Acting · Metairie, Louisiana, USA · Born January 26, 1958
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.
MovieThe Mystery of Richard Simmons: A Diane Sawyer Special
2026
as Self (archival footage)
TVReality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model
2026
as Self - Host, Ellen (archive footage)
MovieNirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
2026
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieIMPACT x Nightline: Diddy: Drugs, Lies, & Freak Offs
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MovieEllen DeGeneres: For Your Approval
2024
as Self
MovieOutstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieTMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MovieNo Accident
2023
as Self (archive footage)
MovieSaving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure
2023
as Self
TV100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
as Self
MovieCarol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
as Self - Guest
TVBest of Ellen
2022
as Herself
TVThe Kardashians
2022
as Self
MovieCelebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
2022
as Self
MovieAdele One Night Only
2021
as Self
MovieEndangered
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVEllen's Next Great Designer
2021
as Ellen DeGeneres
TVPixar Popcorn
2021
as Dory (voice)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MovieYou Cannot Kill David Arquette
2020
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
TVThe New York Times Presents
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MovieOne World: Together at Home
2020
as Self
MovieFOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America
2020
as Self
TVVisible: Out on Television
2020
as Self
TVLa semaine des 4 Julie
2020
as Self
TVEllen's Greatest Night of Giveaways
2019
as Self
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
MovieEllen DeGeneres: Relatable
2018
as Self
TVPatriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018
as Self
TVMy Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
2018
as Self
TVEllen's Game of Games
2017
as Self - Host
MovieMarine Life Interviews
2016
as Dory (voice)
MovieFinding Dory
2016
as Dory (voice)
MovieTaylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
2015
as Self - Special Guest
MovieUnity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
MovieHits
2014
as Self (voice; uncredited)
MovieJustin Bieber's Believe
2013
as Self
MovieComic Relief Zero
2013
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Out List
2013
as Herself
TVMakers: Women Who Make America
2013
as Self
TVSteve Harvey
2012
as Self
MovieStep Up Revolution
2012
as Ellen DeGeneres (uncredited)
TVComedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012
as Self
MovieKaty Perry: Part of Me
2012
as Self (archive footage)
TVBethenny
2012
as Self - Guest
MovieJohnny Carson: King of Late Night
2012
as Self
TVInside Comedy
2012
as Self
MovieThe 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
MovieHype: The Obama Effect
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Ellen's Really Big Show
2007
as Herself - Host
TVThe Big Bang Theory
2007
as Ellen DeGeneres
MovieThe Pixar Story
2007
as Dory (voice) (archive footage)
MovieThe Best of Carson, Volume 1
2006
MovieComedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1
2006
as Self
TVSo You Think You Can Dance
2005
MovieGenius. A Night for Ray Charles
2004
as Self
TVJoey
2004
as Ellen DeGeneres
MovieExploring the Reef
2003
as Dory (voice)
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self - Host
MovieEllen DeGeneres: Here and Now
2003
as Self
TVCelebrities Uncensored
2003
as Self
MovieFinding Nemo
2003
as Dory (voice)
MovieThe Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians
2003
as Self (archive footage)
MoviePauly Shore Is Dead
2003
as Ellen DeGeneres
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
TVThe Bachelorette
2003
as Self
TVAmerican Idol
2002
as Self
TVLive from E!
2002
as Self
TVThe Bernie Mac Show
2001
as Ellen DeGeneres
TVThe Ellen Show
2001
as Ellen Richmond
MovieOn the Edge
2001
as Operator (segment "Reaching Normal") (uncredited)
TVPrimetime Glick
2001
TVSix Feet Under
2001
as Ellen DeGeneres
MovieEllen DeGeneres: The Beginning
2000
as Self
MovieIf These Walls Could Talk 2
2000
as Kal
TVTeen Choice Awards
1999
as Self
MovieAfter Stonewall
1999
as Self
MovieThe Love Letter
1999
as Janet
MovieGoodbye Lover
1999
as Stg. Rita Pompano
MovieEDtv
1999
as Cynthia Topping
TVWill & Grace
1998
as Sister Louise
MovieDoctor Dolittle
1998
as Prologue Dog (voice)
TVThe Wonderful World of Disney
1997
MovieEllen's Energy Adventure
1996
as Herself
TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
TVThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
MovieMr. Wrong
1996
as Martha Alston
TVEllen
1994
as Ellen Morgan
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
TVLate Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieConeheads
1993
as Coach
TVLaurie Hill
1992
as Nancy MacIntyre
TVMad About You
1992
as Nancy Bloom
One Night Stand: Command Performance: Ellen DeGeneres
1992
TVThe Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Ellen DeGeneres
MovieWisecracks
1992
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
MovieOne Night Stand: Ellen DeGeneres
1990
as Herself
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Ellen DeGeneres (voice)
TVOpen House
1989
as Margo Van Meter
TVOne Night Stand
1989
TVRoseanne
1988
as Dr. Whitman
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self
MovieOn Location: Women of the Night
1987
as Self
MovieThe Young Comedians All-Star Reunion
1986
as Self
TVLarry King Live
1985
as Self
TVEntertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TVPeople's Choice Awards
1975
as Self - Presenter
TVSesame Street
1969
TVThe Grammys
1959
as Self
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Host
TVToday
1952
as Self
TVThe Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
MovieLoving Dory
as Dory (voice)
