Ellen DeGeneres

American comedian, television host, actress, and writer (born 1958)

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About

Ellen DeGeneres is an American comedian and television host, known for her quirky observational humor. She rose to fame in 1986 after her appearance on The Tonight Show, and became a household name with the sitcom Ellen (1994-1998), where her character came out as gay, a first on American prime-time television. She then hosted The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003-2022), which won numerous Daytime Emmy Awards. She voiced Dory in Pixar's animated films, hosted the Academy Awards twice, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.

* 1958-01-26

Major works

Ellen (1994)television series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)talk show
Finding Nemo (2003)animated film
Finding Dory (2016)animated film

Key milestones

1982Named 'Funniest Person of the Year' by Showtime.
1997Wins an Emmy Award for writing the 'Puppy Episode' of the sitcom Ellen.
2016Receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama.

Themes

Observational humorComing out and LGBTQ+ identityKindness and empathyTelevision careerVoice acting in animation

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“Follow your passion, stay true to yourself, never follow someone else's path unless you're in the woods and you're lost and you see a path, then by all means you should follow that.”

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“I think we need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that.”

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“When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

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