Julia Louis-Dreyfus Reveals She Had A Nursery Next To Dressing Room on β€˜Seinfeld’

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Reveals She Had A Nursery Next To Dressing Room on β€˜Seinfeld’



Julia Louis-Dreyfus was juggling a whole lot while filming hit sitcom β€œSeinfeld.”

The comedian, who played Elaine on the show, opened up about what it was like to have kids while filming the nine-season NBC hit during a recent episode of podcast β€œFriends Keep Secrets.” Louis-Dreyfus revealed that her children often came to work with her.

β€œI had a nursery,” Dreyfus, 65, told hosts Benny Blanco, Lil Dicky and his wife Kristin Batalucco during the Sept. 1 podcast episode. β€œI had a nursery right next to my dressing room.”

Louis-Dreyfus has two sons with husband Brad Hall. Her eldest, Henry Hall, was born in 1992 while her younger son, Charlie Hall, was born in 1997.

β€œSeinfeld,” which also starred Jerry Seinfeld, Michael Richards and Jason Alexander, aired from 1989 to 1998. Louis-Dreyfus said on the podcast that raising children at the height of the show’s fame was no walk in the park.

β€œIt was really hard,” Louis-Dreyfus said. β€œI’m not even sure if it was the right thing to do.”

Though Louis-Dreyfus found parenthood challenging at the time, she said she enjoyed the experience immensely.

β€œI wish I had one more, actually!” she told the hosts.

During the podcast, Louis-Dreyfus also shared that there was β€œtons” of friction on the set of the show.

β€œIt’s hard to do anything really well, and it takes a lot of work, and you’re going to butt heads,” she said.

During its run, β€œSeinfeld” became a smash hit, winning 10 Emmy awards and three Golden Globes among many other awards. Louis-Dreyfus also earned an Emmy award for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy in 1996 and a Golden Globe in 1994 for best supporting actress while on the show.

While she enjoyed a great deal of success in her role as Elaine, Louis-Dreyfus has been open about how difficult it was to enter motherhood at the time. And yet, she once told television host and cook Ina Garten that the experience was β€œfabulous.”

β€œI was becoming very famous at at this time, it really kept all of that in perspective,” Louis-Dreyfus told Garten on an episode of show β€œBe My Guest.”

She also said that as time went on, the show didn’t do much to hide her pregnancies.

β€œThe first go round, I stood behind things. I carried boxes,” she told Garten. β€œBy the time I was pregnant the second time, nobody cared, and it was like it wasn’t happening.”