Julia Louis-Dreyfus Returns to Television 7 Years After 'Veep'

Mia GalanteSat, February 28, 2026 at 3:01 AM UTC

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus is taking on her first leading role on TV since Veep concluded its run in 2019.

Louis-Dreyfus will be starring alongside SNL alum Cecily Strong in a new limited series produced by Apple Studios. The series will be based on the New York Magazine article "The Nanny Squatter" by Bindu Bansinath.

According to Variety, the series will be written and directed by Mary Bronstein, who will also serve as showrunner. Louis-Dreyfus and Strong will be executive producers on the project.

The series will follow, "a couple whose lives are upended after welcoming a seemingly ideal caregiver into their home, only to find boundaries blurred and control slipping as the arrangement spirals into a tense, unsettling power struggle."

The upcoming limited series will be Louis-Dreyfus' first starring role on television since Veep. Her role as Selina Meyer on the HBO show earned her six consecutive Emmys.

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Strong shared the news on her Instagram account and wrote that her "brain is exploding."

"We exchanged numbers so then I was able to text her about a fun article I read and our shared fangirling of Julia Louis-Dreyfus," Strong wrote. "And now we are back with my friends at Apple and I know it’s still early days (as we Love Islanders say) but how often do I ever have something like this to talk about with icons like this next to me?!? I’m talking bout it!"

She added, "I’m celebrating even getting to this stage! Time cast a spell on you etc etc etc it’s very important you take a general with a super cool writer director and don’t be afraid to order an aggressive cocktail."

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