Move over, Emmy. There's a new accolade in town.
The Kennedy Center announced Wednesday that Julia Louis-Dreyfus will receive the 2018 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, just the latest feather in the 11-time Emmy winner's cap.
"Like Mark Twain, Julia has enriched American culture with her iconic, unforgettable, and outright hilarious brand of humor," Kennedy Center President Deborah F. Rutter said in a statement.
"Over four decades, her wildly original characters and her gift for physical comedy have left us in stitches. Julia is a role model for so many, and we look forward to honoring her," Rutter said.
This year has already has been full of highs and lows for Louis-Dreyfus, who chronicled her fight against breast cancer on social media in the first part of the year and is scheduled to begin shooting the seventh and final season of HBO's "Veep" in August.
"Merely to join the list of distinguished recipients of this award would be honor enough, but, as a student of both American history and literature, the fact that Mr. Twain himself will be presenting the award to me in person is particularly gratifying," the "Seinfeld" alum joked in a statement.
The actress will be joining a long list of all-stars who have previously received the prize, including Eddie Murphy, Carol Burnett, David Letterman and Tina Fey.
Bill Cosby was recognized with the Mark Twain Prize in 2009, but had the title stripped _ along with his 1998 Kennedy Center Honors _ earlier this month after being convicted of sexual assault.
Louis-Dreyfus will receive the prize at a gala on Oct. 21 at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall in Washington, D.C.
