Biography
Ellen DeGeneres 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. 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.
Filmography
all 121
self 67
TV Shows 66
Movies 55
Producer 11
Writer 3
Voice 3
Creator 2
Narrator 1
NYAD (2023)
Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure (2023)
100 Years of Warner Bros. (2023)
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love (2023)
The Kardashians (2022)
Adele One Night Only (2021)
Little Ellen (2021)
Being James Bond (2021)
Family Game Fight (2021)
Tig Notaro: Drawn (2021)
Ellen's Next Great Designer (2021)
Endangered (2021)
Wahl Street (2021)
Pixar Popcorn (2021)
You Cannot Kill David Arquette (2020)
The New York Times Presents (2020)
One World: Together at Home (2020)
FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America (2020)
Visible: Out On Television (2020)
La semaine des 4 Julie (2020)
Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways (2019)
Green Eggs and Ham (2019)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)
Juego de Juegos (2019)
Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable (2018)
To Kid or Not to Kid (2018)
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj (2018)
Tig Notaro: Happy to Be Here (2018)
Splitting Up Together (2018)
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom (2018)
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman (2018)
Ellen's Game of Games (2017)
Marine Life Interviews (2017)
Finding Dory (2016)
Little Big Shots (2016)
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live (2015)
Unity (2015)
One Big Happy (2015)
Repeat After Me (2015)
Ellen's Design Challenge (2015)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Justin Bieber's Believe (2013)
Comic Relief Zero (2013)
The Out List (2013)
Makers: Women Who Make America (2013)
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (2012)
Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012)
Bethenny (2012)
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night (2012)
Inside Comedy (2012)
Kitchen Cousins (2011)
The Undefeated (2011)
Ellen's Bigger, Longer & Wider Show (2009)
Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big Show (2008)
Cat on the Prowl (2008)
Ellen's Really Big Show (2007)
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
The Pixar Story (2007)
The Best of Carson, Volume 1 (2006)
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1 (2006)
A Concert for Hurricane Relief (2005)
So You Think You Can Dance (2005)
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles (2004)
Joey (2004)
Exploring the Reef (2003)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now (2003)
Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now (2003)
Celebrities Uncensored (2003)
Finding Nemo (2003)
The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians (2003)
Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
American Idol (2002)
E! Live from the Red Carpet (2002)
The Bernie Mac Show (2001)
The Ellen Show (2001)
On The Edge (2001)
Primetime Glick (2001)
Six Feet Under (2001)
Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning (2000)
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000)
Teen Choice Awards (1999)
The Love Letter (1999)
Goodbye Lover (1999)
Edtv (1999)
Will & Grace (1998)
Doctor Dolittle (1998)
The Wonderful World of Disney (1997)
The Real Ellen Story (1997)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996)
Mr. Wrong (1996)
Ellen (1994)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Coneheads (1993)
WWE Raw (1993)
Laurie Hill (1992)
Mad About You (1992)
One Night Stand: Command Performance: Ellen DeGeneres (1992)
The Larry Sanders Show (1992)
Wisecracks (1992)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
One Night Stand: Ellen DeGeneres (1990)
The Simpsons (1989)
Open House (1989)
One Night Stand (1989)
Roseanne (1988)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
On Location: Women of the Night (1987)
The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion (1986)
Larry King Live (1985)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Sesame Street (1969)
The Grammy Awards (1959)
The Oscars (1953)
Today (1952)
The Emmy Awards (1949)
Castle Hangnail
Jekyll
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1958-01-26 (66 years old)
Birth NameEllen Lee DeGeneres
Birth PlaceMetairie, United States of America
LifestyleVegetarianism
Height171-centimeter
Net Worth$330 Million
RelationshipsAlexandra Hedison (2001-01-01 - 2004-01-01), Anne Heche (1997-01-01 - 2000-08-01)
SpousePortia de Rossi
FatherElliott Everett DeGeneres Jr.
MotherBetty DeGeneres
SiblingsVance DeGeneres
RelativesThomas Fairfax
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesBeverly Hills · New Orleans · Atlanta, United States of America
Also Known AsEllen Lee DeGeneres, 엘런 드제너러스, Еллен Дедженерес, Елън Дедженеръс
AwardsWomen in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show, Lucy Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, Annie Award, American Comedy Awards, Teen Choice Awards, Genesis Award, Presidential Medal of Freedom
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