Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres is an American comedian, actress, and television host. In 1997 she came out as lesbian, both personally and through her sitcom character Ellen Morgan in a widely watched episode nicknamed "The Puppy Episode." It was a milestone for gay visibility on network television. Advertiser pressure and falling support led ABC to cancel the show the following year, and DeGeneres's career cooled for a time. She rebuilt it as host of the daytime talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, which ran from 2003 to 2022 and won dozens of Daytime Emmy Awards. She married actress Portia de Rossi in 2008. She also hosted the Academy Awards twice.