Ellen DeGeneres
ActingEllen 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.
Movies
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Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret
2026
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The Mystery of Richard Simmons: A Diane Sawyer Special
2026
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Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
2026
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IMPACT x Nightline: Diddy: Drugs, Lies, & Freak Offs
2024
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Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval
2024
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Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024
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TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
2024
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No Accident
2023
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Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure
2023
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Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
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Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
2022
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Endangered
2021
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You Cannot Kill David Arquette
2020
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One World: Together at Home
2020
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FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America
2020
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Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable
2018
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The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018
Dory (voice)
Marine Life Interviews
2016
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Finding Dory
2016
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Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
2015
TV Shows
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Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model
2026
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100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
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Best of Ellen
2022
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The Kardashians
2022
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Ellen's Next Great Designer
2021
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Pixar Popcorn
2021
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The New York Times Presents
2020
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Visible: Out on Television
2020
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La semaine des 4 Julie
2020
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Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways
2019
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
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Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
2018
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My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
2018
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Ellen's Game of Games
2017
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
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Makers: Women Who Make America
2013
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Steve Harvey
2012
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Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012
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Bethenny
2012
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Inside Comedy
2012
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