Ellen DeGeneres is set to make an iconic return to Hollywood.
It’s been two years since the comedian, 68, left the United States and moved to the UK with her wife, Australian actress Portia de Rossi.
Ellen is now not only planning to “returning to the United States,” but also stepping back into the spotlight. On Friday, Saturday, 24, she took to Instagram to announce she would be reviving her iconic character Dory in a new Disney short. The actress will voice the bubbly blue tang fish in a Pixar project set in the Finding Nemo Universe.
When Ellen shared the news, she said, “Excited about this.”
The actress originally took on the role in 2003, when she starred in the 2003 family film alongside Andrew Stanton and Alexander Gould. Her character has since become one of the most regarded in Pixar history.
Ellen hasn’t starred in another project since her 2024 Netflix comedy special Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval, which at the time was believed to be her last on-screen appearance. The act was released on the streaming platform just months before she left the United States due to Donald Trump’s re-election.
While speaking to an audience at the Everyman Theatre in central England, she recalled, “We got here the day before the election and woke up to lots of texts from our friends with crying emojis, and I was like, ‘He got in.’ And we’re like, ‘We’re staying here.’”
While she might be thousands of miles away, Ellen is making sure her voice and political opinions are heard loud and clear.
This past January, the former talk show host took to Instagram with a tribute to Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old woman who was shot dead in Minneapolis after an ICE officer confronted her at her window. Before sharing a statement from Good’s wife, Ellen admitted, “I’m so sad, and so angry, and so worried.”
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Following her initial post, she shared a video with a message for the Minnesota protestors speaking and acting out against the agency’s recent actions in their community. She began, “I just wanted to say I am so sorry for what is happening in Minneapolis and our country, really.”
After recalling her last experience in the “happiest city in America,” she extended her “thoughts and prayers” to everyone in the city while also noting, “I am proud of everyone who is protesting peacefully.
“I am sorry for anyone who has been hurt just for protesting, for doing what you should be doing,” she concluded.
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