Portia de rossi autobiography5/9/2023 ![]() When she was growing up, DeGeneres dreamed of becoming a veterinarian, but she gave up the idea because she was "not book smart." Instead, she waited tables, sold vacuum cleaners, painted houses and worked as a legal secretary.ĭeGeneres's older brother, Vance, an actor/comedian and former correspondent for The Daily Show, was long considered the humorous member of the family. Early LifeĭeGeneres was born January 26, 1958, in Metairie, Louisiana, to an insurance salesman and a working mother who divorced when DeGeneres was a teenager. She has been the host of her own award-winning talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, since 2003, and married girlfriend Portia de Rossi in 2008. ![]() ![]() In 1997, she came out as gay, and became a staunch advocate of LGBTQ rights. ![]() Ellen DeGeneres hit it big as a stand-up comedian before starring on her own sitcom, Ellen. ![]()
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