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Julia Louis-Dreyfus to receive Mark Twain Prize for humor

 

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is getting a noteworthy satire respect.

The Veep star is set to get the 21st yearly Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts declared Wednesday. The prize, which is “named to respect one of the world’s most noteworthy humorists,” will be given to Louis-Dreyfus by her kindred performers at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall on Oct. 21.

Past beneficiaries of the honor incorporate David Letterman, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Tina Fey, Jay Leno and Carol Burnett. (In an in the first place, the Kennedy Center as of late repudiated the honor they provided for indicted star Bill Cosby in 2009, alongside his 1998 Kennedy Center Honor.)

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