Which comedian voiced Dory in the 2003 Pixar film Finding Nemo?

Ellen DeGeneres voiced Dory in the 2003 Pixar animated film Finding Nemo.

Dory is a blue tang fish with severe short-term memory loss who helps the clownfish Marlin search for his son, Nemo. DeGeneres’s conversational comic timing and rapid changes of subject shaped the character’s distinctive voice and humor.

Finding Nemo was directed by Andrew Stanton and became one of Pixar’s major worldwide successes. Its cast also included Albert Brooks as Marlin, Alexander Gould as Nemo, and Willem Dafoe as Gill. DeGeneres’s performance was especially prominent in the film’s marketing and later became central to the 2016 sequel, Finding Dory.

A common mistake is attributing Dory to another comic actor from animated films. DeGeneres, who had already become known through stand-up, television, and her sitcom Ellen, supplied Dory’s speaking voice in both films. Dory’s species is a regal blue tang, although the character is usually identified simply as a blue tang.