Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1958-01-26 (Age: 68)
Place of Birth
Metairie, Louisiana, USA
Ellen DeGeneres
Biography
Ellen Lee 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 (57)
IMPACT x Nightline: Diddy: Drugs, Lies, & Freak Offs
2024
Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval
2024
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
2024
No Accident
2023
Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure
2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
2022
Adele One Night Only
2021
Endangered
2021Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
2020
One World: Together at Home
2020
FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America
2020
