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.

Ellen Degeneres: For Your Approval
Self
2024

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024

TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
Self (archive footage)
2024

No Accident
Self (archive footage)
2023

Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure
Self
2023

100 Years of Warner Bros.
Self · (2 episodes)
2023

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Self - Guest
2023

Best of Ellen
Herself · (409 episodes)
2022

The Kardashians
Self · (2 episodes)
2022

Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
Self
2022

Adele One Night Only
Self
2021

Being James Bond
Self (archive footage)
2021

Endangered
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021

Ellen's Next Great Designer
Ellen DeGeneres · (6 episodes)
2021

Wahl Street
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2021

Wahl Street
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · (1 episode)
2021

Pixar Popcorn
Dory (voice) · (1 episode)
2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Self (archive footage)
2021

You Cannot Kill David Arquette
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2020

The New York Times Presents
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2020

One World: Together at Home
Self
2020

FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America
Self
2020

Visible: Out on Television
Self · (5 episodes)
2020

La semaine des 4 Julie
Self · (1 episode)
2020

Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways
Self · (3 episodes)
2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · (1 episode)
2019

Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable
Herself
2018

Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2018

The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
Self
2018

My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
Self · (1 episode)
2018

Ellen's Game of Games
Self - Host · (58 episodes)
2017

Marine Life Interviews
Dory (voice)
2016

Finding Dory
Dory (voice)
2016

Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
Self
2015

Unity
Narrator (voice)
2015

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
2014

Hits
Self (voice; uncredited)
2014

Justin Bieber's Believe
Self
2013

Comic Relief Zero
Self (archive footage)
2013

The Out List
Herself
2013

Makers: Women Who Make America
Self · (3 episodes)
2013

Propaganda
Self (archive footage)
2013

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Self · (1 episode)
2012

Katy Perry: Part of Me
Self (archive footage)
2012

Bethenny
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2012

Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
Self
2012

Inside Comedy
Self · (1 episode)
2012

The Undefeated
Self - Interviewing Sharon Osborne (archive footage)
2011
Ellen's Bigger, Longer & Wider Show
Herself
2009
Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big Show
Herself
2008
Ellen's Really Big Show
Herself - Host
2007

The Big Bang Theory
Ellen DeGeneres · (2 episodes)
2007

The Pixar Story
Dory (voice) (archive footage)
2007

The Best of Carson, Volume 1
2006

Comedy Club Shoot-out: Vol. 1
Self
2006

So You Think You Can Dance
(1 episode)
2005

Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
Self
2004

Joey
Ellen DeGeneres · (1 episode)
2004

Exploring the Reef
Dory (voice)
2003

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self - Host · (2078 episodes)
2003

101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003

Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now
Self
2003

Celebrities Uncensored
Self · (1 episode)
2003

Finding Nemo
Dory (voice)
2003

The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians
Self (archive footage)
2003

Pauly Shore Is Dead
Ellen Degeneres
2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (1 episode)
2003

American Idol
Self · (1 episode)
2002

American Idol
Self - Judge · (43 episodes)
2002

E! Live from the Red Carpet
Self · (1 episode)
2002

The Bernie Mac Show
Ellen DeGeneres · (1 episode)
2001

The Ellen Show
Ellen Richmond · (18 episodes)
2001

On the Edge
Operator (segment "Reaching Normal") (uncredited)
2001

Primetime Glick
(1 episode)
2001

Six Feet Under
Ellen DeGeneres · (1 episode)
2001

Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning
Self
2000

If These Walls Could Talk 2
Kal
2000

Teen Choice Awards
Self · (2 episodes)
1999

After Stonewall
Self
1999

The Love Letter
Janet
1999

Goodbye Lover
Stg. Rita Pompano
1999

EDtv
Cynthia Topping
1999

Will & Grace
Sister Louise · (1 episode)
1998

Doctor Dolittle
Prologue Dog (voice)
1998

The Wonderful World of Disney
(1 episode)
1997

E! True Hollywood Story
(1 episode)
1996

The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1996

Mr. Wrong
Martha Alston
1996

Ellen
Ellen Morgan · (109 episodes)
1994

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1993

Coneheads
Coach
1993

Raw
(1 episode)
1993

Laurie Hill
Nancy MacIntyre · (10 episodes)
1992

Mad About You
Nancy Bloom · (1 episode)
1992
One Night Stand: Command Performance: Ellen DeGeneres
1992

The Larry Sanders Show
Ellen DeGeneres · (1 episode)
1992

Wisecracks
1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self · (9 episodes)
1992

One Night Stand: Ellen DeGeneres
Herself
1990

The Simpsons
Ellen DeGeneres (voice) · (1 episode)
1989

Open House
Margo Van Meter · (24 episodes)
1989

One Night Stand
(2 episodes)
1989

Roseanne
Dr. Whitman · (1 episode)
1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(3 episodes)
1988

On Location: Women of the Night
Self
1987

The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion
Self
1986

Larry King Live
Self · (1 episode)
1985

Entertainment Tonight
Self · (6 episodes)
1981

Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1975

Sesame Street
(1 episode)
1969

The Grammys
Self · (1 episode)
1959

The Oscars
Host · (1 episode)
1953

Today
Self · (1 episode)
1952

The Emmy Awards
Self · (3 episodes)
1949