Ellen DeGeneres

Voted "Funniest Person In America" in 1982.

"Best Female Club Standup", Comedy Awards 1991.

Named "Entertainer of the Year" by Entertainment Weekly 26 December 1997/2 January 1998, issues 411/412.

Spoke at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Pointed out that many film plots and images in Hollywood are "heterosexist," meaning that the filmmakers allow heterosexual characters to dominate the screen. She would like to see actors and actresses portray more gay and lesbian couples.

Worked as a paralegal before becoming a comedienne.

Has two dogs named Bootsie and Muffin.

When Ellen came out as a lesbian on her show in April 1997, ABCs affiliate in Birmingham, Alabama, refused to air the landmark episode. Some of the shows sponsors, including Chrysler, withdrew their advertisements.

Was initially reluctant to do a love scene with Sharon Stone in If These Walls Could Talk 2 , but Ellens then-girlfriend Anne Heche , who was directing this particular segment of the film, encouraged her to do it. Ellen eventually gave in.

Split with girlfriend Anne Heche on August 16, 2000. The two were introduced to each other by writer Roger Friedman and actor Vince Vaughn at a "Vanity Fair" party at Mortons restaurant on March 24, 1997 and by the next day they were an item.

Her last name is pronounced "duh-generous".

Used to sell vacuum cleaners before she was discovered.

Has written two books, "My Point... And I Do Have One", a New York Times bestseller for six months, and "The Funny Thing Is...", also a New York Times bestseller.

Daughter of Betty DeGeneres.

(December 2004) Ended her four-year relationship with photographer-director Alexandra Hedison.

Spoofed on "MADtv" by comedian Nicole Parker.

She has Cajun/French, English, Irish, German, and distant Dutch and Swiss-German, ancestry. Her surname is French.

Was the first female stand-up guest to be called to the "hot seat" on her first guest appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .

Attended and graduated from Atlanta High School in Atlanta, Texas in 1976.

Is only the second woman to host the Oscars on her own. The first was Whoopi Goldberg.

She is a sweetheart of the fraternity Sigma Tau Gamma.

When she appeared on the April 14, 1997 cover of Time magazine, readers voted it the magazines best ever.

Good friends with actress Courteney Cox , Katy Perry , Jennifer Aniston , Oprah Winfrey , Pamela Anderson , Justin Timberlake , Kristin Chenoweth , and Steve Harvey.

Ellen and her girlfriend, Portia de Rossi , got married on August 16th, 2008 at Ellens home in Beverly Hills, California.

Younger sister of Vance DeGeneres.

Gave the Commencement Speech at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana in May 2009.

Auditioned for the role of Jody in Pulp Fiction , but Rosanna Arquette was cast instead.

Quit smoking cigarettes using the Allen Carr method (also known as Easy Way). She had been a long time smoker and was having trouble quitting.

Animal advocate and co-owner of "Halo".

She became vegan in 2010.

Ellens first major league baseball game was at Target Field in Minnesota, home of the Minnesota Twins. She answered two questions right about Joe Mauer and got a Minnesota Twins Joe Mauer jersey.

Winner of the 2012 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, awarded by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6270 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California in September 4, 2012.

Born at 3:00 AM.

Ellen lived in the apartment used in Annabelle . While promoting the movie in her show she explained that: "The apartment in the movie was my first apartment that I moved to in L.A. That was the building I lived in; where they shot the movie. I was watching it going: That looks familiar and it was my building. It was scary back then too.".

Ellen was raised as a Christian Scientist until the age of thirteen when her parents divorced. When Ellens mother remarried, they converted to his beliefs.

In 2010 Ellen founded her record label "eleveneleven" with her TV production company "A Very Good Production." First signed artist was teen sensation Greyson Chance after he created quite a stir on YouTube. The genesis of Ellens company name resulted from her frequent sightings of 11:11 on digital timepieces, her chance discovery of the singer on the 11th of the month and the fact that his soccer jersey number was 11. Ellens name also has two lower case adjacent Ls that resemble the number 11.

She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nations highest civilian award, by President Barack Obama , in a live televised ceremony held in the East Room of the White House, on November 22, 2016, along with twenty other recipients, the the largest, and final Medal of Freedom ceremony of Obamas presidency. At this ceremony, the twenty-one recipients, in alphabetical order, included: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , Elouise Cobell (posthumous award given to her son), Ellen DeGeneres , Robert De Niro , Richard Garwin , Bill Gates , Melinda Gates , Frank Gehry , Margaret Hamilton (as Margaret H. Hamilton), Tom Hanks , Rear Admiral Grace Hopper (posthumous award given to her niece), Michael Jordan , Maya Lin , Lorne Michaels , Newton Minow , Eduardo Padron (as Eduardo Padrn), Robert Redford , Diana Ross , Vin Scully , Bruce Springsteen , and Cicely Tyson.

Owns a production company called A Very Good Production.

Collects watches.

Worked as a waitress at Fridays.

Is the 11th cousin to Madonna.

Dropped out of the University of New Orleans after a semester.

Is the 14th cousins to Kate Middleton , twice removed.

Was sued by record labels for unpaid licenses for the songs she plays on her talk show but the suit was quickly settled.

Worked as a floor clerk at JC Penny.

Was the only female comedian to be invited to sit with Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show.

In 2009 PETA named her Woman of The Year.

As of June 2017, she is the only female to host the Emmy Awards and the Academy Awards.

Worked as a bartender and a hostess at a restaurant.

Theres an "Ellen" ride at Epcot Center.

Has an annual salary of $75 million for The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Always sets her watch to Mountain Standard Time.

(May 2017) Has a net worth of $345 million.

Is a huge fan of the racquet sport badminton.

My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty.

Be kind to one another.

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.

My point is, life is about balance. The good and the bad. The highs and the lows. The pina and the colada.

Life is short. If you doubt me, ask a butterfly. Their average life span is a mere five to fourteen days.

It always helps to think about other people instead of ourselves.

Above all things physical, it is more important to be beautiful on the inside - to have a big hear and an open mind and a spectacular spleen.

Stuffed deer heads on walls are bad enough, but it’s worse when you see them wearing dark glasses, having streamers around their necks and a hat on their antlers. Because then you know they were enjoying themselves at a party when they were shot.

One time I actually cleaned out my closet so good I ended up on the cover of Time magazine.

True beauty is not related to what color your hair is or what color your eyes are. True beauty is about who you are as a human being, your principles, your moral compass.

I enjoy growing older and wiser and learning from my mistakes every single day.

The thing everyone should realize is that the key to happiness is being happy for yourself and yourself.

Life is about balance. The good and the bad. The highs and the lows. The thing everyone should realize is that the key to happiness is being happy by yourself and for yourself. Happiness comes from within. You have the power to change your own mindset so that all the negative, horrible thoughts that try to invade your psyche are replaced with happy, positive, wonderful thoughts.

Do things that make you happy within the confines of the legal system.

I wonder what will happen if i put a hand cream on my feet, will they get confused and start clapping?,Answers to Frequently Asked Questions:Yes. Yes. No. One time in high school. Three times in my twenties. Rocks no salt. Yes. Four. Never. And how dare you!I will take no further questions.

Why is it that when you wipe up dust its called dusting but when you wipe up a spill its not called spilling? Just something to think about.

I personally like being unique. I like being my own person with my own style and my own opinions and my own toothbrush.

. . . if you want to add a little spice to your life, plant some dill. And learn to salsa.

Be kind to one another. Bye, bye.

It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.

It’s even more awkward when we’re face to face with people. It used to be exciting to make plans with friends because you could sit and catch up and talk about what’s been going on in your lives. Now when you see someone there’s nothing left to say. You’ve already seen the pictures from their trip to Rio on Facebook. You’ve read their tweets about the latest diet they’re on. And they already texted you about the pregnancy scare. So you end up just sitting and staring at each other until you both start texting other people.

. . . we should be grateful for them because without our family—the ancestors we descend from, the cousins we see once a year, the loves our lives we see every day—life is pretty boring.

Nothing says holidays, like a cheese log.

When we were growing up our parents somehow made it clear that being famous was good. And I mistakenly thought that if I was famous then everyone would love me.

I wanted to have money I wanted to be special I wanted people to like me I wanted to be famous.

Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.

The world is full of a lot of fear and a lot of negativity, and a lot of judgment. I just think people need to start shifting into joy and happiness. As corny as it sounds, we need to make a shift.

I am saddened by how people treat one another and how we are so shut off from one another and how we judge one another, when the truth is, we are all one connected thing. We are all from the same exact molecules.

Faith is part of who I am, yes. I was raised Christian Scientist. The most important thing I saw every single week on the wall at Sunday school was the Golden Rule.

I think they should have a Barbie with a buzz cut.

I have sadness in me. I have anger in me. I have heartbreak in me.