Ellen DeGeneres
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Ellen DeGeneres

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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.

Films Featuring Ellen DeGeneres

Finding Nemo

20037.8

Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1

2006

EDtv

19996.0

Justin Bieber's Believe

20136.9

The Love Letter

19995.2

Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning

20006.9

Coneheads

19935.5

If These Walls Could Talk 2

20006.5

Adele One Night Only

20217.8

Mr. Wrong

19964.0

Exploring the Reef

20036.2

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

20238.3

Goodbye Lover

19995.7

Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now

20037.1

Finding Dory

20167.0

Johnny Carson: King of Late Night

20127.6

On the Edge

20015.5

Genius. A Night for Ray Charles

20047.4

The Out List

20135.9

Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure

20231.5

The Pixar Story

20077.5

Ellen's Really Big Show

Ellen's Really Big Show

2007

Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big Show

Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big Show

2008

Ellen's Bigger, Longer & Wider Show

Ellen's Bigger, Longer & Wider Show

20093.0

Katy Perry: Part of Me

20127.1

Endangered

20219.0

On Location: Women of the Night

19878.0

The Best of Carson, Volume 1

200610.0

Unity

20157.5

Hits

20144.8

Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live

20158.4

TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy

20245.1

The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians

2003

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

20246.2

Comic Relief Zero

20134.7

Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval

20246.4

Marine Life Interviews

20166.2

The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion

19868.0

Doctor Dolittle

19985.7

The Undefeated

20112.7

Wisecracks

19928.3

Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable

20186.4

The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom

20187.7

Pauly Shore Is Dead

20034.4

FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America

20204.0

One Night Stand: Command Performance: Ellen DeGeneres

One Night Stand: Command Performance: Ellen DeGeneres

199210.0

One World: Together at Home

20207.1

One Night Stand: Ellen DeGeneres

19907.7

You Cannot Kill David Arquette

20206.7

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

20215.0

Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl

20227.0

No Accident

20235.3

After Stonewall

19995.6

Hype: The Obama Effect

2008

Ellen's Energy Adventure

19967.0

Step Up Revolution

20126.9

IMPACT x Nightline: Diddy: Drugs, Lies, & Freak Offs

2024

Loving Dory

The Mystery of Richard Simmons: A Diane Sawyer Special

2026

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

20267.5

Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret

2026

Wampler's Ascent

2013