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Funniest woman on American TV, best talk show host four years in a row, groundbreaking and a passionate advocate for gay rights; Ellen DeGeneres can be described as many things and has had many impressive accomplishments in her life so far. Now the story of her life is being turned into a comic book. Without a doubt the best way of telling this comedians life story.
 
After graduating from high school Ellen decided a college degree was not what she wanted. She had several jobs, from selling vacuum cleaners to being a courier for a law firm, until she eventually discovered her comical talent and started performing as a stand-up comedian. As a woman amongst all male comedians she definitely stood out, which eventually led to her nomination of 'America's funniest person' in 1982.
 
In 1989 she started her career on television in several unsuccessful sitcoms. It wasn't until the 1992 hit comedy 'These friends of mine' that she finally had success onscreen. The show became so popular because of her, they renamed it to 'Ellen'. In 1997 the character as well as the real Ellen had their groundbreaking coming out in the most watched episode of the show. Ellen DeGeneres became the first actor who was openly gay during the course of their career and she was the first to play a gay lead role in a television show. Ground breaking it was, but also very controversial in conservative America. The shows ratings dropped fast as homosexuality became the shows central theme. It got cancelled.
 
In the years that followed, Ellen went back to stand up comedy, she produced and played in the movie 'If these walls could talk 2' and tried her television comeback in 'The Ellen show' amongst other things, but unfortunately failed. Then, in 2003, Ellen finally got her break with her own talk show 'the Ellen DeGeneres Show'. It won an abundance of prestigious awards; being the only daytime talk show to win the Emmy for best talk show it's first four years in a row. Ellen also won the People's choice award for Favorite Funny Female Star four times and won five People's choice awards for her talk show.
 
She uses her show frequently to speak openly about gay rights and is one of America's most passionate advocates for same sex marriage legalization; setting the example by marrying longtime girlfriend Portia de Rossi in 2009.
 
A woman who lives her life in a way that makes her happy; not letting herself be confined to be someone she is not. She sets the example.