Ellen DeGeneres is an eleven-time Emmy Award-winning American stand-up comedienne, television hostess and actress. She hosts the award winning syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. She has hosted both the Academy Awards and the Primetime Emmys. As a film actress, she starred in Mr. Wrong, appeared in EDtv and The Love Letter, and provided the voice of Dory in Pixar's animated film Finding Nemo. She also starred in two television sitcoms, Ellen from 1994 to 1998 and The Ellen Show from 2001 to 2002. In 1997, during the fourth season of Ellen, she came out publicly as a lesbian in an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Shortly afterwards, her character Ellen Morgan also came out to a therapist played by Winfrey and the series went on to explore various LGBT issues as well as the coming out process.

Born January 26, 1958, her primary personality traits are represented by the Chinese Zodiac elemental animal, the Fire Rooster. The candid Rooster will tell you what is on their mind. When she speaks, she gives a frank and honest report. Furthermore, it will be easily understood because of the acute expressiveness of both her words and her non verbal communication. She has a wry sense of humor meaning it has a clever and often ironically or grimly humorous quality about it. Another reason people rally to her is her evident self confidence which translates into a fearless approach to any situation. Furthermore, her idealism lends instant stature to her efforts and wins many converts to her side. There is no shortage of action with the Fire Rooster. She does get things going and make sure everyone else is motivated as well. She can be a fault finder with a temper; so, things better go right. When she is under control she can be very charismatic and an exceptional leader.