![]() ![]() This time she hit paydirt, with the show becoming both a commercial and critical success during its first season. Determined to prove "The Seinfeld Curse" wrong (both Jason Alexander's and Michael Richards's post- Seinfeld shows had failed before Ellie Riggs went on the air), Louis-Dreyfus tried again in 2006, playing single mother Christine Campbell in CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine. Initially titled 22 Minutes with Eleanor Riggs, the show, renamed Ellie Riggs, was a failure, lasting less than a full season before cancellation. Following a turn as The Blue Fairy in 2000's TV movie Geppetto, she and her husband began developing a new sitcom that he would produce and she would star in. Oddly, despite the popularity of Seinfeld, she never won a People's Choice award.įollowing the end of Seinfeld's nine-year run, Louis-Dreyfus took on voice-over roles in the film A Bug's Life (1998) and the TV movie Animal Farm (1999), based on the George Orwell book. Playing the character Elaine Benes, she went on to win one Emmy award (in 1996, for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series), one Golden Globe award (in 1994, for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series) and two Screen Actors Guild awards (in 19 for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series). Following its cancellation, she appeared in the movie National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, then was brought in by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld to add a female presence to the otherwise all-male cast of Seinfeld. In 1988, she began a two-year stint playing the snooty Eileen Swift on the half-hour sitcom Day by Day. Miss Louis-Dreyfus ventured into film following her sacking from SNL, appearing in three films in 1986: Troll, Hannah and Her Sisters and Soul Man. Hall was let go in 1984, as was Louis-Dreyfus and the entire rest of the cast the following year, after producer Dick Ebersol stepped down and original producer Lorne Michaels returned. She was discovered by Saturday Night Live's producers doing improv in Chicago with future husband Brad Hall, and both became cast members during the 1982-1982 season. Her parents divorced shortly after her birth, and both remarried therafter, with each marriage producing two half-siblings apiece, including actress Lauren Bowles. Julia Elizabeth Louis-Dreyfus was born in 1961 to Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, a French billionaire who runs the Louis-Dreyfus Group and who emigrated to the United States in the 1940's, and the former Judith Bowles. She has also received numerous honors including the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2018 and the National Medal of Arts in 2021.Julia Louis-Dreyfus (born 13 January 1961 in New York City, New York, U.S.) is an American actress best known for her role as Elaine Benes in the American situation comedy Seinfeld. She was named as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world in 2016. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010 and was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 2014. Louis-Dreyfus has received 11 Primetime Emmy Awards (eight for acting and three for producing) in addition to nine Screen Actors Guild Awards and one Golden Globe Award. Since 2021, she has played Valentina Allegra de Fontaine in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Her voice acting work includes A Bug's Life (1998), Planes (2013), and Onward (2020). She has also had supporting film roles in Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Deconstructing Harry (1997), and leading film roles in Enough Said (2013), Downhill (2020), You People (2023), and You Hurt My Feelings (2023). She has made guest appearances on shows such as Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and 30 Rock. Her breakthrough came in 1989 with a nine-season run on Seinfeld, which became one of the most critically and commercially successful sitcoms of all time. This led to her being cast in the sketch show Saturday Night Live. Louis-Dreyfus was born in New York City, the daughter of French billionaire Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, and broke into comedy as a performer with the Practical Theatre Company in Chicago. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |