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
Cast Credits
Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2024
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE • 2024
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2024
No Accident
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2023
Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2023
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Character: Self
TV • 2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Character: Self - Guest
MOVIE • 2023
Best of Ellen
Character: Herself
TV • 2022
The Kardashians
Character: Self
TV • 2022
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2022
Adele One Night Only
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2021
Endangered
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE • 2021
Ellen's Next Great Designer
Character: Ellen DeGeneres
TV • 2021
Wahl Street
Character: Self (archive footage)
TV • 2021
Wahl Street
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
TV • 2021
Pixar Popcorn
Character: Dory (voice)
TV • 2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2021
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE • 2020
The New York Times Presents
Character: Self (archive footage)
TV • 2020
One World: Together at Home
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2020
Crew
Crew Credits
Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2024
Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2023
Best of Ellen
Role: Creator
TV • 2022
Little Ellen
Role: Executive Producer
TV • 2021
Little Ellen
Role: Creator
TV • 2021
Tig Notaro: Drawn
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2021
Endangered
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2021
Green Eggs and Ham
Role: Executive Producer
TV • 2019
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2019
Juego de Juegos
Role: Creator
TV • 2019
Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2018
Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2018
Tig Notaro: Happy to Be Here
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2018
Splitting Up Together
Role: Executive Producer
TV • 2018
Little Big Shots
Role: Executive Producer
TV • 2016
One Big Happy
Role: Executive Producer
TV • 2015
Repeat After Me
Role: Creator
TV • 2015
Bethenny
Role: Creator
TV • 2012
Ellen's Bigger, Longer & Wider Show
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2009
Cat on the Prowl
Role: Producer
TV • 2008