Julia Louis-Dreyfus

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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.

Biography

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. Her parents divorced shortly after her birth, and both remarried therafter, with each marriage producing two half-siblings apiece, including actress Lauren Bowles <ref>[1]Retrieved: 11 June 2007<ref>. 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. Hall was let go in 1984, as was Louis-Dreyfus and the entire rest of the cast the following year, after producer Dick Ebersol

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