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Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American stand-up comic, television host, and actress.
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Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) 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. …
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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.
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- 2026Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark SecretSelf (archive footage)
- 2026The Mystery of Richard Simmons: A Diane Sawyer SpecialSelf (archival footage)
- 2026Nirvanna the Band the Show the MovieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2024IMPACT x Nightline: Diddy: Drugs, Lies, & Freak OffsSelf (archive footage)
- 2024Ellen DeGeneres: For Your ApprovalWriter · Self
- 2024Outstanding: A Comedy RevolutionSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2024TMZ Presents: The Downfall of DiddySelf (archive footage)
- 2023No AccidentSelf (archive footage)
- 2023Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next AdventureProducer · Self
- 2023Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + LoveSelf - Guest
- 2022Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden GirlSelf
- 2021Tig Notaro: DrawnProducer
- 2021EndangeredProducer · Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2021Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood LegendSelf (archive footage)
- 2020You Cannot Kill David ArquetteSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2020One World: Together at HomeSelf
- 2020FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for AmericaSelf
- 2019Nancy Drew and the Hidden StaircaseProducer
- 2018Ellen DeGeneres: RelatableWriter · Producer · Self
- 2018Tig Notaro: Happy to Be HereProducer
- 2018The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to FreedomSelf
- 2016Marine Life InterviewsDory (voice)
- 2016Finding DoryDory (voice)
- 2015Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - LiveSelf - Special Guest
- 2015UnityNarrator (voice)
- 2014HitsSelf (voice; uncredited)
- 2013Justin Bieber's BelieveSelf
- 2013Comic Relief ZeroSelf (archive footage)
- 2013The Out ListHerself
- 2013Wampler's AscentSelf
- 2012Step Up RevolutionEllen DeGeneres (uncredited)
- 2012Katy Perry: Part of MeSelf (archive footage)
- 2012Johnny Carson: King of Late NightSelf
- 2011The UndefeatedSelf - Interviewing Sharon Osborne (archive footage)
- 2009Ellen's Bigger, Longer & Wider ShowWriter · Herself
- 2008Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big ShowHerself
- 2008Hype: The Obama EffectSelf (archive footage)
- 2007Ellen's Really Big ShowHerself - Host
- 2007The Pixar StoryDory (voice) (archive footage)
- 2006The Best of Carson, Volume 1Actor
- 2006Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1Self
- 2004Genius. A Night for Ray CharlesSelf
- 2003Exploring the ReefDory (voice)
- 2003Ellen DeGeneres: Here and NowProducer · Writer · Self
- 2003The Very Best of America's Funniest ComediansSelf (archive footage)
- 2003Pauly Shore Is DeadEllen DeGeneres
- 2001On the EdgeOperator (segment "Reaching Normal") (uncredited)
- 2000Ellen DeGeneres: The BeginningWriter · Producer · Self
- 2000If These Walls Could Talk 2Kal
- 1999After StonewallSelf
- 1999The Love LetterJanet
- 1999Goodbye LoverStg. Rita Pompano
- 1999EDtvCynthia Topping
- 1998Doctor DolittlePrologue Dog (voice)
- 1996Ellen's Energy AdventureHerself
- 1996Mr. WrongMartha Alston
- 1993ConeheadsCoach
- 1992One Night Stand: Command Performance: Ellen DeGeneresActor
- 1992WisecracksActor
- 1990One Night Stand: Ellen DeGeneresHerself
- 1987On Location: Women of the NightSelf
- 1986The Young Comedians All-Star ReunionSelf
- Castle HangnailProducer
- JekyllProducer
- Loving DoryDory (voice)
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