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Ellen DeGeneres
Actor

Ellen DeGeneres

26 Jan 1958Born
68Age
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Metairie, Louisiana, USABirthplace

Biography

Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American stand-up comic, television host, and actress. She hosts the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and was also a judge on American Idol for one year, having joined the show in its ninth season.

DeGeneres has hosted both the Academy Awards and the Primetime Emmys. As a film actress, she starred in Mr.

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Wrong, appeared in EDtv and The Love Letter, and provided the voice of Dory in the Disney-Pixar animated film Finding Nemo, for which she was awarded a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, the first and only time a voice performance won a Saturn Award.

She also starred in two television sitcoms, Ellen from 1994 to 1998 and The Ellen Show from 2001 to 2002. During the fourth season of Ellen in 1997, DeGeneres came out publicly as a lesbian in an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Shortly afterwards, her character Ellen Morgan also came out to a therapist played by Winfrey, and the series went on to explore various LGBT issues including the coming out process.

She has won twelve Emmys and numerous other awards for her work and charitable efforts.

Known for

Filmography

  1. TBALoving DoryFilm: Dory (voice)
  2. 2024Ellen DeGeneres: For Your ApprovalFilm: Writer
  3. 2022Best of EllenSeries: Creator
  4. 2021Little EllenSeries: Creator
  5. 2021Ellen's Next Great DesignerSeries: Ellen DeGeneres (6 episodes)
  6. 2021Pixar PopcornSeries: Dory (voice) (1 episode)
  7. 2019Juego de JuegosSeries: Creator
  8. 2018Ellen DeGeneres: RelatableFilm: Writer
  9. 2016Marine Life InterviewsFilm: Dory (voice)
  10. 2016Finding DoryFilm: Dory (voice)
  11. 2015UnityFilm: Narrator (voice)
  12. 2015Repeat After MeSeries: Creator
  13. 2012Step Up RevolutionFilm: Ellen DeGeneres (uncredited)
  14. 2009Ellen's Bigger, Longer & Wider ShowFilm: Writer
  15. 2007The Big Bang TheorySeries: Ellen DeGeneres (2 episodes)
  16. 2007The Pixar StoryFilm: Dory (voice) (archive footage)
  17. 2006The Best of Carson, Volume 1Film
  18. 2005So You Think You Can DanceSeries (1 episode)
  19. 2004JoeySeries: Ellen DeGeneres (1 episode)
  20. 2003Exploring the ReefFilm: Dory (voice)
  21. 2003Ellen DeGeneres: Here and NowFilm: Writer
  22. 2003Finding NemoFilm: Dory (voice)
  23. 2003Pauly Shore Is DeadFilm: Ellen DeGeneres
  24. 2001The Bernie Mac ShowSeries: Ellen DeGeneres (1 episode)
  25. 2001The Ellen ShowSeries: Ellen Richmond, Creator (13 episodes)
  26. 2001On the EdgeFilm: Operator (segment "Reaching Normal") (uncredited)
  27. 2001Six Feet UnderSeries: Ellen DeGeneres (1 episode)
  28. 2000Ellen DeGeneres: The BeginningFilm: Writer
  29. 2000If These Walls Could Talk 2Film: Kal
  30. 1999The Love LetterFilm: Janet
  31. 1999Goodbye LoverFilm: Stg. Rita Pompano
  32. 1999EDtvFilm: Cynthia Topping
  33. 1998Will & GraceSeries: Sister Louise (1 episode)
  34. 1998Doctor DolittleFilm: Prologue Dog (voice)
  35. 1997The Wonderful World of DisneySeries (1 episode)
  36. 1996E! True Hollywood StorySeries (1 episode)
  37. 1996Mr. WrongFilm: Martha Alston
  38. 1994EllenSeries: Ellen Morgan, Writer, Creator (109 episodes)
  39. 1993ConeheadsFilm: Coach
  40. 1992Laurie HillSeries: Nancy MacIntyre (10 episodes)
  41. 1992Mad About YouSeries: Nancy Bloom (1 episode)
  42. 1992One Night Stand: Command Performance: Ellen DeGeneresFilm
  43. 1992The Larry Sanders ShowSeries: Ellen DeGeneres (3 episodes)
  44. 1992WisecracksFilm
  45. 1989The SimpsonsSeries: Ellen DeGeneres (voice) (1 episode)
  46. 1989Open HouseSeries: Margo Van Meter (24 episodes)
  47. 1989One Night StandSeries (2 episodes)
  48. 1988RoseanneSeries: Dr. Whitman (1 episode)
  49. 1969Sesame StreetSeries (1 episode)
  50. 1953The OscarsSeries: Host (1 episode)

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