ICONIC EMMY-AWARD WINNER ELLEN DEGENERES WILL LAUNCH A BRAND NEW COMEDY SPECIAL ON NETFLIX LATER THIS YEAR

ELLEN BEGINS A MULTI-CITY STAND-UP TOUR JUNE 19TH STARTING IN SAN DIEGO

· Iconic comedian, talk show host, actor and Emmy-Award winner Ellen Degeneres is back with a brand new comedy special launching on Netflix later this year.

· This marks Ellen's second stand-up with Netflix, after 2018's Relatable.

Quote from Ellen: " To answer the questions everyone is asking me- Yes, I'm going to talk about it. Yes this is my last special. Yes, Portia really is that pretty in real life."

Quote from Robbie Praw, VP of Stand-Up and Comedy Formats at Netflix: "There is nobody quite like Ellen. She is a true legend and pioneer in so many ways. We can't wait to bring fans another one of her hilarious comedy specials later this year."

· The special will be produced by Ben Winston and Fulwell73.

· Ellen will begin a multi-city stand-up tour on June 19th, starting in San Diego, CA.

Ellen DeGeneres: Bio at a Glance- Full BIO HERE

· Ellen DeGeneres is a television icon and entertainment pioneer best known for hosting 19 seasons of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The show earned 64 Daytime Emmy(R) Awards including 12 for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show, crowning it the record holder in this category.

· Ellen DeGeneres is one of the top 25 most followed celebrities on social media reaching more than 300M fans.

· In 2023, Ellen DeGeneres' passion and commitment to animals was featured in the two-hour special, Saving the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure, on the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Max and discovery+.

· In February of 2022, Ellen DeGeneres marked the four-year anniversary of the creation of The Ellen Fund with the official opening of the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund located just outside Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. Since its opening, the award-winning campus has served as a catalyst for conservation action for gorillas and the surrounding biodiversity. The campus has hosted over 40,000 visitors and more than 7,500 local school children have participated in field trips to the campus.

· She launched Kind Science, a direct-to-consumer, high-performance skincare line that provides age-positive results, available at KindScience.com.

· DeGeneres was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, by President Obama for her extraordinary contributions to notable change and progress in the United States.