Julia Louis-Dreyfus has been on television shows.
Elaine Marie Benes [ ˈbɛnᵻs ] is a fictional character on the American television sitcom Seinfeld ( 1989 -- 1998 ) , played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus . Julia Louis-Dreyfus . Her breakthrough came in 1990 with a nine-season run playing Elaine Benes on Seinfeld , one of the most critically and commercially successful sitcoms of all time . Other notable television roles include Christine Campbell in The New Adventures of Old Christine , which had a five-season run on CBS , and her role as Selina Meyer in Veep , which has recently been renewed by HBO for a sixth season . The Primetime Emmy Award is an American award bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ( ATAS ) in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming .