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Julia Louis-Dreyfus has won 11 Primetime Emmy Awards in total, including seven for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and one for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. As of 2017 she holds the record for the most Primetime Emmy wins as an actor for the same role and is tied with Cloris Leachman for the most acting Primetime Emmy Awards ever won by a performer.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus played Elaine Benes on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld from 1990 to 1998, appearing in 177 of the show's episodes across nine seasons. The character was not part of the original pilot; NBC executives demanded a female cast member be added after the first episode aired.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus announced her breast cancer diagnosis on the 28th of September, 2017, the day after winning a Primetime Emmy Award for her role in Veep. She announced she was cancer-free on the 18th of October, 2018, on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays Valentina Allegra de Fontaine in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She first appeared in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier in 2021 and has reprised the role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) and Thunderbolts* (2025).
Wiser Than Me is a podcast hosted by Julia Louis-Dreyfus on Lemonada Media in which she interviews women older than herself about their lived experience and earned wisdom. Launched in 2023, it was named Apple's Best Podcast of the Year in 2023 and ranked as the third most-shared show in the United States on Apple Podcasts in 2024.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus became the only woman to win an acting Emmy Award for three separate comedy series: Seinfeld, The New Adventures of Old Christine, and Veep. Her sixth consecutive Emmy win for Veep in 2016 surpassed the record for most wins in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series category, previously held by Mary Tyler Moore and Candice Bergen.