How tall is Ellen DeGeneres?

Ellen DeGeneres's listed height is 170 cm (5'7"). She is taller than about 81% of women in the United States.

Where 170 cm sits among women in the United States

Taller than about 81% of women in the United States born in 1958 (average 163.7 cm).

DeGeneres next to her co-stars

Jay Leno is 10 cm taller than Ellen DeGeneres (180 cm), Joey co-star.

Christina Ricci is 17 cm shorter than Ellen DeGeneres (153 cm), Joey co-star.

Lucy Liu is 10 cm shorter than Ellen DeGeneres (160 cm), Joey co-star.

About Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres is an American comedian, actress, television host, writer and producer, born Ellen Lee DeGeneres on 26 January 1958 in Metairie. She began her career in stand-up comedy in the early 1980s, gaining national attention with a 1986 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

DeGeneres starred in the sitcoms Ellen from 1994 to 1998 and The Ellen Show from 2001 to 2002, and hosted the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show from 2003 to 2022, for which she received 33 Daytime Emmy Awards. Her films include Mr. Wrong, EDtv and The Love Letter, and she voiced the character Dory in Finding Nemo and Finding Dory. She received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, and she has authored four books.

At a listed 170 cm (5'7"), DeGeneres is 10 cm shorter than Jay Leno, listed at 180 cm (5'11"), and 10 cm taller than Lucy Liu, listed at 160 cm (5'3"). She is 17 cm taller than Christina Ricci, listed at 153 cm (5'0"). All three are linked with her through Joey. DeGeneres is married to Portia de Rossi.

Frequently asked

How tall is Ellen DeGeneres in feet and inches? Ellen DeGeneres is 5'7" tall, which is 170 cm, 66.9 inches or 1.70 m.

How tall is Ellen DeGeneres compared to Jay Leno? Jay Leno is 10 cm taller than Ellen DeGeneres: 180 cm (5'11") vs 170 cm (5'7").

How tall is Ellen DeGeneres compared to Christina Ricci? Christina Ricci is 17 cm shorter than Ellen DeGeneres: 153 cm (5'0") vs 170 cm (5'7").

How tall is Ellen DeGeneres compared to Lucy Liu? Lucy Liu is 10 cm shorter than Ellen DeGeneres: 160 cm (5'3") vs 170 cm (5'7").

Is Ellen DeGeneres tall for women in the United States? At 170 cm she is taller than about 81% of women in the United States born in 1958, whose average height is 163.7 cm.

Sources

• Ellen DeGeneres on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Ellen DeGeneres on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 171 cm.
• Ellen DeGeneres on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

More celebrity heights

• Anna Chapman — 170 cm · 5'7"
• Jenny McCarthy — 170 cm · 5'7"
• Jon Stewart — 170 cm · 5'7"
• Richard Hammond — 170 cm · 5'7"
• Oprah Winfrey — 169 cm · 5'7"
• Paris Hilton — 172 cm · 5'8"

Celebrity heights are based on widely reported public figures and can vary slightly between sources.