Julia Louis-Dreyfus Net Worth and Salary: Julia Louis-Dreyfus is an American actress who has a net worth of $250 million. Julia Louis-Dreyfus is perhaps best known for playing Elaine Benes on the long-running television sitcom Seinfeld. She played the role of Elaine on “Seinfeld” for nine seasons between 1989 and 1998.

Born on January 13, 1961 in New York City, Julia Scarlett Elizabeth Louis-Dreyfus is the eldest daughter of the billionaire financier . Gerard is the French-born former chairman of the Louis Dreyfus group. He’s worth $4 billion. Julia’s great-great-grandfather, Léopold Louis-Dreyfus, founded the Louis-Dreyfus Group, an international commodity and shipping conglomerate, in 1851. Julia’s parents divorced when she was a child. Her mother remarried L. Thompson Bowles, Dean of George Washington Medical School, and moved them to Washington, DC when Julia was four years old. Julia spent her childhood moving back and forth between different states and countries, including Colombia and Tunisia, in connection with her stepfather’s work for the HOPE project.

Career: She attended Northwestern, University, but dropped out before graduating to pursue an acting career. As part of her comedic training, she performed in Chicago’s improv group The Second City. At the age of 21, she landed a spot in the cast of Saturday Night Live after being spotted performing with the Practical Theater Company at their Golden 50th Anniversary. At the time, Louis-Dreyfus was the youngest female cast member in the show’s history. She stayed with the show from 1982-1985. In her third and final year on SNL, she met Larry David (who would go on to help create Seinfeld) during his only year on the show. After leaving the show, she starred in several high-profile films, including Woody Allen’s 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters. During the 1989 Christmas break, she performed alongside Chevy Chase. Julia also appeared in some TV pilots, but they never finished it.

Cinematography: Louis-Dreyfus became a household name in the early 1990s when she starred as Elaine Benes on NBC’s Seinfeld. For nine seasons, she appeared in almost every single episode minus three. She did not appear in the pilot because her character was not originally intended for the series. It was only after the pilot that NBC executives felt Seinfeld was too male-centric and urged Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld to write a role for a woman. Louis-Dreyfus received universal critical acclaim for her performance. She regularly won and was nominated for prestigious awards. In 1996, she won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series after being nominated seven times. At the 14th.

In the years following Seinfeld, Julia experienced what the media dubbed the “Seinfeld Curse” — pilot cancellations and short-lived television shows. The Seinfeld curse was a common speculation that none of the former Seinfeld actors could ever be that successful again. She dismissed the phenomenon as ridiculous, as did Larry David. Julia found short-term success with a guest role on Arrested Development in 2005.

Things started to blossom for Louis-Dreyfus in 2005 when she was cast in the new CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine. She was a ratings winner, and Louis-Dreyfus won another Emmy for her performance, among several other nominations. The show was canceled in May 2010 after five seasons.

Next example: Julia played Vice President Selina Meyer in the comedy Veep, which ran from 2012 to 2019. The show was a smash hit and was among the most popular and critically acclaimed comedies on HBO. Louis-Dreyfus won six consecutive Emmy Awards for her portrayal of the vice president. In 2020, it was announced that Julia had signed a deal with Apple TV+. As part of the agreement, she will create new content and projects for Apple TV, as well as serve as executive producer and actress.

Technically, Julia isn’t a billionaire right now. And when she ends up receiving an inheritance from her father’s estate, she has to split the money with several siblings and a stepmother. When combined with her current net worth, future royalties and real estate, Julia will very likely be worth well over $1 billion at some point in her life. Maybe not the reported $3 billion, but enough to put Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld in a real race for their money. When Rolling Stone magazine asked about Julia’s future inheritance, she denied reports of her ten-figure net worth, but admitted her father’s business is actually worth billions.

Gerard Louis-Dreyfus died on September 16, 2016 at the age of 84. During his lifetime he was married twice. His first marriage, to Julia’s mother Judith LeFever Bowles, lasted from 1959 to 1962. In 1965 he married Phyllis Blakenship. They had two daughters.

Personal Life: Julia Louis-Dreyfus has been married to comedian Brad Hall since 1987. They met while attending Northwestern University and now have two children together. In September 2017, Louis-Dreyfus was diagnosed with breast cancer. She received her diagnosis just a day after winning an Emmy for her role in Veep and announcing it via Twitter. In October 2018, while appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! known to be cancer free. As for her political beliefs, she supported the presidential campaigns of Al Gore, Barack Obama (both times), and Hillary Clinton.

For the first few seasons of Seinfeld, supporting actors Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, and Jason Alexander earned a nominal amount for their work on the show. Prior to Season 5 in 1993, they successfully negotiated raises so that each earned $150,000 per episode, about $3.8 million per season. In May 1997, the supporting actors were waiting for a massive pay raise, hoping for $1 million per episode. The network countered with $200,000, then $400,000. They ended up getting $600,000 per episode for the show’s final season, which worked out to about $15 million a piece. That’s the same as making around $24 million today.

<Contrary to popular belief, Julia, Michael and Jason are not making significant amounts from Seinfeld’s syndication deals, which have totaled almost $4 billion to date. In order to make money from syndication sales, you must have a percentage of equity on the show. The supporting cast never received any backend points on the show. They do get royalties once the show airs, but those payments top out at hundreds of thousands a year, not millions as many assume. In contrast, Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld each made $250 million from syndication sales in 1998 alone. Even a full decade later, Larry and Jerry were still making at least $50 million a year from syndication sales.

< For the last seasons of Veep, Julia received 500 thousand dollars per episode. From sponsorship deals and other sources of income, she’s been making around $8 million a year for the last few years, enough to put her in the top five highest-paid television actresses in the world.

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