JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS

(Elaine Benes) A three-time Emmy nominee for her work as Elaine on

"Seinfeld," Julia Louis-Dreyfus has to her credit a variety of roles on both the big

and small screens.

She spent two seasons on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" in the early-to-mid

1980s and later starred on the NBC comedy series "Day By Day," from

1988-89. Her feature films include Woody Allen's "Hannah and Her Sisters,"

"Soul Man," "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," "Jack the Bear" and

Rob Reiner's "North" (with "Seinfeld" co-star Jason Alexander).

Born in New York City, Louis-Dreyfus was raised in Washington, DC, where

she became interested in acting at an early age. She studied theater at

Northwestern University and worked extensively as a member of the Practical

Theatre company, an improvisational group with a large Chicago following. This

led to her joining the famed Second City comedy troupe. While with Second

City, she continued her work with Practical Theatre and during one of their

special revues was asked to join the ensemble cast of "Saturday Night Live."

For her portrayal of Elaine Benes on "Seinfeld," she won the 1993 Golden

Globe Award as Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and earned a

1993 American Comedy Award as Funniest Supporting Female - Television.

She also won an American Television Award as Best Supporting

Actress/Comedy and was awarded the Viewers for Quality Television Best

Supporting Actress/Comedy award in 1993 and 1994.

Louis-Dreyfus recently was named the "Nice and Easy Girl" for Clairol. She and

her husband, writer/actor Brad Hall, have a baby son, Henry. They reside in Los

Angeles.

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