The couple met at Northwestern University and became college sweethearts.

“He was a senior with a big old beard and Jesus hair.”

They married in 1987.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus and husband Brad Hall smiling

In 2022, Louis-Dreyfus was being honored at the National Resource Defense Council’s “Night of Comedy.”

She was asked about the secret to having a happy marriage for over three decades.

“You gotta marry Brad Hall,“Louis-Dreyfus blurted out.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus and husband Brad Hall smiling

“That’s what you have to do.”

Though the response was a lighthearted quip, it’s clear that Louis-Dreyfus believes it.

Shortly after that comment, she posted a photo onInstagramof her and Brad on their wedding day.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus and husband Brad Hall smiling with their children

“Been tied to this superb guy for 35 years!”

She had a double mastectomy and endured six rounds of chemotherapy before being officially diagnosed as cancer-free.

She credits her friends and family with helping her through the fight.

“It was like they had their hands underneath me holding me up.”