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RECENT CREDITS

The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV) Sep. 8, 2009

Teen Choice 2009 (TV) Aug. 10, 2009

So You Think You Can Dance (TV) Jul. 22, 2009

Ellen's Bigger Longer and Wider Sho... (TV) Jun. 27, 2009

The 35th Annual People's Choice Awa... (TV) Jan. 7, 2009

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HIGHLIGHTS

2009 Joined the ninth season of FOX's "American Idol" as the fourth judge, replacing Paula Abdul

2007 Hosted the 79th Annual Academy Awards ceremony (aired in February); earned an Emmy nomination for Best Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

2007 "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" earned 12 Daytime Emmy nominations

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Role

Category

In Search of Ted Demme -Herself

Actor

Film

Mother Nature -Mother Nature

Actor

Film

Dog Show

Producer, Voice

Film

Teen Choice 2009 2009 -Cast

Actor

Ellen's Bigger Longer and Wider Show 2009

Host, Writer

The 35th Annual People's Choice Awards 2009 -Presenter

Actor

Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big Show 2008

Host

The 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards 2008 -Cast

Actor

Idol Gives Back 2 2008 -Cast

Actor

Ellen's Really Big Show 2007

Host

Countdown To The Emmys 2007 2007 -Herself

Actor

The 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 2007 -Presenter

Actor

34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards 2007 -Presenter

Actor

Idol Gives Back 2007

Host

Jimmy Kimmel Live: After The Academy Awards 2007 -Guest

Actor

Barbara Walters Oscar Special 2007 -Interviewee

Actor

The 79th Annual Academy Awards 2007

Host, Writer

Moving Image Salutes Ron Howard 2006 -Presenter

Actor

Christmas in Rockefeller Center 2005 -Cast

Actor

The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 2005

Host, Writer

Shelter From the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast 2005

Host

So You Think You Can Dance 2005 -Guest Judge

Actor

Top 8 Perform (2009) -Guest Judge

Actor

TV Episode

The 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards 2005 -Presenter

Actor

The 47th Annual Grammy Awards 2005 -Presenter

Actor

The 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2005 -Presenter

Actor

VH1 Big In '04 2004

Actor

Pauly Shore is Dead 2004 -HerselfCameo

Actor

Film

Joey 2004 -Herself

Actor

Joey and the Sex Tape (2005) -Herself

Actor

TV Episode

The 2004 MTV Movie Awards 2004 -Presenter

Actor

The 31st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards 2004 -Presenter

Actor

100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time 2004 -Honoree (Archival Footage)

Actor

Nickelodeon's 17th Annual Kids' Choice Awards 2004 -Presenter

Actor

The 46th Annual Grammy Awards 2004 -Presenter

Actor

The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards 2004 -Presenter

Actor

The 9th Annual Critics' Choice Awards 2004 -Presenter

Actor

E! Entertainer of the Year 2003 2003 -Interviewee

Actor

The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 2003

Host

The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003 -Host

Executive Producer, Writer, Actor

Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now 2003

Actor, Executive Producer

Finding Nemo 2003 -Voice of Dory

Actor

Film

Great Women of Television Comedy: A Museum of Television & Radio Special 2003 -Interviewee

Actor

Intimate Portrait: Joely Fisher 2003 -Interviewee

Actor

American Idol 2003 -Judge

Actor

A Home For the Holidays 2002

Actor

My VH1 Music Awards '01 2001 -Presenter

Actor

The Bernie Mac Show 2001 -Herself

Actor

It's A Wonderful Wife (2004) -Herself

Actor

TV Episode

The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 2001 -Host

Writer, Actor

The Ellen Show 2001-2002 -Ellen Richmond

Executive Producer, Actor

Just the Duck (aka Three's a Couple) (2002) -Ellen Richmond, Executive Producer

Actor, Executive Producer

TV Episode

A Bird in the Hand (aka Family Jewels) (2002) -Ellen Richmond, Executive Producer

Actor, Executive Producer

TV Episode

Ellen's First Christmess (aka Ellen's First Christmas) (2001) -Ellen Richmond, Executive Producer

Actor, Executive Producer

TV Episode

Alive and Kicking (2001) -Ellen Richmond, Executive Producer

Actor, Executive Producer

TV Episode

Missing the Bus (2001) -Ellen Richmond, Executive Producer

Actor, Executive Producer

TV Episode

Cathy's Taffy (2001) -Ellen Richmond, Executive Producer

Actor, Executive Producer

TV Episode

Joe (2001) -Ellen Richmond, Executive Producer

Actor, Executive Producer

TV Episode

Muskrat Love (aka Raccoon Guy) (2001) -Ellen Richmond, Executive Producer

Actor, Executive Producer

TV Episode

The Move (2001) -Ellen Richmond, Executive Producer

Actor, Executive Producer

TV Episode

Vanity Hair (2001) -Ellen Richmond, Executive Producer

Actor, Executive Producer

TV Episode

Chain Reaction (2001) -Ellen Richmond, Executive Producer

Actor, Executive Producer

TV Episode

Walden Pond (2001) -Ellen Richmond, Executive Producer

Actor, Executive Producer

TV Episode

Pilot (2001) -Ellen Richmond, Executive Producer

Actor, Executive Producer

TV Episode

Totally Tube 2001 -Interviewee

Actor

Primetime Glick 2001

Actor

Six Feet Under 2001 -Herself

Actor

Parallel Play (2004) -Herself

Actor

TV Episode

A Home For the Holidays 2000 -Presenter

Actor

My VH1 Music Awards 2000 -Presenter

Actor

Equality Rocks 2000

Actor

Women Rock! Girls & Guitars 2000 -Host

Actor

The VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards 2000 -Presenter

Actor

Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning 2000

Actor, Executive Producer, Writer

If These Walls Could Talk 2 2000 -Kal

Executive Producer, Actor

Live at the Grammys 2000 -Host

Actor

Intimate Portrait: Laura Dern 1999 -Interviewee

Actor

Paul McCartney & Friends Live: PETA's Millennium Concert 1999 -Host

Actor

Influences: From Yesterday to Today 1999

Actor

Intimate Portrait: Melissa Etheridge 1999 -Interviewee

Actor

The 5th Annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1999

Actor

The Love Letter 1999 -Janet

Actor

Film

Goodbye Lover 1999 -Rita Pompano

Actor

Film

Edtv 1999 -Cynthia

Actor

Film

The 1998 VH1 Fashion Awards 1998 -Host

Actor

The Real Ellen Story 1998 -Interviewee

Actor

Will & Grace 2001-2003 -Sister Louise

Actor

Guest Star Clip Show (2003) -Sister Louise

Actor

TV Episode

My Uncle The Car (2001) -Sister Louise

Actor

TV Episode

Dr. Dolittle 1998 -of Prologue Dog

Voice

Film

Women of the Net 1998 -Interviewee

Actor

Barbara Walters Presents The 10 Most Fascinating People of 1997 1997

Actor

The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1997 -Presenter

Actor

All-Star Moms 1997

Actor

The 39th Annual Grammy Awards 1997 -Host

Actor

Music in Movies '96 1996

Actor

The 1996 Emmy Awards 1996 -Presenter

Actor

The 38th Annual Grammy Awards 1996 -Host

Actor

Mr. Wrong 1996 -Martha

Actor

Film

47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1995 -Presenter

Actor

Ninth Annual Genesis Awards 1995 -Co-Host

Actor

The 9th Annual American Comedy Awards 1995

Actor

Ellen 1994 -Ellen Morgan

Co-Executive Producer, From Story, Producer, Actor

46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1994 -Host

Actor

VH1 Honors 1994 -Host

Actor

Storytime 1994

Actor

Before They Were Stars 1994 -Host

Actor

These Friends of Mine 1994 -Ellen Morgan

Actor

Wisecracks 1993 -Herself

Actor

Film

Coneheads 1993 -Coach

Actor

Film

Komedy All Stars 1993

Actor

Six Comics in Search of a Generation 1992

Actor

Laurie Hill 1992 -Nurse Nancy MacIntyre

Actor

Laughing Back: Comedy Takes a Stand 1992

Actor

The Larry Sanders Show 1992 -Herself

Actor

ABC in Concert 1991

Actor

Comics Only 1991

Actor

Open House 1989 -Margo Van Meter

Actor

One-Night Stand 1989

Actor, Writer

The Comedy Club Special 1988

Actor

Women of the Night 1987

Actor

Duet 1987 -Margo Van Meter

Actor

The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion 1986

Actor

Mad About You -Nancy Bloom

Actor

Roseanne -Dr. Whitman

Actor

The Blaming of the Shrew (1995) -Dr. Whitman

Actor

TV Episode

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Highlights

2009 Joined the ninth season of FOX's "American Idol" as the fourth judge, replacing Paula Abdul

2007 Hosted the 79th Annual Academy Awards ceremony (aired in February); earned an Emmy nomination for Best Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

2007 "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" earned 12 Daytime Emmy nominations

2005 Hosted the 2005 Primetime Emmy Awards

2004 Guest role on the HBO series "Six Feet Under"

2004 Received a Grammy nomination for Best Comedy Album for "The Funny Thing is..."

2003 Voiced the absent-minded fish Dory in the animated hit feature "Finding Nemo"

2003 Hosted own TV show, "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (ABC)

2001 Hosted the annual telecast of the Emmy Awards; received Emmy nomination

2001 Made long-awaited return to sitcoms as star and executive producer of "The Ellen Show" (CBS)

2000 Co-starred (also produced) with Sharon Stone as a lesbian couple trying to have a child in the Anne Heche-directed segment of "If These Walls Could Talk 2" (HBO); as producer was nominated for an Emmy

2000 Headlined the HBO comedy special "Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning"; also served as executive producer and writer; garnered Emmy nominations for Outstanding Individual Performance in Variety and for Out

1999 Had featured role as a TV programmer in "EdTV"; garnered unintentional laughs when her character proclaims "I know what women want"

1999 Co-starred as Kate Capshaw's best friend in "The Love Letter"

1997 Publicly revealed that she is a lesbian just prior to having her TV character come out (April)

1997 Earned Emmy nomination for playing herself in an episode of the HBO comedy series "The Larry Sanders Show"

1997 Acted in Roland Joffe's "Goodbye, Lover"; co-starring Don Johnson, Dermot Mulroney and Mary-Louise Parker (released theatrically in 1999)

1996 First leading role in films, "Mr. Wrong"

1996 Hosted the annual telecast of the Grammy Awards; received Emmy nomination

1994 Starred in the ensemble sitcom, "These Friends of Mine" (ABC)

1993 Feature acting debut, "Coneheads"

1992 Cast in the short-lived series "Laurie Hill" (ABC)

1991 Feature debut, "Wise Cracks"

1990 Starred in her own HBO comedy special

1988 - 1989 TV series debut, "Duet" (Fox)

1986 TV debut on HBO's "The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion"

1986 Made first appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (NBC); allegedly the first female comic asked to the couch on her first show

1982 Named "Funniest Person in America" by Showtime, after a nationwide search

1980 First stand-up appearance, in a New Orleans comedy club, consisted of eating Whopper, fries and a shake

Raised in New Orleans and Texas

Toured the country performing stand-up act

Cast as a regular in the "Duet" spin-off series "Open House" (Fox)

Starred in the ABC sitcom "Ellen"; a retooled version of "These Friends of Mine"; earned four consecutive Emmy nominations as lead actress in a comedy series