Ellen DeGeneres
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 26, 1958 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Metairie, Louisiana, USA
- Credits
- 121
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.
Known for
Finding Nemo
2003Movie
Dory (voice)
Finding Dory
2016Movie
Dory (voice)
The Big Bang Theory
2007TV
Ellen DeGeneres
The Simpsons
1989TV
Ellen DeGeneres (voice)
Doctor Dolittle
1998Movie
Prologue Dog (voice)
Step Up Revolution
2012Movie
Ellen DeGeneres (uncredited)
Filmography
Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret
2026Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Mystery of Richard Simmons: A Diane Sawyer Special
2026Movie
Self (archival footage)
Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model
2026TV
Self - Host, Ellen (archive footage)
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
2026Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
IMPACT x Nightline: Diddy: Drugs, Lies, & Freak Offs
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval
2024Movie
Self
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
No Accident
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure
2023Movie
Self
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023TV
Self
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023Movie
Self - Guest
Best of Ellen
2022TV
Herself
The Kardashians
2022TV
Self
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
2022Movie
Self
Endangered
2021Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Ellen's Next Great Designer
2021TV
Ellen DeGeneres
Pixar Popcorn
2021TV
Dory (voice)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021Movie
Self (archive footage)
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
2020Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The New York Times Presents
2020TV
Self (archive footage)
One World: Together at Home
2020Movie
Self
FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America
2020Movie
Self
Visible: Out on Television
2020TV
Self
La semaine des 4 Julie
2020TV
Self
Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways
2019TV
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019TV
Self
Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable
2018Movie
Self
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
2018TV
Self (archive footage)
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018Movie
Self
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
2018TV
Self
Ellen's Game of Games
2017TV
Self - Host
Marine Life Interviews
2016Movie
Dory (voice)
Finding Dory
2016Movie
Dory (voice)
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
2015Movie
Self - Special Guest
Unity
2015Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014TV
Self
Hits
2014Movie
Self (voice; uncredited)
Justin Bieber's Believe
2013Movie
Self
Comic Relief Zero
2013Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Out List
2013Movie
Herself
Wampler's Ascent
2013Movie
Self
Makers: Women Who Make America
2013TV
Self
Steve Harvey
2012TV
Self
Step Up Revolution
2012Movie
Ellen DeGeneres (uncredited)
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012TV
Self
Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012Movie
Self (archive footage)
Bethenny
2012TV
Self - Guest
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
2012Movie
Self
Inside Comedy
2012TV
Self
The Undefeated
2011Movie
Self - Interviewing Sharon Osborne (archive footage)
Ellen's Bigger, Longer & Wider Show
2009Movie
Herself
Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big Show
2008Movie
Herself
Hype: The Obama Effect
2008Movie
Self (archive footage)
Ellen's Really Big Show
2007Movie
Herself - Host
The Big Bang Theory
2007TV
Ellen DeGeneres
The Pixar Story
2007Movie
Dory (voice) (archive footage)
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self
The Best of Carson, Volume 1
2006Movie
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1
2006Movie
Self
So You Think You Can Dance
2005TV
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
2004Movie
Self
Joey
2004TV
Ellen DeGeneres
Exploring the Reef
2003Movie
Dory (voice)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003TV
Self - Host
Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now
2003Movie
Self
Celebrities Uncensored
2003TV
Self
Finding Nemo
2003Movie
Dory (voice)
The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians
2003Movie
Self (archive footage)
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003Movie
Ellen DeGeneres
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self, Self - Guest
The Bachelorette
2003TV
Self
American Idol
2002TV
Self, Self - Judge
Live from E!
2002TV
Self
The Bernie Mac Show
2001TV
Ellen DeGeneres
The Ellen Show
2001TV
Ellen Richmond
On the Edge
2001Movie
Operator (segment "Reaching Normal") (uncredited)
Primetime Glick
2001TV
Self
Six Feet Under
2001TV
Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning
2000Movie
Self
If These Walls Could Talk 2
2000Movie
Kal
Teen Choice Awards
1999TV
Self
After Stonewall
1999Movie
Self
The Love Letter
1999Movie
Janet
Goodbye Lover
1999Movie
Stg. Rita Pompano
EDtv
1999Movie
Cynthia Topping
Will & Grace
1998TV
Sister Louise
Doctor Dolittle
1998Movie
Prologue Dog (voice)
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997TV
Ellen's Energy Adventure
1996Movie
Herself
E! True Hollywood Story
1996TV
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996TV
Self - Guest
Mr. Wrong
1996Movie
Martha Alston
Ellen
1994TV
Ellen Morgan
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993TV
Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993TV
Self - Guest
Coneheads
1993Movie
Coach
Laurie Hill
1992TV
Nancy MacIntyre
Mad About You
1992TV
Nancy Bloom
One Night Stand: Command Performance: Ellen DeGeneres
1992Movie
The Larry Sanders Show
1992TV
Ellen DeGeneres
Wisecracks
1992Movie
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992TV
Self
One Night Stand: Ellen DeGeneres
1990Movie
Herself
The Simpsons
1989TV
Ellen DeGeneres (voice)
Open House
1989TV
Margo Van Meter
One Night Stand
1989TV
Roseanne
1988TV
Dr. Whitman
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988TV
Self
On Location: Women of the Night
1987Movie
Self
The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion
1986Movie
Self
Larry King Live
1985TV
Self
Entertainment Tonight
1981TV
Self
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Host
People's Choice Awards
1975TV
Self - Presenter
Sesame Street
1969TV
The Grammys
1959TV
Self
The Oscars
1953TV
Host
Today
1952TV
Self
The Emmy Awards
1949TV
Self
Loving Dory
Movie
Dory (voice)