Hành trình trở thành MC quyền lực nhất nước Mỹ của Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen was born in 1958 in a family with a father selling insurance, his mother was a worker in Louisiana, USA. Economic difficulties and deprivation make Ellen's parents often quarrel. They divorced when Ellen was 16 years old. Not reaching adulthood, but Ellen went through many tasks such as waiters, concoctions, painters to take care of their own lives.

After divorce, Ellen's mother took her daughter to live in Texas, wishing to rebuild her life. Not long after, she married a man who, from the moment she met, was not very sympathetic.

At this moment, Ellen reached puberty and became beautiful. Ellen's stepfather soon revealed the nature of "love green beard" and often harassed his wife's own children for a long time. Ellen dared not tell her mother, because she was treating breast cancer. The days of living in sexual abuse became Ellen's nightmare. It was not until she finished high school and returned to her homeland, Ellen confided this to her mother.

At the age of 22, Ellen met the young poet Kathy Perkoff and developed feelings. Both quickly married after a few months of dating, but happily, soon, Kathy suddenly died due to a traffic accident. It was this shock that made Ellen's life turn away. Ellen dropped out of college, did enough to earn a living and gave up her dream of becoming a veterinarian.

Gay MC Ellen is 60 years old and owns a fortune of up to 400 million USD. Photo: The National.

Fallen with art

From a young age, Ellen had a sense of humor. Her stories always bring laughter to everyone around. After her parents divorced, she always tried to make her happy with funny stories. But she was not confident when standing in front of the crowd and did not intend to become a true comedian.

Ellen has just started pursuing acting since 1981, when she was 23 years old. First, Ellen is known as an amateur comedian, performing at small clubs and cafes. The more she pursued, the more passionate about comedy and the willingness to go everywhere to perform, with the desire to bring laughter to everyone.

In 1982, Ellen made her first tour around the United States, at the same time accepted an invitation to attend television shows and several film projects.

In 1986, Ellen's name became widely known when she appeared on The Tonight Show. For the first time on television before millions of people, Ellen conquered the hearts of the audience with charismatic humor. She became a new phenomenon in the American entertainment industry at that time.

Continuing to receive the invitation to join the TV show, Ellen made her name famous throughout the United States. Ellen also starred in popular films like: Coneheads (1993), Mr. Wrong (1996).

In 1995, Ellen won her first acting award with the most popular Comedian award. At the age of 36, Ellen reached the peak of her popularity when she launched a series of hit TV series called Ellen (1994-1998), played by the lead actress, aired on ABC television.

The career slumped after publicizing the true gender

In April 1997, Ellen made her first public appearance in Time magazine. Ellen has shocked American audiences by acknowledging being gay. Without anticipation, Ellen received countless criticisms, the audience turned away. The management company terminated the contract, the TV channels stopped broadcasting the program and many sponsors withdrew from the projects named after her.

For 3 years, Ellen seemed to have disappeared from the entertainment world, she fell into severe depression. No program or producer invited her to participate in acting. In addition, Ellen's relationship with actress Anne Heche also ended quickly by pressure from public opinion.

But with energy and faith, Ellen actively wrote some program scripts. Without receiving any offers from TV stations, she returned to monologue comedy at small stages with faith: Everyone has the right to bring joy to everyone, including gay people.

In 2001, Ellen returned to the television show The Ellen Show. This program hardly attracted the audience and was soon canceled by CBS station before the first season ended.

Get back to the top with a great career

Ellen and singer Adam Levine in The Ellen DeGenres talkshow. Photo: The Justjared

After The Ellen Show's defeat, Ellen resolved to rebuild her career. In 2003, Ellen debuted with a talk show named after herself: The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The fascinating talk show between Ellen and the famous stars, the special babies are quickly received by the public. Ellen in the role of MC has conquered the audience with the way of grace, humor and humanity in the stories.

The program brought Ellen 13 Emmy TV awards and other awards such as: Excellent TV program, Excellent host, Excellent script, The most humorous female artist, The host most favorite ... Now that its 15 years have passed, The Ellen DeGeneres Show has always received the attention of audiences with over 3 million views per episode.

In addition to the success of the show bearing her name, Ellen was also invited to be the MC of the prestigious awards ceremony such as Emmy, Grammy, Oscar ... Not only succeeding in the talk show, stand-up comedy, MC, Ellen also proved multi-talented when participating in anime voiceover. In which the dory fish character is absent-minded in the movie to look for Disney's Nemo, which gave Ellen the Saturn award of the American Academy of Fantasy, Horror and Science Fiction. She is the only voice actor to receive this prestigious award.

In addition, Ellen also wrote books, in which the interesting article is that immediately after its release, it became the best-selling book voted by the New York Times. She is also involved in wildlife protection and humanitarian work as a Special Envoy of the Global AIDS Awareness Organization.

In 2009, with great contributions in art and society, Ellen was enrolled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and became the most powerful gay star in America. In 2013, Ellen DeGeneres was ranked No. 34 by Forbes on the list of 100 world famous artists and 47th among the 100 most powerful women on the planet.

Currently, Ellen owns a huge fortune of up to $ 400 million, all of which comes from her comedy performances and television programs produced by herself.

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