Festivus for the Rest of Us! The Hidden Gems and Interesting Facts About the Sitcom Seinfeld

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Then

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The character Elaine Benes was played by actress and comedienne extraordinaire Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Elaine is the best friend and apparent ex-girlfriend of Jerry. Elaine is also kind of neurotic and also constantly dating a string of different men.

She won an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and five SAG awards for the role. Julia got her start as part of the comedy troupe Second City. Other famous members include Stephen Colbert, Amy Poehler, and Tina Fey to name a few. Later, she was a Saturday Night Live alum before her role as Elaine, and it seems like she has only gotten funnier over the years!

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Now

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She went on to have her own show called The New Adventures of the Old Christine for four years, before her role in the HBO sitcom Veep since 2012. Veep is a hilarious show where Julia plays a Vice President turned President of the United States.

In 2017, Julia made headlines after she used her win at the Screen Actors Guild Awards to renounce Donald Trump’s attempted executive order which he deemed a “Muslim ban” that took aim at specific countries and refugees fleeing war. She cited her father saying, “My father fled religious persecution in Nazi-occupied France.” She also referred to the ban as “un-American”. The ban has since been struck down by the judiciary, twice.