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Ellen DeGeneres

Actress / Screenwriter / Television Presenter / Television Producer / Comedian / Television Actress / Penwoman / Film Actress / Voice Actress | * 01/26/1958 (66) | Metairie, Louisiana (United States of America (USA))
Ellen Lee DeGeneres ( də-JEN-ər-əs; born January 26, 1958) is an American comedian, television host, actress, and writer. She starred in the sitcom Ellen from 1994 to 1998, which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award for "The Puppy Episode". She also hosted the syndicated television talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show from 2003 to 2022, for which she received 33 Daytime Emmy Awards. Her stand-up career started in the early 1980s and included a 1986 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. As a film actress, DeGeneres starred in Mr. Wrong (1996), Edtv (1999), and The Love Letter (1999), and provided the voice of Dory in the Disney/Pixar animated films Finding Nemo (2... ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Documentaries | Talk-Shows

Known for these Movies & Shows

Awards & Nominations for Ellen DeGeneres

Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host American Comedy Awards Teen Choice Awards Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in a Feature Production Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Annie Awards Genesis Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom Lucy Award Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series GLAAD Stephen F. Kolzak Award Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album
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Movies with Ellen DeGeneres as Actress(41)

as Narrator (voice)2021 Endangered
as herself2021 Adele One Night Only
as Self (archive footage)2021 Being James Bond
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2020 You Cannot Kill David Arquette
as Dory (voice)2016 Finding Dory
as Narrator (voice)2015 Unity
as herself2013 The Out List
as Self - Interviewing Sharon Osborne (archive footage)2011 The Undefeated
as Dory (voice) (archive footage)2007 The Pixar Story
as Herself - Host2007 Ellen's Really Big Show
as herself2003 Pauly Shore Is Dead
as Dory (voice)2003 Exploring the Reef
as Dory (voice)2003 Finding Nemo
as Operator (segment "Reaching Normal") (uncredited)2001 On The Edge
as Janet Hall1999 The Love Letter
as Cynthia Topping1999 Edtv
as Stg. Rita Pompano1998 Goodbye Lover
as Prologue Dog (voice)1998 Doctor Dolittle
as Martha Alston1996 Mr. Wrong
as Coach1993 Coneheads

TV Shows/Series with Ellen DeGeneres as Actress(50)

as herself2022 The Kardashians
as Self (archive footage)2021 Wahl Street
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2021 Wahl Street
as herself2020 La semaine des 4 Julie
as Self (archive footage)2020 The New York Times Presents
as Self (archive footage)2018 Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
as Herself - Host2017 Ellen's Game of Games
as herself2012 Inside Comedy
as herself2007 The Big Bang Theory
as herself2004 Joey
as herself2003 Celebrities Uncensored
as Self - Host2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as herself2002 American Idol
as Self - Judge2002 American Idol
as Ellen Richmond2001 The Ellen Show
as herself2001 Six Feet Under
as Sister Louise1998 Will & Grace
as Self - Guest1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Ellen Morgan1994 Ellen
as herself1993 Intimate Portrait
1993 WWE Raw
as Self - Guest1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Nancy Bloom1992 Mad About You
as herself1992 The Larry Sanders Show
as Nancy MacIntyre1992 Laurie Hill
as Margo Van Meter1989 Open House
as Ellen DeGeneres (voice)1989 The Simpsons
as Dr. Whitman1988 Roseanne
as herself1985 Larry King Live
as Self - Host1975 Saturday Night Live
as herself??? Today

Movies with Ellen DeGeneres as Crew(14)

Production/Executive Producer2023 Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure
Production/Producer2023 Castle Hangnail
Production/Producer2023 Jekyll
Production/Executive Producer2021 Endangered
Production/Executive Producer2021 Tig Notaro: Drawn
Production/Producer2019 Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Production/Executive Producer2018 Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable
Writing/Writer2018 Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable
Production/Executive Producer2018 Tig Notaro: Happy To Be Here
Production/Executive Producer2003 Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now
Production/Executive Producer2000 Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning

TV Shows/Series with Ellen DeGeneres as Crew(13)

Production/Executive Producer2021 Little Ellen
Creator/Creator2021 Little Ellen
Production/Executive Producer2019 Green Eggs and Ham
Production/Executive Producer2018 Splitting Up Together
Production/Executive Producer2016 Little Big Shots
Creator/Creator2015 Repeat After Me
Production/Executive Producer2015 One Big Happy
Production/Executive Producer2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Creator/Creator2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Production/Producer2001 The Ellen Show
Creator/Creator2001 The Ellen Show
Writing/Writer1994 Ellen
Creator/Creator1994 Ellen

Additional Information

Full Name: Ellen Lee DeGeneres
Born: Sunday, 01/26 1958 (January) in Metairie, Louisiana (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 66 years + 63 days)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Atlanta High School, Grace King High School, Bishop Manogue High School, University of New Orleans
Employer: Merry-Go-Round, J. C. Penney, TGI Fridays, American Broadcasting Company, American Express, Pixar, CoverGirl, HBO
Record Label: eleveneleven
Net worth estimate: 330,000,000 USD
Spouses (current/former): Portia de Rossi
Siblings: Vance DeGeneres
Father: Elliott Everett DeGeneres Jr.
Mother: Betty DeGeneres
Related to: Thomas Fairfax
Influenced by/Role models: Woody Allen, Steve Martin, Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett
Other names for Ellen DeGeneres (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Ellen Lee DeGeneres"
"엘런 드제너러스"
"Еллен Дедженерес"
Ellen DeGeneres frequently works together with these people:
Andy Samberg (36x, Actor)
Tress MacNeille (36x, Actress)
Bill Hader (25x, Actor)
Fred Armisen (23x, Actor)
Jay Leno (23x, Actor)
Pamela Hayden (23x, Actress)
Kristen Wiig (22x, Actress)
Martin Short (20x, Actor)
Kenan Thompson (20x, Actor)
Drew Barrymore (19x, Actress)
Andrew Stanton (12x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1018, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024