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Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres

Acting
Born: Jan 26, 1958
From: Metairie, Louisiana, USA
Credits: 30 titles

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

Title Character Year Rating
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love Self - Guest 2023 8.4
Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure Self 2023 1.5
Adele One Night Only Self 2021 7.762
Endangered Self - Narrator (voice) 2021 9.0
Finding Dory Dory (voice) 2016 7.039
Unity Narrator (voice) 2015 7.5
Hits Self (voice; uncredited) 2014 4.8
Justin Bieber's Believe Self 2013 7.0
The Out List Herself 2013 5.9
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night Self 2012 7.8
Katy Perry: Part of Me Self (archive footage) 2012 7.155
Ellen's Bigger, Longer & Wider Show Herself 2009 3.0
Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big Show Herself 2008
The Pixar Story Dory (voice) (archive footage) 2007 7.6
Ellen's Really Big Show Herself - Host 2007
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1 Self 2006
The Best of Carson, Volume 1 2006 10.0
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles Self 2004 7.412
Finding Nemo Dory (voice) 2003 7.817
Exploring the Reef Dory (voice) 2003 6.316
Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now Self 2003 7.138
On the Edge Operator (segment "Reaching Normal") (uncredited) 2001 5.8
Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning Self 2000 6.944
If These Walls Could Talk 2 Kal 2000 6.5
EDtv Cynthia Topping 1999 6.0
The Love Letter Janet 1999 5.162
Goodbye Lover Stg. Rita Pompano 1999 5.604
Mr. Wrong Martha Alston 1996 4.047
Coneheads Coach 1993 5.471
On Location: Women of the Night Self 1987 8.0
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1958
FromMetairie, Louisiana, USA