About
Ellen DeGeneres
Overview
Ellen 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.
Known for
Acting |
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| 2024 | Ellen Degeneres: For Your Approval | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2024 | Child Star | Actor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 2024 | Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution | Actor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 2024 | TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 2023 | Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love | Actor | Self - Guest | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Adele One Night Only | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
| 2021 | Being James Bond | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 61 Fair |
| 2021 | Endangered | Actor | Self - Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Ellen's Next Great Designer | Actor | Ellen DeGeneres | N/A N/A |
| 2021 | Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend | Actor | Self (video footage) | 58 Average |
| 2020 | You Cannot Kill David Arquette | Actor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 2020 | One World: Together at Home | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2020 | FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2020 | Visible: Out on Television | Actor | Self | 69 Fair |
| 2019 | Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2018 | Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable | Actor | Herself | 60 Fair |
| 2018 | The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Ellen's Game of Games | Actor | Self - Host | 70 Good |
| 2016 | Marine Life Interviews | Actor | Dory (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Finding Dory | Actor | Dory (voice) | 69 Fair |
| 2015 | Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live | Actor | Self | 64 Fair |
| 2015 | Unity | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 60 Fair |
| 2014 | Hits | Actor | Self (voice; uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 2013 | Justin Bieber's Believe | Actor | Self | 62 Fair |
| 2013 | Comic Relief Zero | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2013 | The Out List | Actor | Herself | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Propaganda | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Katy Perry: Part of Me | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 63 Fair |
| 2012 | Johnny Carson: King of Late Night | Actor | Herself | 59 Average |
| 2011 | The Undefeated | Actor | Self - Interviewing Sharon Osborne (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 2009 | Ellen's Bigger, Longer & Wider Show | Actor | Herself | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big Show | Actor | Herself | N/A N/A |
| 2007 | Ellen's Really Big Show | Actor | Herself - Host | N/A N/A |
| 2007 | The Pixar Story | Actor | Dory (voice) (archive footage) | 63 Fair |
| 2006 | The Best of Carson, Volume 1 | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2006 | Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1 | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2004 | Genius. A Night for Ray Charles | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Exploring the Reef | Actor | Dory (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Actor | Self - Host | 61 Fair |
| 2003 | Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | Actor | Dory (voice) | 77 Good |
| 2003 | The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | Pauly Shore Is Dead | Actor | Herself | 50 Average |
| 2001 | The Ellen Show | Actor | Ellen Richmond | 69 Fair |
| 2001 | On The Edge | Actor | Operator (segment "Reaching Normal") (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2000 | If These Walls Could Talk 2 | Actor | Kal | 59 Average |
| 1999 | The Love Letter | Actor | Janet Hall | 58 Average |
| 1999 | Goodbye Lover | Actor | Stg. Rita Pompano | 58 Average |
| 1999 | EDtv | Actor | Cynthia Topping | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Doctor Dolittle | Actor | Prologue Dog (voice) | 57 Average |
| 1996 | Ellen's Energy Adventure | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Mr. Wrong | Actor | Martha Alston | 57 Average |
| 1994 | Ellen | Actor | Ellen Morgan | 67 Fair |
| 1993 | Coneheads | Actor | Coach | 55 Average |
| 1992 | Laurie Hill | Actor | Nancy MacIntyre | 69 Fair |
| 1992 | One Night Stand: Command Performance: Ellen DeGeneres | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1992 | Wisecracks | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1990 | One Night Stand: Ellen DeGeneres | Actor | Herself | 59 Average |
| 1989 | Open House | Actor | Margo Van Meter | 69 Fair |
| 1987 | On Location: Women of the Night | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1986 | The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion | Actor | 58 Average |
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| Ellen DeGeneres in: Strokin' My Shii | Actor | Strokin' My Shii Ellen | N/A N/A |
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Directing |
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| 1996 | Ellen's Energy Adventure | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
Writing |
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| 2024 | Ellen Degeneres: For Your Approval | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
| 2018 | Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable | Writing | Writer | 60 Fair |
| 2009 | Ellen's Bigger, Longer & Wider Show | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
Production |
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| 2023 | Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Little Ellen | Production | Executive Producer | 68 Fair |
| 2021 | Tig Notaro: Drawn | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Endangered | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Green Eggs and Ham | Production | Executive Producer | 74 Good |
| 2019 | Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase | Production | Producer | 60 Fair |
| 2018 | Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable | Production | Executive Producer | 60 Fair |
| 2018 | Tig Notaro: Happy to Be Here | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| 2015 | One Big Happy | Production | Executive Producer | 66 Fair |
| 2008 | Cat on the Prowl | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| 2001 | The Ellen Show | Production | Producer | 69 Fair |
| 2000 | Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Ellen's Energy Adventure | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| Castle Hangnail | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
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| Jekyll | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
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