Ellen DeGeneres
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.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1958-01-26
Place of birth
Metairie, Louisiana, USA
Images
Cast
Finding Nemo
2003
7.82
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1
2006
0.00
EDtv
1999
6.00
Justin Bieber's Believe
2013
7.00
The Love Letter
1999
5.10
Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning
2000
6.80
Coneheads
1993
5.46
If These Walls Could Talk 2
2000
6.50
Adele One Night Only
2021
7.80
Mr. Wrong
1996
3.95
Exploring the Reef
2003
6.30
Goodbye Lover
1999
5.60
Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now
2003
7.15
Finding Dory
2016
7.00
On the Edge
2001
5.60
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
2004
7.30
The Out List
2013
5.91
The Pixar Story
2007
7.57
Ellen's Really Big Show
2007
0.00
Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012
7.20
Endangered
2021
9.00
On Location: Women of the Night
1987
0.00
The Best of Carson, Volume 1
2006
10.00
Unity
2015
7.50
Hits
2014
4.90
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024
6.20
Comic Relief Zero
2013
4.70
Marine Life Interviews
2016
6.20
Doctor Dolittle
1998
5.70
The Undefeated
2011
2.00
Wisecracks
1992
8.00
Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable
2018
6.40
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003
4.34
One World: Together at Home
2020
7.00
One Night Stand: Ellen DeGeneres
1990
8.00
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
2020
6.71
No Accident
2023
5.30
After Stonewall
1999
5.39
Hype: The Obama Effect
2008
0.00