Julia Louis-Dreyfus is set to record a live episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast at the Cannes Film Festival.
The legendary actress will sit down with yours truly at Meta House, Meta’s exclusive activation space along the Croisette, on Thursday, May 14, for an hour-long career retrospective interview, which will be followed by a reception.
Louis-Dreyfus is, of course, best known for her comedic talents. A recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2018 and the National Medal of Arts in 2021, she shares with Cloris Leachman the record for most Emmy wins for acting — eight — which came for her work on the TV comedy series Seinfeld, The New Adventures of Old Christine and Veep.
But she is coming to Cannes for the world premiere of a powerful new dramedy on which she was a producer and a star: Tangles, Leah Nelson’s animated feature directorial debut, which centers on a young woman and her mother (voiced by Louis-Dreyfus), who is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. The film’s other stars include Bryan Cranston, Abbi Jacobson, Seth Rogen, Pamela Adlon, Beanie Feldstein, Sarah Silverman, Samira Wiley, Wanda Sykes and Bowen Yang.
Awards Chatter recently turned 10 years old and posted its 600th episode. Other past guests have included Martin Scorsese, Bruce Springsteen, Oprah Winfrey, Harrison Ford, Elton John, Barbra Streisand, Jerry Seinfeld, Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, Jennifer Lawrence, Sean Penn, Snoop Dogg, Julia Roberts, Michael B. Jordan, Norman Lear, Sophia Loren, George Clooney, Will Smith, Carol Burnett, Robert De Niro, Dwayne Johnson, Angelina Jolie, Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Hart, Margot Robbie, Lorne Michaels, Seth Rogen, Kate Winslet, David Letterman, Lady Gaga, Eddie Murphy, Will Ferrell, Natalie Portman, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bono, Dolly Parton, Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman, Spike Lee, Audra McDonald, Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Denzel Washington, Ariana Grande, Kevin Costner, Jane Fonda, Tom Hanks, Olivia Rodrigo, Quincy Jones, Billie Eilish, Ed Sheeran, Miley Cyrus, Timothée Chalamet, Tina Fey, Adam Sandler, Ken Burns, Malala Yousafzai, Bill Gates, Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Kobe Bryant, Gloria Steinem and Buzz Aldrin.
