-Dreyfus, French billionaire. Her new TV series, '22 Minutes with Eleanor Riggs', was created for her by husband Brad Hall. They originally wanted it to air commercial free, but that idea was rejected by NBC. Wears a size 8 1/2 shoe In college, was a member of Delta Gamma Sorority. Performed improv with Chicago's Second City and the Practical Theatre Company, started by her husband, Brad Hall. Both her parents remarried after their divorce (when Julia was one year-old), and she has two half-sisters from her mother's second marriage and two half-sisters from her father's second marriage. She considers both her step-parents to be as important in her life as her biological parents. Julia's grandfather, Pierre Louis-Dreyfus, was a member of the French Reisistance during WWII, and flew 88 missions for Charles de Gaulle's Free French Air Force. Fought NBC censors to allow a scene where a man runs around his house completely naked in front of Ellie (Julia's character on "Watching Ellie" (2002)). She won. Her character on "Seinfeld" (1990), "Elaine", did not appear in the original pilot. She has never watched that episode, out of superstition. Half-sister, Lauren Bowles, acts with her in "Watching Ellie" (2002). Is included in Richard Roeper's list of actresses who've never done nude scenes in his latest book, "Ten Sure Signs a Movie Character is Doomed, and Other Surprising Movie Lists". When asked about this by Conan O'Brien, Dreyfus stated that she'd never been asked to do one. It was announced that her TV series, "Watching Ellie" (2002) has been canceled by NBC. Lasting one year, it more than doubled the staying power of fellow "Seinfeld" (1990) alumni Jason Alexander and Michael Richards' TV series, but failed to draw a wide enough audience to warrant renewal. [June 2003] Was originally slated to play Alison Stern in Private Parts (1997), Howard Stern's biopic. She dropped out to spend more time with her children. Has never done a nude scene during her 20+ years in show business (which includes films, television shows and plays).

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Detailed Biography -

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.