List of awards and nominations received by Ellen DeGeneres explained

List of Ellen DeGeneres awards

DeGeneres at a ceremony to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in September 2012
Award	Wins	Nominations
Daytime Emmy Award
Primetime Emmy Award
Grammy Award
Golden Globe Award
Screen Actors Guild Award
Overall

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American comedian, television host, actress, writer, and producer Ellen DeGeneres. Among them, she has won 33 Daytime Emmy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award, and received nominations for three Grammy Awards and a Golden Raspberry Award.

Emmy Awards

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
Daytime Emmy Awards
2004	Outstanding Talk Show	The Ellen DeGeneres Show
	Outstanding Talk Show Host
	Outstanding Special Class Writing
2005	Outstanding Talk Show
	Outstanding Talk Show Host
	Outstanding Special Class Writing
2006	Outstanding Talk Show
	Outstanding Talk Show Host
	Outstanding Special Class Writing
2007	Outstanding Talk Show
	Outstanding Talk Show Host
	Outstanding Special Class Writing
2008	Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment
	Outstanding Talk Show Host
	Outstanding Special Class Writing
2009	Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment
	Outstanding Talk Show Host
	Outstanding Special Class Writing
	Outstanding Promotional Announcement – Institutional
2010	Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment
	Outstanding New Approaches – Daytime Entertainment
	Outstanding Special Class Writing
2011	Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment
	Outstanding Promotional Announcement – Institutional
	Outstanding Special Class Writing
	Outstanding New Approaches – Daytime Entertainment
2012	Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment
	Outstanding New Approaches – Daytime Entertainment
	Outstanding Promotional Announcement – Institutional
	Outstanding Promotional Announcement – Institutional
	Outstanding Special Class Writing
2013	Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment
	Outstanding Special Class Writing
	Outstanding New Approaches – Enhancement to a Daytime Program or Series
2014	Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment^[1]
	Outstanding Special Class Writing
	Outstanding New Approaches – Enhancement to a Daytime Program or Series
2015	Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment^[2]
	Outstanding Special Class Writing
	Outstanding New Approaches – Enhancement to a Daytime Program or Series
	Outstanding Promotional Announcement – Episodic
	Outstanding Promotional Announcement – Episodic
2016	Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment^[3]
	Outstanding Interactive Media – Enhancement to a Daytime Program or Series
	Outstanding Promotional Announcement – Image
2017	Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment^[4]
	Outstanding Special Class Writing
2018	Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment^[5]
	Outstanding Special Class Writing
	Outstanding Daytime Promotional Announcement – Topical
2019	Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment^[6]
	Outstanding Special Class Writing
	Outstanding Daytime Promotional Announcement – Topical
2020	Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment^[7]
	Outstanding Special Class Writing
2021	Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment^[8]
2022	Outstanding Writing Team For A Daytime Non-Fictional Program^[9]
Primetime Emmy Awards
1995	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series	Ellen
1996	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
	Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program	38th Annual Grammy Awards
1997	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series	Ellen
	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	The Larry Sanders Show
	Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series	Ellen for "The Puppy Episode"
1998	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series	Ellen
2000	Outstanding Television Movie	If These Walls Could Talk 2
2001	Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special	Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning
	Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
2004	Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special
	Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
2007	Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program	79th Academy Awards
2014	Outstanding Special Class Program^[10]	86th Academy Awards
2018	Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program^[11]	Ellen's Game of Games
2019	Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program^[12]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
1995	Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy	Ellen
1996
1998
2020	Carol Burnett Award^[13]

Grammy Awards

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
2005	Best Comedy Album	The Funny Thing Is...
2013	Best Spoken Word Album	Seriously…I'm Kidding
2020	Best Comedy Album^[14]

People's Choice Awards

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
1995	Favorite Female Performer in a New TV Series	Ellen
2005	Favorite Daytime Talk Show Host	The Ellen DeGeneres Show
	Favorite Funny Female Star
2006	Favorite Daytime Talk Show Host
	Favorite Funny Female Star
2007	Favorite Talk Show Host
	Favorite Funny Female Star
2008	Favorite Talk Show Host
	Favorite Funny Female Star
2009	Favorite Talk Show Host
	Favorite Funny Female Star
2011	Favorite Talk Show Host
2012	Favorite Daytime TV Host
2013	Favorite Daytime TV Host
2014	Favorite Daytime TV Host(s)^[15]
2015	Favorite Daytime TV Host(s)^[16]
2016	Favorite Daytime TV Host^[17]
	Favorite Humanitarian
2017	Favorite Animated Movie Voice^[18]	Finding Dory
	Favorite Daytime TV Host	The Ellen DeGeneres Show
	Favorite Comedic Collaboration	"Ellen and Britney Spears' Mall Mischief"
2018	The Daytime Talk Show of 2018^[19]	The Ellen DeGeneres Show
	The Social Celebrity of 2018
2019	The Daytime Talk Show of 2019^[20]	The Ellen DeGeneres Show
	The Social Celebrity of 2019

Producers Guild of America Awards

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
2001	Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television	If These Walls Could Talk 2
2005	Outstanding Producer of Variety Television	The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2006	Outstanding Producer of Variety Television
2007	Outstanding Producer of Variety Television
2012	Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
1995	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series	Ellen
1997	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
1998	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

Teen Choice Awards

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
2010	Choice Comedian	The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2011	Choice Comedian
2012	Choice Comedian
2013	Choice Comedian
2015	Choice Comedian^[21]
2016	Choice Summer Movie Star: Female^[22]	Finding Dory
2016	Choice Comedian	The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2017	Choice TV Personality^[23]
	Choice Comedy Movie Actress	Finding Dory
2018	Choice Comedian^[24]	The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2019	Choice Comedian^[25]	The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Other awards

Year	Award	Nominated work	Result
1991	American Comedy Award for Funniest Female Stand-Up Comic
1993	CableACE Award for Best Stand-Up Comedy Special	One Night Stand
1995	CableACE Award for Best Entertainment Host	VH1 Honors
	American Comedy Award for Funniest Female Performer in a TV Special (Leading or Supporting) - Network, Cable or Syndication	46th Primetime Emmy Awards
1996	American Comedy Award for Funniest Female Performer in a TV Series (Leading Role) - Network, Cable or Syndication	Ellen
1997	Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star	Mr. Wrong
	Viewers for Quality Television Award for Best Actress in a Quality Comedy Series	Ellen
1998		Ellen for "The Puppy Episode"
	Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy	Ellen
	GLAAD Stephen F. Kolzak Award
1998	Viewers for Quality Television Award for Best Actress in a Quality Comedy Series	Ellen
	Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy
	American Comedy Award for Funniest Female Performer in a TV Series (Leading Role) - Network, Cable or Syndication
	American Comedy Award for Funniest Female Guest Appearance in a TV Series	The Larry Sanders Show
	American Comedy Award for Funniest Female Performer in a TV Special (Leading or Supporting) Network, Cable or Syndication	1998 VH1 Fashion Awards
2000	Lucy Award^[26]
2001	American Comedy Award for Funniest Female Performer in a TV Special (Leading or Supporting) Network, Cable or Syndication	Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning
	GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Movie	If These Walls Could Talk 2
2002	GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comedy Series	The Ellen Show
2004	Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production	Finding Nemo
	Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
	Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Voice From an Animated Movie
	MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance
	Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
2007	TV Land Award for TV Moment That Became Headline News	Ellen
2009	Tulane University President's Medal^[27]
	GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Talk Show Episode	The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2010	GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Talk Show Episode
2011	GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Talk Show Episode
	TV Guide Award for Favorite Host
	Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Talk Show
2012	GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Talk Show Episode^[28]
	Mark Twain Prize for American Humor^[29]
	Hollywood Walk of Fame^[30]
2013	GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Talk Show Episode^[31]	The Ellen DeGeneres Show
	Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Talk Show^[32]
2014	GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Talk Show Episode^[33]
	Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Talk Show^[34]
2015	GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Talk Show Episode^[35]
2016	GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Talk Show Episode^[36]
	Presidential Medal of Freedom^[37]
2017	Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Voice From an Animated Movie^[38]	Finding Dory
	Kids' Choice Award for Most Wanted Pet
	Kids' Choice Award for #Squad (shared with cast)
	MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Host^[39]	The Ellen DeGeneres Show
	GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Talk Show Episode^[40]
2018	GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Talk Show Episode^[41]
2019	Kids' Choice Award for Favorite TV Show Host^[42]
	GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Variety or Talk Show Episode^[43]
	Critics' Choice Real TV Award for Best Talk Show^[44]
2020	GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Variety or Talk Show Episode^[45]

Notes and References

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