blue tang with short-term memory loss and an endlessly optimistic outlook who joins Marlin on his quest to rescue his son. A good Samaritan who would gladly stop to tell you her life story if she could only remember it, Dory's sunny point of view helps Marlin overcome seemingly impossible odds.

DeGeneres observes,"I think most people know that when I play any part in a movie, I really do a lot of research and become the character. So for this role, I lived in the ocean for six months, painted myself blue, and just swam around like a fish. Imagine my embarrassment when they told me this was an animated film and I wouldn't be on camera.