Ellen DeGeneres has long been one of the most recognisable, familiar and beloved figures on television in the US.Starting as an actor on her sitcom Ellen in the early 1990s, she also became known for publicly coming out as gay on the Oprah Winfrey show and then via a Time magazine front cover which, at the time, was a rare and impressive move.
Now she is at the helm of a media empire, with the central focus being a weekday chat show that welcomes A-List guests from Leonardo DiCaprio to Kim Kardashian West - many of whom are DeGeneres' close friends.
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