This block contains the information about Ellen DeGeneres and provides an insight into the life of the celebrity. From here you can also learn when, how and why the profession of an actor was chosen. Some interesting facts are waiting for you here.

Ellen grow up in Matera in a family of a doctor and an insurance agent, she has an older brother who is a famous producer and musician. Her family has probably all the possible European roots, that is why she has such an exotic appearance. Her family was quite religious that is why she was educated in a very strict way, and she was never allowed to wear something to open, that is why she was an object of laughter for her classmates. But it only made her stronger about achieving her aim and go for it. When her parents separated it was hard for her as she only entered the complicated age, but she managed to settle her anger about it, and to turn it into the strength for becoming a great person. That is why when her mother remarried and they moved to Atlanta, she entered the university, and her major was “Dealing with the public”. But she left the university as it was not quite what she was dreaming about. Once she appeared in standup comedy show and her talent was welcomed by publics. That is how she became the first woman in standup comedy genre. A few times she tried to set her own show on TV, but both of the times the show was cancelled due to the low ratings.

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Here you can learn about the movies Ellen DeGeneres acted in. You can see the names of the movies, their budget, years of release and the money gained from the screening of the certain movie. It is always interesting to know.

Movies & Videos	Budget	Year	Opening weekend	US box Office
Finding Nemo - Dory (voice)	$94M	2003	$70.3M	$340M
Doctor Dolittle - Prologue Dog (voice)	$71.5M	1998	$29M	$144M
Edtv - Cynthia Topping	$60M	1999	$8.31M	$22.4M
Goodbye Lover - Sgt. Rita Pompano	$20M	1998	$1.01M	$1.92M
The Love Letter - Janet Hall	$15M	1999	$2.69M	$8.28M
Artists of the Roundtable (video documentary) - Special Thanks	$100K	2008
My Short Film (short) - Ellen, Writer (writer), Creative Director		2005
Mr. Wrong - Martha Alston		1996		$12.4M
Pantalones (short) - Thanks		2000
Coneheads - Coach		1993		$21.3M
Arduous Moon (short) - Actress		1990
Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill - Live (video) - Special Thanks		1997
In the Dog House (short) - Executive Producer		2005
Reaching Normal - Operator		2001