Ellen Lee DeGeneres (/dɪˈdʒɛnərɪs/; born January 26, 1958)[1] is
an American comedian, television host, actress, writer, producer, and
LGBT

LGBT activist.[2] DeGeneres starred in the popular sitcom Ellen from
1994 to 1998 and has hosted her syndicated TV talk show, The Ellen
DeGeneres Show, since 2003.
Her stand-up career started in the early 1980s, and included a 1986
appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. As a film
actress, DeGeneres starred in
Mr. Wrong (1996), appeared in EDtv
(1999), and The Love Letter (1999), and provided the voice of Dory in
the
Pixar

Pixar animated films
Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo (2003) and
Finding Dory

Finding Dory (2016);
for Nemo, she was awarded the Saturn Award for Best Supporting
Actress, the first time an actress won a Saturn Award for a voice
performance. In 2010, she was a judge on
American Idol

American Idol for its ninth
season.
She starred in two television sitcoms, Ellen from 1994 to 1998, and
The Ellen Show

The Ellen Show from 2001 to 2002. During the fourth season of Ellen in
1997, she came out as a lesbian in an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey
Show. Her character, Ellen Morgan, also came out to a therapist played
by Winfrey, and the series went on to explore various
LGBT

LGBT issues,
including the coming-out process. This made her the first openly
lesbian actress to play an openly lesbian character on television.[3]
In 2008, she married her longtime girlfriend Portia de Rossi.
DeGeneres has hosted the Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, and the
Primetime Emmys. She has authored four books and started her own
record company, Eleveneleven, as well as a production company, A Very
Good Production. She also launched a lifestyle brand, ED Ellen
DeGeneres, which comprises a collection of apparel, accessories, home,
baby, and pet items.[4] She has won 30 Emmys, 20 People's Choice
Awards (more than any other person[5]), and numerous other awards for
her work and charitable efforts. In 2016, she received the
Presidential Medal of Freedom.[6]
Contents
1 Early life and education
2 Stand-up comedy
2.1 Netflix
3
Film

Film career
4
Television

Television career
5 Award shows
6 Other ventures
6.1 ED Ellen DeGeneres
6.2 Voice acting
6.3 Commercial spokesperson
6.4 Eleveneleven
7 Influences
8 Personal life
8.1 Sexual orientation and relationships
8.2 Animal rights and being a vegan
8.3 Humanitarianism
9 Filmography
9.1 Film
9.2 Television
9.2.1 As executive producer
9.3 Video game
10 Discography
11 Awards and honors
12 Bibliography
13 References
14 External links
Early life and education
DeGeneres was born and raised in Metairie, Louisiana, to Elizabeth
Jane (née Pfeffer), a speech therapist, and Elliott Everett
DeGeneres, an insurance agent.[7][1][8] She has one brother, Vance, a
musician and producer. She is of French, English, German, and Irish
descent. She was raised as a Christian Scientist.[9] In 1973, her
parents filed for separation and were divorced the following year..[9]
Shortly after, Ellen's mother married Roy Gruessendorf, a salesman.
Betty Jane and Ellen moved with Gruessendorf from the
New Orleans

New Orleans area
to Atlanta, Texas. Vance stayed with his father. On a February 2011
episode of her show, she told her studio audience of a letter from the
New England Historic Genealogical Society

New England Historic Genealogical Society confirming she is 15th
cousin to Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, via their shared common
ancestor Thomas Fairfax.[10][11]
DeGeneres graduated from Atlanta High School in May 1976, after
completing her first years of high school at
Grace King High School

Grace King High School in
Metairie, Louisiana. She moved back to
New Orleans

New Orleans to attend the
University of New Orleans, where she majored in communication studies.
After one semester, she left school to do clerical work in a law firm
with a cousin, Laura Gillen. Her early jobs included working at J. C.
Penney,[12] and being a waitress at
T.G.I. Friday's

T.G.I. Friday's and another
restaurant, a house painter, a hostess, and a bartender. She relates
much of her childhood and career experiences in her comedic work.
Stand-up comedy
DeGeneres started performing stand-up comedy at small clubs and coffee
houses. By 1981, she was the emcee at Clyde's Comedy Club in New
Orleans. DeGeneres cites
Woody Allen

Woody Allen and
Steve Martin

Steve Martin as her main
influences at this time.[13] In the early 1980s she began to tour
nationally, and in 1982 she was named Showtime's funniest person in
America.[14]
Netflix
In early 2017, it was announced DeGeneres will appear in a brand
new stand up special for Netflix. “It has been 15 years since I
did a stand-up special. 15 years,” DeGeneres said in a statement.
“And I’m writing it now, I can’t wait. I’ll keep you posted
when and where I’m gonna shoot my
Netflix

Netflix special. I’m excited to
do it; I’m excited for you to see it.”[15]
Film

Film career
Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres at the Emmy Awards, September 1997
Ellen's work in the late 1980s and early 1990s included the film
Coneheads. DeGeneres starred in a series of films for a show named
Ellen's Energy Adventure, which is part of the Universe of Energy
attraction and pavilion at Walt
Disney

Disney World's Epcot. The film also
featured Bill Nye, Alex Trebek, Michael Richards, and Jamie Lee
Curtis. The show revolved around DeGeneres' falling asleep and finding
herself in an energy-themed version of Jeopardy!, playing against an
old rival, portrayed by Curtis, and Albert Einstein. The next film had
DeGeneres co-hosting an educational look at energy with Nye. The ride
first opened on September 15, 1996, as Ellen's Energy Crisis, but was
quickly given the more positive-sounding name Ellen's Energy
Adventure.
Television

Television career
DeGeneres's first regular TV role was in a short-lived Fox sitcom
called Open House. She played the role of Margo Van Meter, an office
worker at the Juan Verde Real Estate company. The show co-starred
Alison LaPlaca and Mary Page Keller. In 1992, producers Neal Marlens
and
Carol Black cast DeGeneres in their sitcom Laurie Hill, in the
role of Nurse Nancy MacIntyre. The series was canceled after only four
episodes, but Marlens and Black were so impressed with DeGeneres'
performance that they soon cast her in their next ABC pilot, These
Friends of Mine, which they co-created with David S. Rosenthal.
At the Governor's Ball after the 46th Annual
Emmy Awards

Emmy Awards telecast,
September 1994
DeGeneres's comedy career became the basis of the successful sitcom
Ellen, named These Friends of Mine during its first season. The ABC
show was popular in its first few seasons due in part to DeGeneres's
style of observational humor; it was often referred to as a "female
Seinfeld."[16]
Ellen reached its height of popularity in April 1997, when DeGeneres
came out as a lesbian on The
Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Show. Her character on the
sitcom also came out of the closet to her therapist, played by Oprah
Winfrey.[17] The coming-out episode, titled "The Puppy Episode", was
one of the highest-rated episodes of the show. The series returned for
a fifth season but experienced falling ratings due to ABC's cutting
back on promoting the show.[citation needed] It was believed that The
Walt
Disney

Disney Company, ABC's parent owner, had become uncomfortable with
the subject matter depicted on the show now that DeGeneres' character
was openly gay.[citation needed] In May 1998, Ellen was canceled.
DeGeneres returned to stand-up comedy and later re-established herself
as a successful talk show host.
DeGeneres returned to television in 2001 with a new
CBS

CBS sitcom, The
Ellen Show. DeGeneres launched a daytime television talk show, The
Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres Show, in September 2003. One of several
celebrity-hosted talk shows surfacing at the beginning of that season,
including those of
Sharon Osbourne

Sharon Osbourne and Rita Rudner, her show has
consistently risen in the
Nielsen ratings and received widespread
critical praise. It was nominated for 11 Daytime
Emmy Awards

Emmy Awards in its
first season, winning four, including Best
Talk

Talk Show. The show has won
25
Emmy Awards

Emmy Awards for its first three seasons on the air. DeGeneres is
known for her dancing and singing with the audience at the beginning
of the show and during commercial breaks. She often gives away free
prizes and trips to be in her show's studio audience with the help of
her sponsors.
DeGeneres celebrated her thirty-year class reunion by flying her
graduating class to California to be guests on her show in February
2006. She presented Atlanta High School with a surprise gift of a new
electronic LED marquee sign. In May 2006, DeGeneres made a surprise
appearance at the
Tulane University

Tulane University commencement in New Orleans.
Following
George H. W. Bush
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George H. W. Bush and
Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton to the podium, she came
out in a bathrobe and furry slippers. "They told me everyone would be
wearing robes," she said. Ellen then went on to make another
commencement speech at Tulane in 2009.[18]
The show broadcast for a week from Universal Studios Orlando in March
2007. Skits included DeGeneres going on the Hulk Roller Coaster Ride
and the Jaws Boat Ride. In May 2007, DeGeneres was placed on bed rest
due to a torn ligament in her back. She continued hosting her show
from a hospital bed, tended to by a nurse, explaining "the show must
go on, as they say." Guests sat in hospital beds as well. On May 1,
2009, DeGeneres celebrated her 1000th episode, featuring celebrity
guests such as Oprah Winfrey, Justin Timberlake, and Paris Hilton,
among others.[citation needed]
DeGeneres attending Oprah Winfrey's 50th birthday party in Los
Angeles, California, in January 2004
On September 9, 2009, it was confirmed that DeGeneres would replace
Paula Abdul

Paula Abdul as a judge of the ninth season of American Idol. Her role
started after the contestant auditions, at the beginning of "Hollywood
Week".[19][20] It is reported that DeGeneres also signed a contract to
be a judge on the show for at least five seasons.[21] She made her
American Idol

American Idol debut on February 9, 2010. However, on July 29, 2010,
DeGeneres and Fox executives announced that the comedian would be
leaving
American Idol

American Idol after one season. In a statement, DeGeneres said
that the series "didn't feel like the right fit for me".[22]
Starting in the 2017-2018 television season DeGeneres began hosting
the game show
Ellen's Game of Games

Ellen's Game of Games on
NBC

NBC which is based, and expands
on games played on her talk show. The series had a preview episode on
December 18, 2017 with regular episodes beginning the following
January.[23]
Award shows
DeGeneres received wide exposure on November 4, 2001, when she hosted
the televised broadcast of the Emmy Awards. Presented after two
cancellations due to network concerns that a lavish ceremony following
the
September 11 attacks

September 11 attacks would appear insensitive, the show required a
more somber tone that would also allow viewers to temporarily forget
the tragedy. DeGeneres received several standing ovations for her
performance that evening, which included the line: "What would bug the
Taliban

Taliban more than seeing a gay woman in a suit surrounded by Jews?"
In August 2005, DeGeneres hosted the 2005 Primetime Emmy Awards
ceremony held on September 18, 2005. This was three weeks after
Hurricane Katrina, making it the second time she hosted the Emmys
following a national tragedy. She also hosted the
Grammy Awards

Grammy Awards in
1996 and in 1997.
On September 7, 2006, DeGeneres was selected to host the 79th Academy
Awards ceremony, which took place on February 25, 2007.[24] This makes
her the first openly gay or lesbian person to have hosted the event.
During the Awards show, DeGeneres said, "What a wonderful night, such
diversity in the room, in a year when there's been so many negative
things said about people's race, religion, and sexual orientation. And
I want to put this out there: If there weren't blacks,
Jews
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Jews and gays,
there would be no Oscars, or anyone named Oscar, when you think about
that."[25] Reviews of her hosting gig were positive, with one saying,
"DeGeneres rocked, as she never forgot that she wasn't just there to
entertain the Oscar nominees but also to tickle the audience at
home."[26]
Regis Philbin

Regis Philbin said in an interview that "the only complaint
was there's not enough Ellen."
DeGeneres was nominated for an
Emmy Award

Emmy Award as host of the Academy
Awards broadcast.[27] On August 2, 2013, it was announced that
DeGeneres would host the
Academy Awards

Academy Awards on March 2, 2014, for the
second time.[28]
A selfie orchestrated by 86th
Academy Awards

Academy Awards host Ellen DeGeneres
during the broadcast is the second-most retweeted tweet ever.[29][30]
DeGeneres said she wanted to homage Meryl Streep's record 17 Oscar
nominations by setting a new record with her, and invited other Oscar
celebrities to join them. The resulting photo of twelve celebrities
broke the previous retweet record within forty minutes and was
retweeted over 1.8 million times in the first hour.[31][32][33] By the
end of the ceremony it had been retweeted over 2 million times, less
than 24 hours later, it had been retweeted over 2.8 million
times.[30][31] As of May 2017, it has been retweeted over 3.4 million
times.[30] The group selfie effort was parodied by
Lego

Lego and Matt
Groening with The Simpsons.[34][35] It beat the previous record, which
was held by Barack Obama, following his victory in the 2012
presidential election.[33][36][37]
Other ventures
ED Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen launched her lifestyle brand under the name ED by Ellen in the
summer of 2015.[38] After her initial collections, the brand name then
changed ED
Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres to incorporate the licensed arm of her
brand.[39] The collection includes apparel, shoes, accessories, pet,
baby and home items. DeGeneres's dog collection at PetSmart was
launched February 2017[40] and a cat line was introduced later that
year.[41]
At
Tulane University

Tulane University in 2009
Voice acting
DeGeneres lent her voice to the role of Dory, a friendly fish with
short-term memory loss, in the 2003 animated Disney/
Pixar

Pixar film Finding
Nemo.[42] The film's director, Andrew Stanton, said that he chose
Ellen because she changed the subject five times before one sentence
had finished on her show.[43] For her performance as Dory, DeGeneres
won the Saturn Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy
& Horror Films for Best Supporting Actress; Favorite Voice from an
Animated Movie from the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards; and the Annie
Award from the International Animated
Film

Film Association, for
Outstanding Voice Acting. She was also nominated for a Chicago Film
Critics Association Award in the Best Supporting Actress category. She
also provided the voice of the dog in the prologue of the Eddie Murphy
feature film Dr. Dolittle. Her win of the Saturn Award marked the
first and only time the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy &
Horror Films has given the acting award for a voice performance.
She reprised the role of Dory from
Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo in the 2016 sequel,
Finding Dory.
Commercial spokesperson
In November 2004, DeGeneres appeared, dancing, in an ad campaign for
American Express. Her most recent
American Express

American Express commercial, a
two-minute black-and-white spot in which she works with animals,
debuted in November 2006 and was created by Ogilvy & Mather. In
2007, the commercial won the
Emmy Award

Emmy Award for Outstanding Commercial.
DeGeneres began working with
CoverGirl

CoverGirl Cosmetics in September 2008,
for which she has been criticized, as her animal-friendly values clash
with Procter and Gamble's (the maker of
CoverGirl

CoverGirl Cosmetics) animal
testing.[44] Her face became the focus of
CoverGirl

CoverGirl advertisements
starting in January 2009. The beauty campaign was DeGeneres's
first.[45]
On December 3, 2011, DeGeneres headlined the third annual "Change
Begins Within" gala for the
David Lynch Foundation

David Lynch Foundation held at the Los
Angeles County Museum of Art.[46][47]
In spring 2012, DeGeneres became the spokesperson for
J. C. Penney

J. C. Penney in
a tour and advertising campaign.[12]
DeGeneres represents a line of products on QVC, a home shopping
network. Her line of home products, initialized as E.D., for Ellen
DeGeneres, began being offered on
QVC

QVC on October 24, 2014, under the
name E.D. on Air.[48]
Eleveneleven
Main article: eleveneleven
On May 26, 2010, DeGeneres announced on her show that she was starting
her own record label entitled "eleveneleven". She explained her choice
of name, claiming that she often sees the number 11:11 when looking at
her clocks, that she found Greyson on the 11th, and that the singer's
soccer jersey has the number 11.[49] She mentioned that she had been
looking for videos of performances on
YouTube

YouTube to start her label. The
first act she signed to the label is Greyson Chance.[50]
Influences
DeGeneres lists among her comedic influences Woody Allen, Lucille
Ball, Carol Burnett, Steve Martin, and Bob Newhart.[51]
Personal life
Forbes
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Forbes estimated DeGeneres' 2017 earnings at US$77 million.[52]
In 2015, she was named the 50th most powerful woman in the world by
Forbes[53] and number two on the World Pride Power list.[54] By July
30, DeGeneres has more than 71 million followers on
Twitter

Twitter and 47
million on Instagram, making her the sixth most followed user on
Twitter

Twitter and the 28th most followed user on Instagram.
She is a fan of the
National Football League

National Football League and has shown particular
support for the
New Orleans

New Orleans Saints and the Green Bay Packers.[55][56]
In 2011, she attended a Saints practice dressed as Packers Hall of
Famer Don Hutson.[57]
Sexual orientation and relationships
Portia de Rossi

Portia de Rossi and DeGeneres in September 2012
In 1997, DeGeneres came out as lesbian. The disclosure of her sexual
orientation sparked intense interest by American tabloids.[58] The
contentiousness of the media coverage stunted DeGeneres' professional
career and left her "mired in depression".[58] In her book Love,
Ellen, DeGeneres' mother,
Betty DeGeneres

Betty DeGeneres describes being initially
shocked when her daughter came out, but she has since become one of
her strongest supporters; she is also an active member of Parents
& Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) and spokesperson for the
Human Rights Campaign's
Coming Out

Coming Out Project.
The same year she came out, DeGeneres started a romantic relationship
with actress
Anne Heche
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Anne Heche that lasted until August 2000.[59] From 2000
to 2004, DeGeneres maintained a close affair with
actress/director/photographer Alexandra Hedison.[60] The couple
appeared on the cover of
The Advocate

The Advocate after their separation had
already been announced to the media.[61]
Since 2004, DeGeneres has had a relationship with Portia de Rossi.[62]
After the overturn of the same-sex marriage ban in California,
DeGeneres and de Rossi were engaged, and married in August 2008, at
their home in Beverly Hills, California, where they live with their
four dogs and three cats.[63][64] The passage of Proposition 8 cast
doubt on the legal status of their marriage, but a subsequent
California Supreme Court judgment validated it because it occurred
before November 4, 2008.[65][66][67] On August 6, 2010, de Rossi filed
a petition to legally change her name to Portia Lee James
DeGeneres.[68] The petition was granted on September 23, 2010.[69]
Animal rights and being a vegan
DeGeneres is a vegan. She previously described herself as a vegan and
"big animal lover".[70][71] De Rossi, too, is a vegan.[71] Ellen
co-ordinates a vegan outreach website titled 'Going Vegan with
Ellen'.[72] She intended to open a vegan tapas bar, Bokado, in Los
Angeles, but plans fell through.[73]
The site for
The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Ellen DeGeneres Show contains a section called "Going
Vegan With Ellen", in which she promotes "Meatless Mondays" and
features vegan recipes.[74] She has several times invited Humane
Society of the United States CEO
Wayne Pacelle

Wayne Pacelle to speak on her show
about the organization's efforts in animal protection legislation. In
2009, PETA named her their "Woman of the Year."[75] In April 2013, she
donated $25,000 to stop
Ag-Gag anti-whistleblower legislation in
Tennessee, which would prohibit undercover investigators from
recording footage of animal abuse on farms.[76]
DeGeneres served as campaign ambassador to Farm Sanctuary's
Adopt-A-Turkey Project in 2010, asking people to start "a new
tradition by adopting a turkey instead of eating one" at
Thanksgiving.[77]
Humanitarianism
In November 2011, Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton named her a
Special envoy

Special envoy for Global AIDS Awareness.[78] On December 3, 2011,
DeGeneres opened the show at the
David Lynch

David Lynch Foundation's 3rd annual
"Change Begins Within" gala at the
Los Angeles

Los Angeles County Museum of Art to
raise funds to bring
Transcendental Meditation

Transcendental Meditation to at-risk populations
suffering from epidemic levels of chronic stress and stress-related
disorders. She says: "TM is the only time I have that stillness… it
gives me this peaceful feeling, and I love it so much. I can’t say
enough good things about it. All the benefits that you can achieve
from sitting still and going within—it really is a beautiful
experience.
David Lynch

David Lynch is such a wonderful man to start this
foundation to help people."[79][80]
In November 2017, it was announced that
Donald Trump

Donald Trump would begin
allowing the importation of elephant trophies from Africa. DeGeneres,
an animal activist, created a hashtag campaign in partnership with her
brand, ED Ellen DeGeneres, to donate to the David Sheldrick Wildlife
Trust. DeGeneres also created a t-shirt with her brand whose proceeds
also go to the organization.[81]
In January 2018 for Ellen's 60th birthday, Ellen's wife, Portia de
Rossi, gifted Ellen a permanent gorilla home in Rwanda built in her
namesake for the Digit Fund.[82] This gift was part of a new arm of
the
Digit Fund

Digit Fund now called the "
Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres Wildlife Fund."[83]
Filmography
Film
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1990
Arduous Moon[84]
Herself
Short film
1991
Wisecracks[85]
Herself
Documentary
1993
Coneheads
Coach
1994
Trevor
Herself
Short film
1996
Mr. Wrong
Martha Alston
1998
Goodbye Lover
Sgt. Rita Pompano
Dr. Dolittle
Prologue Dog (voice)
1999
EDtv
Cynthia
Love Letter, TheThe Love Letter
Janet Hall
2003
Finding Nemo
Dory (voice)
Exploring the Reef
Dory (voice)
Short film
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Herself
2005
My Short Film[86]
Herself
Short film
2015
Unity
Narrator
Documentary
2016
Finding Dory
Dory (voice)
Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1989
Duet
Margo Van Meter
Episode: ″The Birth of a Saleswoman″
1989–1990
Open House
Margo Van Meter
24 episodes
1990–1992
One Night Stand
Herself
2 episodes
1992
Laurie Hill
Nancy MacIntyre
10 episodes
1994–1998
Ellen
Ellen Morgan
109 episodes; also writer, executive producer
1994
46th Primetime Emmy Awards
Herself (co-host)
TV special
1995
Roseanne
Dr. Whitman
Episode: "The Blaming of the Shrew"
1996
The Dana Carvey Show
Ellen Morgan
Episode: "The Mountain Dew Dana Carvey Show"
1996–1997
The Larry Sanders Show
Herself
2 episodes
1996
38th Annual Grammy Awards
Herself (host)
TV special
1997
39th Annual Grammy Awards
Herself (host)
TV special
1998
Mad About You
Nancy Bloom
Episode: "The Finale"
2000
Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning[87]
Herself
Stand-up special
If These Walls Could
Talk

Talk 2
Kal
TV movie
2001
Saturday Night Live
Herself (host)
Episode: "Ellen DeGeneres/No Doubt"
On the Edge[88]
Operator
Segment: "Reaching Normal"
Will & Grace
Sister Louise
Episode: "My Uncle the Car"
53rd Primetime Emmy Awards
Herself (host)
TV special
2001–2002
Ellen Show, TheThe Ellen Show
Ellen Richmond
18 episodes; also executive producer
2003
Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now
Herself
Stand-up special
2003–present
Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres Show, TheThe
Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres Show
Herself (host)
Also creator, writer, executive producer
2004
The Bernie Mac Show
Herself
Episode: ″It's a Wonderful Wife"
Six Feet Under
Herself
Episode: "Parallel Play"
2005
Joey
Herself
Episode: "Joey and the Sex Tape"
57th Primetime Emmy Awards
Herself (host)
TV special
2007
Ellen's Really Big Show[89]
Herself (host)
TV special
79th Academy Awards
Herself (host)
TV special
Sesame Street
Herself
Episode: "The Tutu Spell"
2008
Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big Show[90]
Herself (host)
TV special
2009
Ellen's Bigger, Longer & Wider Show[91]
Herself (host)
TV special
2010
American Idol
Herself (judge)
Season 9
Simpsons, TheThe Simpsons
Herself (voice)
Episode: "Judge Me Tender″
2014
86th Academy Awards
Herself (host)
TV special
2016
The Big Bang Theory
Herself
Episode: "The Geology Elevation"
2017–present
Ellen's Game of Games
Herself (host)
Also creator, executive producer
As executive producer
Year
Title
Notes
2012–2014
Bethenny
170 episodes
2015
Repeat After Me
8 episodes
2015–present
Ellen's Design Challenge
15 episodes
2015
One Big Happy
6 episodes
2016–present
Little Big Shots
2017
First Dates
8 episodes
2018
Green Eggs and Ham[92]
TBA
Castle Hangnail[93]
Video game
Year
Title
Voice
1996
9: The Last Resort
The Octopus Lady
2003
Finding Nemo
Dory (Archive footage)
2013
Heads Up!
Herself
2016
Disney

Disney Infinity 3.0
Dory
Discography
Year
Album
Notes
1996
Ellen DeGeneres: Taste This
comedy Live album
Awards and honors
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Ellen
DeGeneres
Bibliography
DeGeneres, Ellen (1995). My Point...And I Do Have One. New York:
Bantam Books. ISBN 0-553-09955-8.
DeGeneres, Ellen (2003). The Funny Thing Is... New York: Simon &
Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-4761-2.
DeGeneres, Ellen (2011). Seriously...I'm Kidding. New York: Grand
Central Publishing. ISBN 0-446-58502-5.
DeGeneres, Ellen (2015). Home. Grand Central Life & Style.
ISBN 1455533564.
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