Ellen DeGeneres
- Acting
- January 26, 1958 · Metairie, Louisiana, USA
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. 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
- Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret · Self
- The Mystery of Richard Simmons: A Diane Sawyer Special · Self
- Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model · Self
- Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie · Self
- IMPACT x Nightline: Diddy: Drugs, Lies, & Freak Offs · Self
- Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval · Self, Writer
- Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution · Self
- TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy · Self
- No Accident · Self
- Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure · Self, Executive producer
- 100 Years of Warner Bros. · Self
- Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love · Self
- Best of Ellen · Self, Creator
- The Kardashians · Self
- Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl · Self
- Little Ellen · Executive producer, Creator
- Tig Notaro: Drawn · Executive producer
- Endangered · Self, Executive producer
- Ellen's Next Great Designer · Ellen DeGeneres
- Pixar Popcorn · Dory (Voice)
- Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend · Self
- You Cannot Kill David Arquette · Self
- The New York Times Presents · Self
- One World: Together at Home · Self
- FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America · Self
- Visible: Out on Television · Self
- La semaine des 4 Julie · Self
- Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways · Self
- Green Eggs and Ham · Executive producer
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase · Producer
- Juego de Juegos · Creator
- Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable · Self, Writer
- Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj · Self
- Tig Notaro: Happy to Be Here · Executive producer
- Splitting Up Together · Executive producer
- The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom · Self
- My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman · Self
- Ellen's Game of Games · Self
- Marine Life Interviews · Dory (Voice)
- Finding Dory · Dory (Voice)
- Little Big Shots · Executive producer
- Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live · Self
- Unity · Narrator (Voice)
- One Big Happy · Executive producer
- Repeat After Me · Creator
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Hits · Self
- Justin Bieber's Believe · Self
- Comic Relief Zero · Self
- The Out List · Self
- Wampler's Ascent · Self
- Makers: Women Who Make America · Self
- Steve Harvey · Self
- Step Up Revolution · Ellen DeGeneres (uncredited)
- Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee · Self
- Katy Perry: Part of Me · Self
- Bethenny · Self, Creator
- Johnny Carson: King of Late Night · Self
- Inside Comedy · Self
- The Undefeated · Self
- Ellen's Bigger, Longer & Wider Show · Self, Writer
- Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big Show · Self
- Hype: The Obama Effect · Self
- Cat on the Prowl · Producer
- Ellen's Really Big Show · Self
- The Big Bang Theory · Ellen DeGeneres
- The Pixar Story · Dory (voice) (archive footage)
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- The Best of Carson, Volume 1
- Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1 · Self
- So You Think You Can Dance
- Genius. A Night for Ray Charles · Self
- Joey · Ellen DeGeneres
- Exploring the Reef · Dory (Voice)
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self, Executive producer
- Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now · Self, Executive producer
- Celebrities Uncensored · Self
- Finding Nemo · Dory (Voice)
- The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians · Self