Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen Lee DeGeneres is a retired American comedian, TV personality, talk-show host, actress, writer, and producer, who provided the voice of Dory in the 2003 Disney/Pixar film Finding Nemo, and reprised this role in the 2016 sequel Finding Dory. She also played Martha Alston in the 1996 Touchstone Pictures film Mr. Wrong and, at Epcot, was the celebrity featured in Universe of Energy: Ellen's Energy Adventure until the ride closed in 2017.
DeGeneres was born and raised in Metairie, Louisiana and graduated from Atlanta High School in May 1976. After one semester at the University of New Orleans, she left school and picked various jobs to make a living such waitressing, retail work, and clerical work in a law firm. She also began performing stand-up comedy at small clubs and coffee houses. By 1981, she was the emcee at Clyde's Comedy Club in New Orleans and began to tour nationally.
By the late 1980s, DeGeneres began appearing in television roles for shows, like Open House, Laurie Hill, Roseanne, The Larry Sanders Show, Will & Grace, and her hit show Ellen, where she also served as writer and executive producer. Her film credits include Coneheads, Goodbye Lover, Dr. Dolittle, If These Walls Could Talk 2, and EDtv.
After coming out as a lesbian both on Ellen and real-life, the show was cancelled after one more season. DeGeneres, however, would reinvent herself as a host with The Ellen DeGeneres Show, which garnered her positive reviews and accolades from 2003 to 2022. She also hosted Ellen's Game of Games, which was based off a segment on her talk show.
On July 3, 2024, DeGeneres announced that she would be retiring from show business after the release of her final standup special For Your Approval, which was released on Netflix on September 24 of that year, two years after the conclusion of The Ellen DeGeneres Show following allegations of creating a toxic work environment and on-set bullying made against DeGeneres herself.
==Roles==
Ellens energy adventure with ellen degeneres.jpg|Herself(Ellen's Energy Adventure)
Dory-FN.png|Dory(Finding Nemo franchise)
==Gallery==
Ellen DeGeneres behind the scenes FN.jpg|Ellen DeGeneres behind the scenes of Finding Nemo.
Ellen DeGeneres Hollywood Walk of Fame.jpg|Ellen DeGeneres poses at her Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in September 2012.
EdOneill TyBurrell EllenDeGeneres Kaitlin Olson D23 Expo.jpg|Ellen DeGeneres with Ed O'Neill, Ty Burrell, and Kaitlin Olson at D23 Expo 2015.
Ellen DeGeneres behind the scenes Finding Dory.jpg|Ellen DeGeneres behind the scenes of Finding Dory.
Andrew Stanton supervises Ellen DeGeneres' recording.jpg|Andrew Stanton supervising Ellen DeGeneres' recording session.
Ellen DeGeneres Andrew Stanton Lindsay Collins Angus MacLane.jpg|Ellen DeGeneres with Lindsey Collins, Andrew Stanton, and Angus MacLane at the Finding Dory premiere in June 2016.
John Lasseter with Ellen DeGeneres Albert Brooks Finding Dory premiere.jpg|Ellen DeGeneres with Albert Brooks and John Lasseter at the Finding Dory premiere.
Ellen degeneres portia de rossi.jpg|Ellen DeGeneres and her wife, Portia de Rossi attending the 2017 People's Choice Awards.
Ellen DeGeneres 77th Golden Globes.jpg|Ellen DeGeneres speaks onstage at the 77th annual Golden Globes in January 2020.
==Trivia==
*Both Ellen DeGeneres and her wife, Portia de Rossi, share the same birth month and the same birth zodiacs, as both were born on January and under the sign of Aquarius.
**The only difference in this case is that Ellen DeGeneres was born on January 26, while Portia de Rossi was born on January 31, 15 years and 5 days apart.
*She is the survivor of COVID-19 (aka Coronavirus 2019).
*She has interviewed her co-stars on her talk show, such as Albert Brooks and Alexander Gould occasionally.
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