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Ellen DeGeneres
7 FOLLOWERS • 68 CREDITS • JAN 26, 1958 • 66
Biography
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
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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Saturday Night Live
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The Big Bang Theory
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Today
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E! True Hollywood Story
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Six Feet Under
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The Simpsons
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American Idol
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Celebrities Uncensored
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Mad About You
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Wahl Street
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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WWE Raw
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Will & Grace
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Roseanne
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The Larry Sanders Show
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100 Years of Warner Bros.
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Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
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The Emmy Awards
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The Wonderful World of Disney
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Primetime Glick
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The Grammy Awards
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The Bernie Mac Show
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Teen Choice Awards
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Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
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The Kardashians
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So You Think You Can Dance
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Joey
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My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman
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Sesame Street
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One Night Stand
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E! Live from the Red Carpet
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The New York Times Presents
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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Ellen's Next Great Designer
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jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
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Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways
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Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
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Katy Perry: Part of Me
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NYAD
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Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
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On The Edge
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Coneheads
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Doctor Dolittle
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Inside Comedy
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Visible: Out On Television
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Exploring the Reef
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Finding Nemo
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Marine Life Interviews
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Finding Dory
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One Night Stand: Ellen DeGeneres
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The Oscars
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Ellen's Game of Games
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Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning
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The Ellen Show
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Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now
Production Credits
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