About
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...
Known for
The SimpsonsSeries • 1989
Sesame StreetSeries • 1969
Will & GraceSeries • 1998
The Big Bang TheorySeries • 2007
Mad About YouSeries • 1992
Six Feet UnderSeries • 2001
So You Think You Can DanceSeries • 2005
The Bernie Mac ShowSeries • 2001
EllenSeries • 1994
The Larry Sanders ShowSeries • 1992
Finding NemoMovie • 2003
JoeySeries • 2004
The OscarsSeries • 1953
The Wonderful World of DisneySeries • 1997
Green Eggs and HamSeries • 2019
Finding DoryMovie • 2016
RoseanneSeries • 1988
Doctor DolittleMovie • 1998
Splitting Up TogetherSeries • 2018
Pixar PopcornSeries • 2021
Step Up RevolutionMovie • 2012
ConeheadsMovie • 1993
The Pixar StoryMovie • 2007
EDtvMovie • 1999