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Ellen DeGeneres
Metairie, Louisiana, USA
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…
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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.
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2026
Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2026
The Mystery of Richard Simmons: A Diane Sawyer Special
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2026
Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model
TV show Self - Host, Ellen (archive footage)
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2026
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2024
IMPACT x Nightline: Diddy: Drugs, Lies, & Freak Offs
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2024
Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval
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2024
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
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2024
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
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2023
No Accident
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2023
Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure
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2023
100 Years of Warner Bros.
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2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
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2022
Best of Ellen
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2022
The Kardashians
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- 2022
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2021
Little Ellen
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2021
Tig Notaro: Drawn
Movie Executive Producer
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2021
Ellen's Next Great Designer
TV show Ellen DeGeneres
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2021
Endangered
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2021
Pixar Popcorn
TV show Dory (voice)
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2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
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2020
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
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2020
The New York Times Presents
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2020
One World: Together at Home
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- 2020
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2020
Visible: Out on Television
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2020
La semaine des 4 Julie
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2019
Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways
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2019
Green Eggs and Ham
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
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2019
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
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2019
Juego de Juegos
TV show Creator
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2018
Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable
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2018
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2018
Tig Notaro: Happy to Be Here
Movie Executive Producer
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2018
Splitting Up Together
TV show Executive Producer
- 2018
- 2018
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2017
Ellen's Game of Games
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2016
Marine Life Interviews
Movie Dory (voice)
