Ellen DeGeneres
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.
116 acting credits
Acting · 116
The Simpsons
1989
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Saturday Night Live
1975
Sesame Street
1969
The Big Bang Theory
2007
Will & Grace
1998
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
American Idol
2002
Mad About You
1992
Six Feet Under
2001
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Ellen
1994
So You Think You Can Dance
2005
The Bernie Mac Show
2001
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
The Oscars
1953
Finding Nemo
2003
People's Choice Awards
1975
The Kardashians
2022
Joey
2004
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012
La semaine des 4 Julie
2020
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
The Bachelorette
2003
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Inside Comedy
2012
Live from E!
2002
Today
1952
Primetime Glick
2001
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
2018
Finding Dory
2016
Pixar Popcorn
2021
Roseanne
1988
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
2018
The Emmy Awards
1949
The New York Times Presents
2020
Doctor Dolittle
1998
The Ellen Show
2001
One Night Stand
1989
Visible: Out on Television
2020
Step Up Revolution
2012
Larry King Live
1985
Best of Ellen
2022
Coneheads
1993
Unity
2015
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model
2026
Makers: Women Who Make America
2013
EDtv
1999
The Pixar Story
2007
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
One World: Together at Home
2020
Open House
1989
Bethenny
2012
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
2015
If These Walls Could Talk 2
2000
Laurie Hill
1992
Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways
2019
Ellen's Game of Games
2017
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
Adele One Night Only
2021
The Love Letter
1999
Justin Bieber's Believe
2013
Marine Life Interviews
2016
Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
2022
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
2024
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
2020
Goodbye Lover
1999
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003
Teen Choice Awards
1999
FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America
2020
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018
Mr. Wrong
1996
The Grammys
1959
The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians
2003
The Undefeated
2011
Hits
2014
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
2004
On the Edge
2001
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
2012
Exploring the Reef
2003
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
The Out List
2013
Ellen's Energy Adventure
1996
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1
2006
Ellen's Next Great Designer
2021
After Stonewall
1999
Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval
2024
Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now
2003
The Best of Carson, Volume 1
2006
The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion
1986
Comic Relief Zero
2013
No Accident
2023
Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure
2023
On Location: Women of the Night
1987
Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable
2018
Wisecracks
1992
Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning
2000
IMPACT x Nightline: Diddy: Drugs, Lies, & Freak Offs
2024
Hype: The Obama Effect
2008
One Night Stand: Command Performance: Ellen DeGeneres
1992
Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big Show
2008
Ellen's Really Big Show
2007
Ellen's Bigger, Longer & Wider Show
2009
Endangered
2021
One Night Stand: Ellen DeGeneres
1990
Untitled Finding Nemo Short
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