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.
Acting (49 movies)
Finding Nemo
2003
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1
2006
EDtv
1999
Justin Bieber's Believe
2013
The Love Letter
1999
Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning
2000
Coneheads
1993
If These Walls Could Talk 2
2000
Adele One Night Only
2021
Mr. Wrong
1996
Exploring the Reef
2003
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
Goodbye Lover
1999
Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now
2003
Finding Dory
2016
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
2012
On the Edge
2001
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
2004
The Out List
2013
Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure
2023
The Pixar Story
2007
Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012
Endangered
2021
On Location: Women of the Night
1987
The Best of Carson, Volume 1
2006
Unity
2015
Hits
2014
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
2015
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
2024
The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians
2003
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024
Comic Relief Zero
2013
Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval
2024
Marine Life Interviews
2016
The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion
1986
Doctor Dolittle
1998
The Undefeated
2011
Wisecracks
1992
Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable
2018
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003
FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America
2020
One World: Together at Home
2020
One Night Stand: Ellen DeGeneres
1990
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
2020
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
2022
No Accident
2023
After Stonewall
1999
Hype: The Obama Effect
2008
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning | 2000 | Writer |
| Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning | 2000 | Executive Producer |
| Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now | 2003 | Writer |
| Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now | 2003 | Executive Producer |
| Ellen's Bigger, Longer & Wider Show | 2009 | Writer |
| Tig Notaro: Happy to Be Here | 2018 | Executive Producer |
| Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable | 2018 | Writer |
| Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable | 2018 | Executive Producer |
| Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase | 2019 | Producer |
| Endangered | 2021 | Executive Producer |
| Tig Notaro: Drawn | 2021 | Executive Producer |
| Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure | 2023 | Executive Producer |
| Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval | 2024 | Writer |