
Ellen Lee 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.

The Simpsons
TV • 1989

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014

Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975

The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019

Sesame Street
TV • 1969

Joey
TV • 2004

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003

Late Show with David Letterman
TV • 1993

Ellen
TV • 1994

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992

The Big Bang Theory
TV • 2007

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993

Will & Grace
TV • 1998

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988

American Idol
TV • 2002

American Idol
TV • 2002

Mad About You
TV • 1992