Biography
Julia Scarlett Elizabeth Louis-Dreyfus (/ˌluːiˈdraɪfəs/ LOO-ee DRY-fəs) is an American actress and comedian. Often described as one of the most outstanding performers in television history, she is widely known for her roles as various characters on Saturday Night Live (1982–1985), Elaine Benes on Seinfeld (1990–1998), Christine Campbell on The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–2010), and Selina Meyer on Veep (2012–2019). Her list of accolades makes her one of the most award-winning actresses...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Avengers: Secret Wars
2027
as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
An upcoming film in Phase 6 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the finale of The Multiverse Saga. Plot TBA.

Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie
2026
George Hardy, a shepherd who loves his sheep and raises them only for their wool. Every night he reads aloud a murder mystery, pretending his sheep ca...

Thunderbolts*
2025
as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, seven disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront th...

The Academy of Armando
2025
as Self
Alan Yentob profiles the stellar career of one of the great satirists of our age, Armando Iannucci, whose impressive body of work includes The Day Tod...

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
as Self
Live from Radio City Music Hall, witness the concert of a lifetime with a star-studded lineup bringing together legendary Saturday Night Live hall-of-...

The Day Drinking with Seth Meyers New Year's Special
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The Late Night host is looking back his buzziest moments with Rihanna, Kevin Hart, and more celebs on NYE.

The Little Pageant That Could
2024
as Self (archive footage)
A documentary that chronicles the journey of L.A.’s “Best in Drag Show” to support the Alliance for Housing and Healing. The event, which started as a...

Tuesday
2024
as Zora
A mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird.

You Hurt My Feelings
2023
as Beth
A novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book.

You Hurt My Feelings
2023
Producer
A novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book.

Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023
as Self (voice)
With unprecedented access to the Mary Tyler Moore Estate, friends, family, and colleagues, Being Mary Tyler Moore constructs an intimate mosaic of Mar...

You People
2023
as Shelley
A new couple and their families reckon with modern love amid culture clashes, societal expectations and generational differences.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022
as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s dea...

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
2022
as Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (archive footage)
Join the likes of Jeremy Renner, Hailee Steinfeld, Florence Pugh, and Vincent D’Onofrio as they reveal how Marvel Studios’ “Hawkeye” was conceived and...

Black Widow
2021
as Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (uncredited)
Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursue...

Onward
2020
as Laurel Lightfoot (voice)
In a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there.

Downhill
2020
as Billie Stanton
Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their...

Downhill
2020
Producer
Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their...

The Words That Built America
2017
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
In recognition of the 4th of July, several celebrities and politicians of differing ideologies join to read the historic documents which laid the foun...

Generosity of Eye
2015
as Herself
The story of a major art collection of the Louis-Dreyfus family to be sold to create an endowment for education of African American kids in the Harlem...

Generosity of Eye
2015
Producer
The story of a major art collection of the Louis-Dreyfus family to be sold to create an endowment for education of African American kids in the Harlem...

Live from New York!
2015
as Self
Saturday Night Live has been reflecting and influencing life in the United States for forty years. LIVE FROM NEW YORK! goes deep inside this televisio...

Barely Legal Pawn
2014
as Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Two men open a pawn shop together. Julia Louis-Dreyfus is one of their clients, trying to offload television’s most coveted item.

James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
2013
as Self
In the half-hour tribute, friends and colleagues remember the three-time Emmy winner, who died June 19 at age 51. The special features clips of Gandol...

Making a Scene
2013
as Woman
For this year's Movies Issue, The New York Times Magazine commissioned lines from an eclectic and talented group of screenwriters — writers responsibl...

The Making of 'Making a Scene'
2013
as Self
A behind-the-scenes look at the year's [2013] best performers starring in 11 original (very) short films directed by Oscar-winning cinematographer Jan...

Enough Said
2013
as Eva
Eva is a divorced soon-to-be empty-nester wondering about her next act. Then she meets Marianne, the embodiment of her perfect self. Armed with a rest...

Planes
2013
as Rochelle (voice)
Dusty is a cropdusting plane who dreams of competing in a famous aerial race. The problem? He is hopelessly afraid of heights. With the support of his...

Picture Paris
2012
as Ellen Larson
When her son leaves for college, ordinary mom plans the romantic trip of a lifetime to France with her husband. But Paris doesn't turn out to be quite...

Picture Paris
2012
Producer
When her son leaves for college, ordinary mom plans the romantic trip of a lifetime to France with her husband. But Paris doesn't turn out to be quite...

The Women of SNL
2010
as Various (archive footage)
A look back at some of the funniest female characters and sketches in SNL's 39-year history.

The Pixar Story
2007
as Atta (voice) (archive footage)
A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of it...

Jerry Seinfeld: Submarine Captain
2007
as Herself
A half-hour look at what Seinfeld did to pull the show together to get season 8 going and what he did behind-the-scenes to substitute for Larry David....

Earth to America
2005
as Self
Tom Hanks is the host of this show with a comic approach to raise awareness concerning the environment.

Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
2005
as Self
A retrospective of the first 5 years of Saturday Night Live.

The Seinfeld Story
2004
as Self
The origins of the "Seinfeld" TV series.

Seinfeld: How It Began
2004
as Self/Elaine Benes
A documentary detailing the troubled beginnings of “the show about nothing”.

Naqoyqatsi
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.

Geppetto
2000
as Blue Fairy
Toymaker Geppetto is desperate for a son, so he is overjoyed when a wooden puppet boy, Pinocchio, is magically brought to life. However, the relations...

Geppetto
2000
Songs
Toymaker Geppetto is desperate for a son, so he is overjoyed when a wooden puppet boy, Pinocchio, is magically brought to life. However, the relations...

Animal Farm
1999
as Mollie (voice)
Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and t...

A Bug's Life
1998
as Atta (voice)
On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of fre...

Deconstructing Harry
1997
as Leslie
Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated fr...

Fathers' Day
1997
as Carrie Lawrence
A woman cons two old boyfriends into searching for her runaway son by convincing both that they are the boy's father.

London Suite
1996
as Debra Dolby
On one day at an English Hotel, four different stories are shown. Diana is in London to promote her Television Series and her ex-husband Sidney shows ...

North
1994
as North's Mom
Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a ...

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
as Kathy Lee Kathy
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! was a 1994 TV special that aired on ABC to celebrate Sesame Street's 25th anniversary....

Jack the Bear
1993
as Peggy Etinger
Story of the relationships between two sons and their father, who moves the family to California and becomes a tv horror show host after the death of ...

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989
as Margo Chester
It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and th...

Soul Man
1986
as Lisa Stimson
A white prospective grad student's affluent family won't pay his way through law school, so he takes tanning pills to darken his skin in order to qual...

Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
as Mary
Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her ...

Troll
1986
as Jeanette Cooper
When a family moves into a San Francisco apartment, an opportunistic troll decides to make his move and take possession of little Wendy, thereby pavin...
Tangles
N/A
When Alzheimer’s disease begins to strip away her mother’s vibrant personality, a headstrong young woman is forced to return to her oddball family in ...
Tangles
N/A
Producer
When Alzheimer’s disease begins to strip away her mother’s vibrant personality, a headstrong young woman is forced to return to her oddball family in ...