What You Don't Know About Julia Louis-Dreyfus

In 2016, at the end of an emotional Emmys acceptance speech for her role on "Veep,"Julia Louis-Dreyfus broke down in tears with a heartfelt revelation. "Lastly, I'd like to dedicate this to my father, William Louis-Dreyfus, who passed away on Friday," she said, with her voice quivering and her hands shaking. "I'm so glad that he liked 'Veep' because his opinion was the one that really mattered. Thank you."

Julia described her dad to The New Yorker as "an incredibly handsome, dashing, fellow," just like his father before him. "They were both very dashing, tiny Frenchmen," she said. The mogul was also a world-class art collector and philanthropist, per Artnet. Before her father's death, according to Today, Julia worked on "Generation of Eye," a documentary which delves into William's art collection and the Harlem nonprofit that benefited from it.

In 2018, tragedy struck again, as news broke of the sudden death of Julia's half-sister, Emma Louis-Dreyfus. Per the Daily Mail, Emma, 44, died from an accidental overdose, followed by a seizure, and cocaine and alcohol were found in her body. The news was a shock to Julia. After being baited by British tabloids for not commenting about her loss, she opted to stay out of the public conversation. "I've kept this under wraps out of reverence for my dearest Emma," she told The New Yorker. "It's been a very bad period of time."

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