Ellen DeGeneres

Known for ActingBorn 1958-01-26 (age 68)Metairie, Louisiana, USA

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. 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Best of Carson, Volume 1

One Night Stand: Command Performance: Ellen DeGeneres

Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl

Endangered

Teen Choice Awards

People's Choice Awards

The Kardashians

Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

Wisecracks

The Grammys

Green Eggs and Ham

E! True Hollywood Story

Six Feet Under

Adele One Night Only

100 Years of Warner Bros.

One Night Stand

The Big Bang Theory

Ellen's Energy Adventure

Johnny Carson: King of Late Night

The Simpsons

One Night Stand: Ellen DeGeneres

The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom

On Location: Women of the Night

The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion

Finding Nemo

Little Big Shots

Unity

The Pixar Story

The Larry Sanders Show

Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model

Genius. A Night for Ray Charles

The New York Times Presents

The Emmy Awards

Pixar Popcorn

One World: Together at Home

Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj

Katy Perry: Part of Me

Ellen's Game of Games

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Finding Dory

Primetime Glick

My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman

Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now

Justin Bieber's Believe

Step Up Revolution

Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning