Ellen DeGeneres
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.
Acted in
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure
2023
as Self
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
as Self
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
as Self - Guest
The Kardashians
2022
as Self
Adele One Night Only
2021
as Self
Being James Bond
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Endangered
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Ellen's Next Great Designer
2021
as Ellen DeGeneres
Wahl Street
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Wahl Street
2021
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
2020
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The New York Times Presents
2020
as Self (archive footage)
One World: Together at Home
2020
as Self
FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America
2020
as Self
Visible: Out on Television
2020
as Self
Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable
2018
as Herself
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018
as Self
Ellen's Game of Games
2017
as Self - Host
Marine Life Interviews
2016
as Dory (voice)
Finding Dory
2016
as Dory (voice)
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
2015
as Self
Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Hits
2014
as Self (voice; uncredited)
Justin Bieber's Believe
2013
as Self
Comic Relief Zero
2013
as Self (archive footage)
The Out List
2013
as Herself
Makers: Women Who Make America
2013
as Self
Propaganda
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
2012
as Self
The Undefeated
2011
as Self - Interviewing Sharon Osborne (archive footage)
Ellen's Bigger, Longer & Wider Show
2009
as Herself
Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big Show
2008
as Herself
Ellen's Really Big Show
2007
as Herself - Host
The Big Bang Theory
2007
as Ellen DeGeneres
The Pixar Story
2007
as Dory (voice) (archive footage)
The Best of Carson, Volume 1
2006
Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1
2006
as Self
So You Think You Can Dance
2005
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
2004
as Self
Joey
2004
as Ellen DeGeneres
Exploring the Reef
2003
as Dory (voice)
Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now
2003
as Self
Finding Nemo
2003
as Dory (voice)
The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003
as Ellen Degeneres
American Idol
2002
as Self
American Idol
2002
as Self - Judge
The Bernie Mac Show
2001
as Ellen DeGeneres
The Ellen Show
2001
as Ellen Richmond
On The Edge
2001
as Operator (segment "Reaching Normal") (uncredited)
Six Feet Under
2001
as Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning
2000
as Self
If These Walls Could Talk 2
2000
as Kal
Teen Choice Awards
1999
as Self
The Love Letter
1999
as Janet Hall
Goodbye Lover
1999
as Stg. Rita Pompano
Edtv
1999
as Cynthia Topping
Will & Grace
1998
as Sister Louise
Doctor Dolittle
1998
as Prologue Dog (voice)
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Mr. Wrong
1996
as Martha Alston
Coneheads
1993
as Coach
WWE Raw
1993
Laurie Hill
1992
as Nancy MacIntyre
Mad About You
1992
as Nancy Bloom
One Night Stand: Command Performance: Ellen DeGeneres
1992
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Ellen DeGeneres
Wisecracks
1992
One Night Stand: Ellen DeGeneres
1990
as Herself
The Simpsons
1989
as Ellen DeGeneres (voice)
Open House
1989
as Margo Van Meter
One Night Stand
1989
Roseanne
1988
as Dr. Whitman
On Location: Women of the Night
1987
as Self
The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion
1986
Sesame Street
1969
The Oscars
1953
as Host
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
Untitled Ellen DeGeneres Netflix standup special
as Self