Caitlyn Marie Jenner (born William Bruce Jenner; October 28, 1949) is an American television personality and retired Olympic gold medal–winning decathlete.
Jenner played college football for the Graceland Yellowjackets before incurring a knee injury that required surgery. Convinced by Olympic decathlete Jack Parker's coach, L. D. Weldon, to try the decathlon, Jenner won the men's decathlon event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, setting a third successive world record and gaining fame as "an all-American hero".
Given the unofficial title of "world's greatest athlete", Jenner established a career in television, film, writing, auto racing, business, and as a Playgirl cover model.
Inside Ellen DeGeneres' glam life - £360m net worth, famous feuds and mansion robbery
dailystar.co.ukEllen DeGeneres has had a successful career on our TV screens since having her own talk show and sitcom in the 90s.The TV host has starred in her own sitcom Ellen from 1994 to 1998 and hosted her talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show since 2003.However after 19 season the comedian is ending her talk show as she admitted she "needs something new to challenge me."Ellen who has won 30 Emmy Awards has also acted in many films as well as voiced animated movies including Finding Nemo and Finding Dory.She has also hosted many award ceremonies including the Grammy Awards, Academy Awards and Primetime Emmys.Now the Daily Star takes an exclusive look into her incredible career and life as she celebrates her 64th birthday on January 26.Ellen is know for winning and hosting several award shows but during the 2014 Oscars she broke records by sharing one of the most retweeted photos of the year.The star wanted snaps at the event with celebs such as Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Brad Pitt, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts and many more.However she managed to gain a selfie with all of them in which little did these Hollywood stars know at the time, it would become the most shared snap on Twitter that year.The talk show host joked alongside everyone beaming at the camera: "If only Bradley's arm was longer.
Best photo ever, #oscars."Ellen has interviewed some of the most famous stars on the planet including Meghan Markle, Friends actress Jennifer Aniston, singer Justin Bieber and reality royalty the Kardashians.She has even had the former President of the Unites States Barack Obama on her show.However, she has caused some feuds after speaking to some celebrities.Last year, Caitlyn Jenner opened up about her infamous interview with Ellen on.
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