Ellen DeGeneres
Acting
Born January 26, 1958 · Metairie, Louisiana, USA
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.
Films (57)
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
2026
Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval
2024
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
2024
No Accident
2023
Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure
2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
2022
Adele One Night Only
2021
Endangered
2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
2020
One World: Together at Home
2020
FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America
2020
Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable
2018
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018
Marine Life Interviews
2016
Finding Dory
2016
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
2015
Unity
2015
Hits
2014
Justin Bieber's Believe
2013
Comic Relief Zero
2013
The Out List
2013
Step Up Revolution
2012
Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
2012
The Undefeated
2011
Ellen's Bigger, Longer & Wider Show
2009
Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big Show
2008
Hype: The Obama Effect
2008
Ellen's Really Big Show
2007
The Pixar Story
2007
The Best of Carson, Volume 1
2006
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1
2006
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
2004
Exploring the Reef
2003
Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now
2003
Finding Nemo
2003
The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians
2003
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003
On the Edge
2001
Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning
2000
If These Walls Could Talk 2
2000
After Stonewall
1999
The Love Letter
1999
Goodbye Lover
1999
EDtv
1999
Doctor Dolittle
1998
Ellen's Energy Adventure
1996
Mr. Wrong
1996
Coneheads
1993
One Night Stand: Command Performance: Ellen DeGeneres
1992
Wisecracks
1992
One Night Stand: Ellen DeGeneres
1990
On Location: Women of the Night
1987
The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion
1986