Julie Dreyfus
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- This article is about the French actress. For the American actress, see Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
Julie Dreyfus (born October 31, 1972 in Paris, France) is a French actress.
Dreyfus, who speaks fluent Japanese, French, and English, is well known in Japan, where she made her TV debut on a French-language lesson program on NHK's educational channel in the late 1980s, and has appeared on the TV show Ryori no tetsujin (Iron Chef) as a guest and judge. Before going to Japan, she studied Japanese for a while at the University of Paris, and English in Great Britain. She is best known to Western audiences for the role of Sofie Fatale in the film Kill Bill and has been associated with Quentin Tarantino, who is a good friend.
Dreyfus is the daughter of actress Pascale Audret (born Pascale Aufray, 1936-2000) and music producer, Francis Dreyfus, founder of Dreyfus Records. She is also the niece of the famous French folk singer Hugues Aufray. She has a half-sister, Chloe, who is 11 years younger. They share the same father.
