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Ellen DeGeneres is a Actor, Writer and Executive producer American born on 26 january 1958 at Metairie (USA)

Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres
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Birth name Ellen Lee DeGeneres
Nationality USA
Birth 26 january 1958 (66 years) at Metairie (USA)
Awards Hollywood Walk of Fame, Teen Choice Awards, Primetime Emmy Award, Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, Annie Award

Ellen Lee DeGeneres (/dɨˈdʒɛnərəs/; born January 26, 1958) is an American comedian, television host, actress, writer, and producer. She 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, culminating in a 1986 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Carson likened her to Bob Newhart, and invited her for an onscreen chat after her set; DeGeneres was the first female comedian invited by the iconic host to join him for such a discussion, at a time when such an invitation was widely regarded as one of the most influential endorsements available for a comic. 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 animated film Finding Nemo (2003), for which 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 for its ninth season.

She 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, she came out as a lesbian in an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Shortly afterward, 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. This made her the first openly lesbian actress to play an openly lesbian character on television. 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 three books and started her own record company, Eleveneleven. She has won 13 Emmys, 14 People's Choice Awards, and numerous other awards for her work and charitable efforts.

Biography

In 2015, Forbes estimated DeGeneres' net worth at US$75 million. In 2015, she was named the 50th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes and number two on the World Pride Power list.

She is a fan of the National Football League, and has shown particular support for the New Orleans Saints and the Green Bay Packers. In 2011, she attended a Saints practice dressed as Packers Hall of Famer Don Hutson.


Sexual orientation and relationships

In 1997, DeGeneres came out as lesbian. The bold disclosure of her sexual orientation sparked clamorous interest by American tabloids. The contentiousness of the media coverage stunted DeGeneres' professional career and left her "mired in depression". That same year, she started a romantic relationship with actress Anne Heche that lasted until August 2000. In her book Love, Ellen, DeGeneres' mother, Betty DeGeneres describes being initially shocked when her daughter came out, but has 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 Project.

From 2001 to 2004, DeGeneres maintained a close affair with actress/director/photographer Alexandra Hedison. The couple appeared on the cover of The Advocate after their separation had already been announced to the media.



Since 2004, DeGeneres has had a relationship with Portia de Rossi. After the overturn of the same-sex marriage ban in California, DeGeneres and de Rossi were engaged, and married on August 16, 2008 at their home in Beverly Hills, California where they live with their four dogs and three cats. 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. On August 6, 2010, de Rossi filed a petition to legally change her name to Portia Lee James DeGeneres. The petition was granted on September 23, 2010.


Veganism and animal rights
DeGeneres is a vegan who calls herself a "big animal lover". De Rossi is a vegan as well. Ellen co-ordinates a vegan outreach website titled 'Going Vegan with Ellen'. She intended to open a vegan tapas bar, Bokado, in Los Angeles, but plans fell through.

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

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.


Humanitarianism
In November 2011, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton named her a Special envoy for Global AIDS Awareness. On December 3, 2011, DeGeneres opened the show at the David Lynch Foundation's 3rd annual "Change Begins Within" gala at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to raise funds to bring 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 is such a wonderful man to start this foundation to help people.

Best films

Finding Dory (2016)
(Actress)
Finding Nemo (2003)
(Actress)

Usually with

Joel Gallen
Joel Gallen
(1 films)
Bob Peterson
Bob Peterson
(4 films)
Albert Brooks
Albert Brooks
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ellen DeGeneres (22 films)

Display filmography as detailed form
YearNameJobRoles
2019Nancy Drew and the Hidden StaircaseProducer
2016Finding DoryActressDory (voice)
2015UnityActressNarrator (voice)
2014HitsActressSelf (voice; uncredited)
2013Justin Bieber's BelieveActressSelf
2012Katy Perry: Part of MeActressSelf (archive footage)
2011The UndefeatedActressSelf - Interviewing Sharon Osborne (archive footage)
2007The Pixar StoryActressDory (voice) (archive footage)
2003Finding NemoActressDory (voice)
2003Pauly Shore Is DeadActressEllen Degeneres
2003Exploring the ReefActressDory (voice)
2003Ellen DeGeneres: Here and NowActress, Writer, Executive ProducerSelf
2002The Laramie ProjectActress
2000If These Walls Could Talk 2Actress, Executive producerKal
1999The Love LetterActressJanet Hall
1999Goodbye LoverActressStg. Rita Pompano
1999EdtvActressCynthia Topping
1998Doctor DolittleActressPrologue Dog (voice)
1996Mr. WrongActressMartha Alston
1994TrevorActressEllen DeGeneres
1993ConeheadsActressCoach
1990Dick TracyActressJenny triton
1988Who Framed Roger RabbitActressJenny triton