
Ellen DeGeneres
7 FOLLOWERS • 71 CREDITS • JAN 26, 1958 • 67
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.
Known For

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Saturday Night Live

The Big Bang Theory

Today

E! True Hollywood Story

Six Feet Under

Entertainment Tonight

The Simpsons

Celebrities Uncensored

Mad About You

Wahl Street

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Raw

Will & Grace

Roseanne

The Larry Sanders Show

100 Years of Warner Bros.

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

The Emmy Awards

The Wonderful World of Disney

Primetime Glick

The Grammys

The Bernie Mac Show

Teen Choice Awards

Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj

Inside Comedy

The Kardashians

So You Think You Can Dance

Joey

My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman

Sesame Street

One Night Stand

The New York Times Presents

E! Live from the Red Carpet

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Pixar Popcorn

jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy

Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live

Katy Perry: Part of Me

NYAD

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

On the Edge

Coneheads

TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy

Doctor Dolittle

Visible: Out on Television

American Idol

Exploring the Reef

Finding Nemo

Finding Dory

Marine Life Interviews

One Night Stand: Ellen DeGeneres

The Ellen Show

Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now

Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning

Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways

The Oscars

Ellen's Game of Games

Ellen's Next Great Designer
Production Credits
Rivr: Track Original Shows & Movies
Streamline your streaming with Rivr, the ultimate app for tracking and discovering original shows and movies across all major platforms like Netflix, HBO, and more—never miss a release date or update again!
Get
