Ellen DeGeneres was born in 1958, January, 26, in Metairie, Louisiana. Her parents divorced when Ellen was 16. Ellen’s family moved to Atlanta after her mother got married the second time.

Ellen finished Atlanta Secondary school in 1976 and entered University of New Orleans, she didn’t finished it having given up study after the first level.

She tried lots of jobs until she came into show-business.

 

She is the most popular American TV show hostess, hosting “Ellen DeGeneres Show” which got several Emmy awards for the best TV works. The fact that she came out as a lesbian didn’t derogate the Americans’ adoration to her, some of them even got more loyal to sexual minorities due to the love to Ellen. She is also known for providing the voice of forgetful Dory the Fish in the animated film “Finding Nemo”.

 

She has been a hostess of Primetime Emmy Awards Ceremony several times and she hosted the 79th Academy Awards in 2006.

 

Nowadays Ellen DeGeneres is hosting everyday primetime talk-show “Ellen-Show” which draws a big audience. Many famous people were the guests of DeGeneres’s show and of course the zest of the show is Ellen DeGeneres herself with her talent to comedy style.

 

In 2006 Ellen DeGeneres headed the list of the most popular homosexuals made according to the quiz results of GaydarRadio British gay-radio station. Presently Ellen is into relationship with an Australian actress Portia de Rossi, they legalized their relations in 2008 and now they live together in Beverly Hills.