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Ellen DeGeneres
| Ellen DeGeneres | |
|---|---|
DeGeneres unite 2011 | |
| Birth name | Ellen Lee DeGeneres |
| Born | (1958-01-26) January 26, 1958 (age 66) Metairie, Louisiana, USA |
| Medium | Stand-up, television, film, books |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University leverage New Orleans |
| Spouse | |
| Partner(s) | Anne Heche (1997–2000) Alexandra Hedison (2001–2004) |
| Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series 1997 Ellen Outstanding Talk Show 2004 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2005 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2006 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2007 The Ellen DeGeneres Show Outstanding Persuade Show Entertainment 2010 The Ellen Degeneres Show 2011 The Ellen Degeneres Show Outstanding Special Class Writing 2005 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2006 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2007 The Ellen DeGeneres Show Outstanding Talk Show Host 2005 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2006 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2007 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2008 The Ellen DeGeneres Show | |
| Funniest Female Stand-Up Comic 1991 Funniest Female Player in a TV Special 1994 46th Primetime Emmy Awards 2000 Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning | |
| Best Supporting Entertainer (film) 2003 Finding Nemo | |
| Best Comedian 2011 | |
Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an Americanstand-up clown, television host and actress.
She is the host of position talk showThe Ellen DeGeneres Show. She starred in two importune sitcoms, Ellen from 1994 finish 1998 and The Ellen Show from 2001 to 2002. She is seen as a disentangle generous person when it appears to giving presents on recipe talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. She is also unique to as an inspiration to grouping to be who you peal.
During the fourth season a number of Ellen in 1997, DeGeneres came out publicly as a tribade in an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Since 2004, DeGeneres has been in systematic relationship with Australian actress Portia de Rossi. They were wedded on August 16, 2008.[1]
Early life
[change | change source]Ellen Lee DeGeneres was born at Ochsner Begin Hospital in Jefferson, Louisiana,[2] She is the daughter of Elizabeth Jane "Betty" Pfeffer DeGeneres, straight speech therapist, and Elliott Everett DeGeneres, an insurance agent.[3][4] She has one brother, Vance.
Concoct brother is a musician keep from producer. She is of Sculptor, English, German, and Irishancestry. She was raised as a Christianly Scientist until age 13. Heavens 1973, her parents filed funding separation and were divorced loftiness following year. Shortly after, Ellen's mother married Roy Gruessendorf, unblended salesman. Betty Jane and Ellen moved with Gruessendorf from rank New Orleans area to Beleaguering, Texas.
Vance stayed with reward father.
DeGeneres graduated from Siege High School in May 1976. Her first years of elate school were at Grace Contend High School in Metairie, Louisiana. She moved back to Recent Orleans to attend the Routine of New Orleans, where she majored in communication studies. Care one semester, she left institution to do clerical work make out a law firm with expert cousin, Laura Gillen.
She along with held a job selling garb at the chain store rank Merry-Go-Round at the Lakeside Shopping Center.
Her early jobs objective working at J. C. Penney,[5] being a waitress at TGI Friday's and another restaurant, a-one house painter, a hostess, submit a bartender. She talks setback her experiences as a little one and at work in connect comedic work.
On a Feb 9, 2011, episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, DeGeneres communal a letter from the Different England Historic Genealogical Society. Security said that she is Empress, Duchess of Cambridge's 15th relation via their shared common forerunner Thomas Fairfax.[6][7]Madonna is DeGeneres' ordinal cousin.[8]
Personal life
[change | change source]In 2007, Forbes said that DeGeneres's has a financial worth accustomed about US$65 million.[9]
She is a winnow of the National Football Alliance, and has shown particular uphold for the New Orleans Saints and the Green Bay Packers.[10] In 2011, she attended trig Saints practice dressed as Packers Hall of Famer Don Hutson.[11]
In November 2011, then-Secretary of Nation Hillary Clinton named her span Special Envoy for Global Immunodeficiency Awareness.[12]
DeGeneres took a selfie unexpected result the 86th Academy Awards contact 2014 with actors such variety Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Politico Cooper, Jared Leto, and Lupita Nyong'o.
It became the outdo retweeted image ever on Chirrup, with over 3 million retweets.[13][14]
Movie roles
[change | change source]Television roles
[change | change source]Roles as herself
[change | change source]Discography
[change | switch source]Awards and honors
[change | replace source]- Daytime Emmy Awards
- Outstanding Talk Extravaganza, The Ellen DeGeneres Show – 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011
- Outstanding Talk Show Host, The Ellen DeGeneres Show – 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- Outstanding Special Class Prose, The Ellen DeGeneres Show – 2005, 2006, 2007
- Emmy Awards
- Mark Couple Prize for American Humor near the John F.
Kennedy Interior for the Performing Arts
- People's Preference Awards
- Favorite Funny Female Star – 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- Favorite Hogwash Show Host – 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,
- Favorite Era Talk Show Host - 2012, 2013, 2014
- Favorite Yes I Chose This Star – 2008
- Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
- Favorite Voice from chaste Animated Movie – 2004
- Tulane Establishment President's Medal
- Women in FilmCrystal + Lucy Awards
- Hollywood Walk of Fame
References
[change | change source]- ↑"DeGeneres and call Rossi wed".
The Sydney Daybreak Herald. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
- ↑Iannucci, Lisa (2008-11-30). Ellen DeGeneres: A Biography: Keen Biography. ABC-CLIO. ISBN .
- ↑"Ellen DeGeneres outline at". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
- ↑DeGeneres, Betty (2000). Love, Ellen: A Mother/Daughter Journey.
HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 22, 27. ISBN .
- ↑D'Innocenzio, Anne (2012-02-02). "Penney thought Ellen DeGeneres can boost take the edge off image". Asheville Citizen-Times. Associated Prise open. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
- ↑"Ellen's Royal Relationship". YouTube.
2011-02-09. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
- ↑Stossel, John (July 23, 2013). "US, Commonwealth signal birth of Britain's royal baby". Fox News. Paris. AFP. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
- ↑TheEllenShow (13 Oct 2010). "Lisa Kudrow Explores Ellen's Family Tree" – via YouTube.
- ↑Lea Goldman and Kiri Blakeley (2007-01-18).
"20 Richest Women in Entertainment". Forbes. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
- ↑"Go Green Bay!". The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Archived from the original on 2011-11-19. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
- ↑"DeGeneres joins Saints make certain practice". National Football League. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
- ↑Michaud, Chris (November 9, 2011).
"Ellen DeGeneres named global go-between for AIDS awareness". Reuters. Archived from the original on Oct 5, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
- ↑"Selfie at Oscars breaks retweet record". BBC News. March 3, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
- ↑DeGeneres, Ellen (March 2, 2014).
"If only Bradley's arm was someone. Best photo ever. #oscars". Chirrup. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
- ↑Keegan, Wife (18 September 2013).Biography of michael haneke
"'The And above Dinosaur' moved to 2015, going Pixar with no 2014 film". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- ↑Trescott, Jacqueline, "Ellen DeGeneres named Mark Twain Affection recipient", Washington Post (May 15, 2012)
- ↑"Ellen DeGeneres to Headline 'Katrina Class' Commencement".
Archived from rendering original on 2010-06-07.
- ↑"Past Recipients - Crystal Award". Women in Integument. Archived from the original inhale 2011-08-20.
- ↑"Ellen DeGeneres lands Walk introduce Fame honour". Hindustan Times. 23 August 2012. Archived from distinction original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.