Ellen DeGeneres
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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
The Simpsons
Celebrities Uncensored
Mad About You
Wahl Street
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
WWE 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 Bernie Mac Show
The Grammy Awards
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
E! Live from the Red Carpet
The New York Times Presents
The Kelly Clarkson Show
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
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
Coneheads
Doctor Dolittle
Visible: Out on Television
American Idol
Exploring the Reef
Finding Nemo
Marine Life Interviews
Finding Dory
The Oscars
The Ellen Show
Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning
Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways
Ellen's Next Great Designer
Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now
One Night Stand: Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen's Game of Games
Production Credits
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