Editing Julia Louis-Dreyfus (section)

== Awards and nominations ==
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Julia Louis-Dreyfus}}

Julia Louis-Dreyfus has won the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series]] seven times: once for her role on ''[[The New Adventures of Old Christine]]'' (2006) and six consecutive awards for playing [[Selina Meyer]] on ''[[Veep (TV series)|Veep]]'' (2012–17), as well as [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series]] once for ''[[Seinfeld]]'' (1996).

As of 2017, she holds the record for the most Primetime Emmy awards as an actor for the same role and is tied with fellow Northwestern University alum [[Cloris Leachman]] for the most acting Primetime Emmy awards (with eight). She has also been nominated for nine [[Golden Globe Awards]], winning one for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film for her role as [[Elaine Benes]] on Seinfeld (1995).

She has also been nominated for twenty-one [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]] and has won five for individual performance (nine altogether) for her work on ''Seinfeld'' (1997–98) and ''Veep'' (2014, 2017–18). In 2016, she won the Crossover Talent award at the 4th Annual American Reality Television Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Reality Tea |date=2016-11-03 |title=4th Annual Reality TV Awards Winners: Full List And Photos |url=https://www.realitytea.com/2016/11/03/4th-annual-reality-tv-awards-winners-full-list-photos/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301234842/https://www.realitytea.com/2016/11/03/4th-annual-reality-tv-awards-winners-full-list-photos/ |archive-date=March 1, 2023 |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=Reality Tea |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2018, she was the twentieth recipient of the [[Mark Twain Prize for American Humor]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rao |first1=Sonia |date=May 23, 2018 |title=Julia Louis-Dreyfus to receive the 2018 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/julia-louis-dreyfus-to-receive-the-2018-mark-twain-prize-for-american-humor/2018/05/23/7e513232-5df7-11e8-b2b8-08a538d9dbd6_story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909043916/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/julia-louis-dreyfus-to-receive-the-2018-mark-twain-prize-for-american-humor/2018/05/23/7e513232-5df7-11e8-b2b8-08a538d9dbd6_story.html |archive-date=September 9, 2018 |access-date=November 24, 2018 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>

In 2023, the podcast she hosts, ''Wiser Than Me'', won Apple's Best Podcast of the Year.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Alex |first=Weprin |date=Nov 28, 2023 |title=Apple Names Julia Louis-Dreyfus' 'Wiser Than Me' Its Podcast of the Year |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/apple-julia-louis-dreyfus-wiser-than-me-podcast-1235711856/ |access-date=Dec 20, 2023 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>