Ellen DeGeneres
Born: 1958-01-26 in Metairie, Louisiana, USA
Known For: Acting
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
2026
- Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model as Self - Host, Ellen (archive footage)
2024
- TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy as Self (archive footage)
- Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval as Self
- IMPACT x Nightline: Diddy: Drugs, Lies, & Freak Offs as Self (archive footage)
2023
- 100 Years of Warner Bros. as Self
- Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love as Self - Guest
- No Accident as Self (archive footage)
- Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure as Self
2022
- The Kardashians as Self
- Best of Ellen as Herself
- Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl as Self
2021
- Pixar Popcorn as Dory (voice)
- Little Ellen ... (Executive Producer)
- Adele One Night Only as Self
- Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
- Ellen's Next Great Designer as Ellen DeGeneres
- Tig Notaro: Drawn ... (Executive Producer)
- Endangered as Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
- La semaine des 4 Julie as Self
- Visible: Out on Television as Self
- The New York Times Presents as Self (archive footage)
- One World: Together at Home as Self
- You Cannot Kill David Arquette as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America as Self
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Green Eggs and Ham ... (Executive Producer)
- Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase ... (Producer)
- Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways as Self
- Juego de Juegos ... (Creator)
2018
- Splitting Up Together ... (Executive Producer)
- My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman as Self
- Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj as Self (archive footage)
- Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable as Herself
- The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom as Self
- Tig Notaro: Happy to Be Here ... (Executive Producer)
2017
- Ellen's Game of Games as Self - Host
2016
- Finding Dory as Dory (voice)
- Little Big Shots ... (Executive Producer)
- Marine Life Interviews as Dory (voice)
2015
- Unity as Narrator (voice)
- One Big Happy ... (Executive Producer)
- Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live as Self - Special Guest
- Repeat After Me ... (Creator)
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Hits as Self (voice; uncredited)
2013
- Makers: Women Who Make America as Self
- Justin Bieber's Believe as Self
- The Out List as Herself
- Comic Relief Zero as Self (archive footage)
2012
- Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee as Self
- Inside Comedy as Self
- Step Up Revolution as Ellen DeGeneres (uncredited)
- Katy Perry: Part of Me as Self (archive footage)
- Bethenny as Self - Guest
- Johnny Carson: King of Late Night as Self
2011
- The Undefeated as Self - Interviewing Sharon Osborne (archive footage)
2009
- Ellen's Bigger, Longer & Wider Show as Herself
2008
- Cat on the Prowl ... (Producer)
- Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big Show as Herself
- Hype: The Obama Effect as Self (archive footage)
2007
- The Big Bang Theory as Ellen DeGeneres
- The Pixar Story as Dory (voice) (archive footage)
- Ellen's Really Big Show as Herself - Host
2004
- Joey as Ellen DeGeneres
- Genius. A Night for Ray Charles as Self
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- Finding Nemo as Dory (voice)
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self - Host
- The Bachelorette as Self
- Pauly Shore Is Dead as Ellen DeGeneres
- Exploring the Reef as Dory (voice)
- The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians as Self (archive footage)
- Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now as Self
2002
- American Idol as Self
- Live from E! as Self
2001
- Six Feet Under as Ellen DeGeneres
- The Bernie Mac Show as Ellen DeGeneres
- Primetime Glick
- The Ellen Show as Ellen Richmond
- On the Edge as Operator (segment "Reaching Normal") (uncredited)
2000
- If These Walls Could Talk 2 as Kal
- Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning as Self
1999
- EDtv as Cynthia Topping
- The Love Letter as Janet
- Goodbye Lover as Stg. Rita Pompano
- Teen Choice Awards as Self
- After Stonewall as Self
1998
- Will & Grace as Sister Louise
- Doctor Dolittle as Prologue Dog (voice)
1996
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- E! True Hollywood Story
- Mr. Wrong as Martha Alston
- Ellen's Energy Adventure as Herself
1994
- Ellen as Ellen Morgan
1993
- Late Show with David Letterman as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Coneheads as Coach
1992
- Mad About You as Nancy Bloom
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- The Larry Sanders Show as Ellen DeGeneres
- Laurie Hill as Nancy MacIntyre
- Wisecracks
- One Night Stand: Command Performance: Ellen DeGeneres
1990
- One Night Stand: Ellen DeGeneres as Herself
1989
- The Simpsons as Ellen DeGeneres (voice)
- One Night Stand
- Open House as Margo Van Meter
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
- Roseanne as Dr. Whitman
1987
- On Location: Women of the Night as Self
1986
1985
- Larry King Live as Self
1981
- Entertainment Tonight as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- People's Choice Awards as Self - Presenter
1969
1959
- The Grammys as Self
1953
- The Oscars as Host
1952
- Today as Self
1949
- The Emmy Awards as Self