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Ellen DeGeneres

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1958-01-26 (67 years old)

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.

Filmography

all 132

self 82

TV Shows 67

Movies 65

Producer 11

Voice 7

Creator 2

Writer 2

Narrator 1

Self

Ellen DeGeneres

Biography

Filmography

all 132

self 82

TV Shows 67

Movies 65

Producer 11

Voice 7

Creator 2

Writer 2

Narrator 1

Ellen Degeneres: For Your Approval (2024)

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution (2024)

TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy (2024)

Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure (2023)

100 Years of Warner Bros. (2023)

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love (2023)

The Kardashians (2022)

Adele One Night Only (2021)

Little Ellen (2021)

Being James Bond (2021)

Tig Notaro: Drawn (2021)

Ellen's Next Great Designer (2021)

Endangered (2021)

Wahl Street (2021)

Pixar Popcorn (2021)

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend (2021)

You Cannot Kill David Arquette (2020)

The New York Times Presents (2020)

One World: Together at Home (2020)

FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America (2020)

Visible: Out on Television (2020)

La semaine des 4 Julie (2020)

Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways (2019)

Green Eggs and Ham (2019)

The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)

Juego de Juegos (2019)

Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable (2018)

To Kid or Not to Kid (2018)

Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj (2018)

Tig Notaro: Happy to Be Here (2018)

Splitting Up Together (2018)

The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom (2018)

My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman (2018)

Ellen's Game of Games (2017)

Marine Life Interviews (2016)

Finding Dory (2016)

Little Big Shots (2016)

Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live (2015)

Miss Sharon Jones! (2015)

Unity (2015)

One Big Happy (2015)

Repeat After Me (2015)

Ellen's Design Challenge (2015)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)

Hits (2014)

Justin Bieber's Believe (2013)

Comic Relief Zero (2013)

The Out List (2013)

Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey (2013)

Makers: Women Who Make America (2013)

Propaganda (2013)

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (2012)

Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012)

Bethenny (2012)

Johnny Carson: King of Late Night (2012)

Inside Comedy (2012)

Kitchen Cousins (2011)

The Undefeated (2011)

Ellen's Bigger, Longer & Wider Show (2009)

Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big Show (2008)

Cat on the Prowl (2008)

Ellen's Really Big Show (2007)

The Big Bang Theory (2007)

The Pixar Story (2007)

CN Invaded Part 3: That Darn Platypus (2007)

The Best of Carson, Volume 1 (2006)

Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1 (2006)

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1958-01-26 (67 years old)

Birth Name
Ellen Lee DeGeneres