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Born on Jan. 26, 1958, in Metairie, Louisiana, U.S., DeGeneres was raised as a Christian Scientist until her parents divorced when she was a teen. Growing up, her older brother Vance was the funny man in their house.

Before finding fame as a stand-up comedian, she waited tables, worked as a bartender, painted houses and even worked as a legal secretary.

She started her stand-up career at small clubs when she was 23 and in 1982 was named by Showtime as the “Funniest Person in America.” DeGeneres made her television debut on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” (pictured) in 1986 and became the first female comedian to be invited by Carson on the show.

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Gwen Stefani was totally put on the spot about her relationship with Blake Shelton during an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show!

Pop singer Gwen Stefani has not been able to stop singing the praises of her main squeeze as of late, Blake Shelton - the country singer and panelist of 'The Voice.' Stefani will also be joining 'The Voice' this upcoming season, and she appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres show recently to talk about her

Her self-titled television series “Ellen” was first called “These Friends of Mine” when they started in March 1994. The name was changed to avoid any confusion after the NBC series “Friends” premiered in September 1994. (Pictured, Clockwise from L) DeGeneres, David Anthony Higgins, Joely Fisher and Arye Gross.

DeGeneres has authored several books such as “My Point...And I Do Have One” (1995), “The Funny Thing Is..” (2003) and “Seriously...I'm Kidding” (2011).

In a 1997 interview on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” DeGeneres came out as a lesbian. In April 1997, she made television history by becoming the first title character to come out as a lesbian on-screen during “The Puppy Episode” (pictured) on her show, “Ellen” where she professes her love for Susan (Laura Dern). DeGeneres received multiple Emmys for that episode.

Her multiple-Emmys winning comedy talk show, “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” debuted on Sept. 8, 2003. The immensely popular show hosts celebrities and other famous people, organizes games involving both the celebrity and the audience and even sees DeGeneres showing off her dance moves.

She was one of 21 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in November 2016. While bestowing DeGeneres with the medal, then-President Barack Obama said, "It’s easy to forget now when we’ve come so far, where now marriage is equal under the law, just how much courage was required for Ellen to come out on the most public of stages almost 20 years ago. Just how important it was. Not just to the LGBT community, but for all of us.”

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Gwen Stefani was all smiles when she stepped onto the stage of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" Tuesday, but just minutes into her interview, she had tears in her eyes. The conversation between DeGeneres and the "You Make It Feel Like Christmas" singer started out on a happy note, with

In January 2017, DeGeneres became the most decorated People's Choice Awards winner with 20 wins, including "Favorite Daytime TV Host," "Favorite Humanitarian" in 2016 and "Favorite Animated Movie Voice" for "Finding Dory."

(Pictured) DeGeneres with her various People's Choice Awards in the background on Jan. 18, 2017.

Her 2014 star-studded selfie at the Academy Awards has been retweeted 3.29 million times to date. Within 40 minutes of being posted, it had become the most retweeted image.

(Pictured L-R) Jennifer Lawrence, Channing Tatum, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, DeGeneres, Kevin Spacey, Bradley Cooper, Brad Pitt, Lupita Nyong'o and her brother, and Angelina Jolie.

She started her own record label eleveneleven in 2010 that focuses on, and promotes, lesser-known artists and is known to launch musicians such as Greyson Chance (pictured), Charlie Puth, Tom Andrews, Emily Luther and Savannah Robinson. DeGeneres also launched her lifestyle brand called ED by Ellen in 2015.

A well-known animal lover and vegan, she had dreamed of becoming a veterinarian growing up. She was named PETA Woman of the Year in 2009 and promotes a vegan lifestyle on her show’s website “Going Vegan With Ellen.”

She has also inspired a show at Disney’s Epcot Attractions in Bay Lake, Florida, U.S. “Ellen’s Energy Adventure” is a 45-minute show that lets audience members in the theater to be "transported" into DeGeneres’ brain, which acts as a time machine taking them through dinosaur-dwelling primeval forests.

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Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape ( Ellen Degeneres Show, 9.02.2007).

Other than voicing the amnesiac fish Dory in “Finding Nemo” (2003) and “Finding Dory” (2016), she has also given voice to the dog in the prologue of the 1998 movie “Dr. Dolittle” and several video games.

In 2006, she became the first openly gay or lesbian person to host the 79th Academy Awards Ceremony (pictured). During the show, she said, “… If there weren't blacks, Jews and gays, there would be no Oscars, or anyone named Oscar, when you think about that.”

She celebrated the 10th anniversary of her talk show with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in September 2012. She attended the ceremony with her wife Portia de Rossi (L), mother Betty (C), brother Vance (2nd R) and his wife Joanna (R). On the occasion, she said, "It is amazing. I spent my entire career trying to conduct myself in a certain way making sure no one walks all over me only to get to a point where people are going to walk all over me."