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- Does Ellen DeGeneres have any children?
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Who is Ellen DeGeneres?
Ellen DeGeneres ( Ellen DeGeneres) is an American Tv host, comedian, actress, producer, and writer. From 1994 to 1998 she starred in the sitcom Ellen, She has also hosted her own syndicated TV talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show since 2003.
Career
Ellen began her standup comedy in early 1980 where she was performing at a small club and coffee house. In 1981 she became an emcee at Clyde’s Comedy Club in New Orleans. Her main influence at that time was DeGeneres cits Steve Martins and Woody Allen. Ellen started touring nationally and in 1984 she was named Showtime’s funniest person in America. However after 15 years without performing stand-up comedy in 2018, she appeared in a new stand-up special, relatable, for Netflix.
Film Career
In the early 1990s and late 1980s, DeGeneres starred in a series of films for a show named Ellen’s Energy Adventure. It was part of the Universe of Energy attraction and pavilion at Walt Disney World’s Epcot. Bill Nye, Michael Richards, Alex Trebek, and Jamie Lee Curtis were also featured in the Show. The film that followed DeGeneres co-hosted an educational look at energy with Nye.
September 15, 1996, is when the ride was first opened as Ellen’s Energy Crisis, however, it was quickly given a more positive-sounding name Ellen’s Energy Adventure. On August 13, 2017, the ride was closed permanently.
TV Career
Her first regular role on Tv was a short-lived Fox sitcom which was called Open House. At the Juane Verde Real Estate company she played the role of Margo Van Meter who was an office worker. Producer Neal Marlens and Carol Black cast DeGeneres in their sitcom called Laure Hill in 1992. However, the show was canceled after airing four episodes. Black and Neal were impressed with Ellen’s performance that they cast her in their next ABC pilot, This friend of Mine, which they co-created together with David S. Rosenthal.
Her comedy career became the base of the sitcom Ellen which was called These Friend of Mine. The ABC show became very famous in its first seasons because in part to Generes’ style of observation humor; it was often nicknamed as a “female Seinfeld”. In 1997 the sitcom Ellen reached its popularity height when DeGeneres came out as a lesbian during the Oprah Winfrey Show.
Her coming-out episode which was called ” The Puppy Episode”, became one of the highest-rated episodes of the show. However, when the show returned for the fifth season it experienced falling ratings and was later canceled. Ellen came back to TV in 2001 with a new CBS sitcom, The Ellen Show. However, after 13 episodes of the show, it was canceled.
A daytime Tv show namely The Ellen DeGeneres Show was launched in September 2003. It was one of several celebrity-hosted talk show surfacing at the beginning of that season including that of Sharon Osbourne and Rita Rudner. Ellen show has continued to rise in Nielsen rating and it has received widespread critical praise. During the first season, it was nominated for 11 Daytime Emmy Awards in its first season. It won four awards including the Best Talk Show and since then it has won 25 Emmy Awards for its first three seasons on the air.
In March 2007, the Show broadcasted from Universal Studio Orlando where the skits included her going on the Hulk Roller Coaster Ride. DeGeneres was then placed on bed rest due to her torn ligament in May 2007. However, Ellen continued hosting the show from a hospital bed while being attended by a nurse. The invited guest sat on the hospital bed as well. Ellen celebrated her 1000th episode where she featured celebrity guests such as Justin Timberlake, Oprah Winfrey among others.
On September 9, 2009, it was announced that Ellen was going to take over from Paula Abdul of the ninth season of American Idol. Ellen’s role begun after the contestant auditions, at the beginning of “Hollywood Week”. On February 9, 2010, Ellen made her debut on American Idol. However, after one season the Fox executive and Ellen announced that Ellen will be leaving American Idol.
From 2017-2018 Ellen was hosting the game show Ellen’s Game of Games on NBC which is based and expand on games played on her talk show. On December 18, 2017, the show had a preview episode followed by the regular episode starting January.
Ellen was profiled by The New York Times in 2018, as she faced the decision to renewing her talk show contract and exploring other creativity including Netflix comedy special relatable (2018), which spoofs her kind image.
When she was asked about anonymous tabloid reports that she was not always nice to her workers, she said the accusation was false, she said:” The one thing I want is for everyone to be happy and proud of where they work, and if not, don’t work here.”
In January 2020, Ellen awarded the Carol Burnett Award at the Golden Globes for her work on Television, and she became the first recipient after its inaugural namesake Carol Burnett.
During summer 2020, Ellen’s show was the subject of controversy when she was investigated for being a hostile workplace and for alleged harassment towards staff. Moreover, after the internal investigation, three staff existed and Ellen came out to apologized and vowed to make it a workplace where ” everyone would be treated with respect”.
Award Shows
Ellen hosted the Emmy Awards on November 4, 2001. After that, she hosted the 2005 Emmy Primetime Award three weeks after Hurricane Katrina. In 1996 and 1997 she hosted was the one who hosted the Grammy Awards.
On September 7, 2006, she was appointed to host the 79th Academy ceremony and she was the first gay person to have hosted the event. The Academy Awards were broadcast for the first time on February 25, 2007, where the ceremony took place in Los Angeles and was broadcasted live on CBS. It was the first Academy Awards to be hosted by a woman and the first Emmys to be broadcast live.
Ellen DeGeneres Age
Ellen was born on January 26, 1958 (age 63) in Metairie, Louisiana, US
DeGeneres Family
Parents
She is the daughter of Elliot DeGeneres and Betty DeGeneres. However, her father passed away in January 2018 aged 92 years. Furthermore, her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer shortly after her second marriage.
Siblings
DeGeneres has one sibling Vance DeGeneres who is an American actor, Musician, film producer, and screenwriter
Ellen DeGeneres Education
DeGeneres attended the AntlantaHigh School, where she graduated in May 1976. After that, she came back to Orleans where she attended the University of New Orleans where she studied communication studies. However, after one semester she left school to work as a clerk in a law firm.
Ellen DeGeneres Spouse
In 1997, she became out as a lesbian and since 2004, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi were in a relationship. However, After the revoke of the same-sex marriage ban in California, the two got engaged and later they got married in August 2008, at their home in Beverly Hills.
Ellen DeGeneres Children
The couple has not adopted any children. However, the couple has seven animals that they are taking care of them.
Ellen DeGeneres Height
Adding to her blue eyes the 63-year-old stands at 5feet 5inches and weighs 64kg.
Ellen DeGeneres Net Worth
Her net worth is estimated to be around $370 million and she made $ 84 million retaining the No.12 spot on Forbes’.
Ellen DeGeneres twitter
https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow