Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Julia Louis-Dreyfus (born January 13, 1961) is an American actress and comedian of French Jewish descent.

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Born in New York City, Louis-Dreyfus was a cast member on NBC's Saturday Night Live from 1982 to 1985. She has also appeared in quite a few sitcoms and films over the years but is best known for her nine-season role as "Elaine Benes" on Seinfeld from 1990 to 1998.

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After Seinfeld, Louis-Dreyfus began a new sitcom, Watching Ellie, which was soon cancelled. She had a notable four-episode guest role as the compulsively lying prosecutor Maggie Lizer on Arrested Development.

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She is a member of the famous New York financial Dreyfus family. Her father is French billionaire Gerard Louis-Dreyfus (who changed his name to William in the 1940s); her grandfather Pierre Louis-Dreyfus fought for the French Resistance during World War II. Her cousin Robert Louis-Dreyfus is the current owner of adidas and the French football club Olympique de Marseille. Some biographies claim she is related to the late Alfred Dreyfus, a French military officer best known for being the focus of the Dreyfus affair.

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She is married to actor/writer Brad Hall since 1987, whom she met while they were students at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The couple has two sons.

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Since May 2005 she's been a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post.

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January 13: January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. It is still celebrated as New Year's Eve by those on the Julian calendar. There are 352 days remaining (353 in a leap year)....

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