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Elaine Marie Benes (/ ˈ b ɛ n ɪ s /) is a fictional character on the American television sitcom Seinfeld, played by former SNL cast member Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Elaine's best friend in the sitcom is her ex-boyfriend Jerry Seinfeld , and she is also good friends with George Costanza and Cosmo Kramer .
Frank, displeased at Estelle's cooking, decides to cook again and helps Kramer get ready for Jewish singles night. Working well as a team of two, Elaine and Eddie finish the catalogue. When Elaine finds out he adopted his frightening persona after a failure to meet a nice Jewish woman and settle down, she takes him to the Jewish singles night.
Julia Scarlett Elizabeth Louis-Dreyfus (/ ˌ l uː i ˈ d r aɪ f ə s / LOO-ee DRY-fəs; born January 13, 1961) is an American actress and comedian.Often described as one of the greatest performers in television history, [1] [2] [3] she is widely known for her roles as various characters on Saturday Night Live (1982–1985), Elaine Benes on Seinfeld (1990–1998), Christine Campbell on The ...
Julia Louis-Dreyfus became a comedy icon for playing Elaine Benes on nine seasons of NBC’s “Seinfeld,” but the role wasn’t completely fulfilling for her when the show first got off the ground.
Elaine describes her acting as "Ethel Merman, but without the talent". She makes a brief appearance in " The Opposite ", kicking Elaine out of her apartment for, among other things, buzzing up a jewel thief and using Canadian quarters in the washing machine.
Now it's tough to imagine "Seinfeld" without the (badly) dancing, big salad-eating, John F. Kennedy Jr.-spotting, pal-shoving Elaine Benes, but the character wasn't part of the pilot.
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She is Jewish. [1] She graduated from Severna Park High School and studied English at Cornell University. [2] She cited Janeane Garofalo, Elaine Benes, and Joan Rivers as early comedic inspirations. [3] She moved to New York after graduation and interned at The Onion. [2] She then began to perform stand-up comedy. [3]