--- description: Full video of Ellen as Anastasia Steele in hilarious Fifty Shades of Grey movie parody title: WATCH: Ellen DeGeneres as Anastasia Steele in Hilarious 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Movie Parody image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ellen DeGeneres Plays Anastasia Steele in Hilarious _Fifty Shades of Grey_ Movie Parody by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 26, 2014 4:18 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 26, 2014 4:18 PM CUT Sultry, sexy, steamy. Those are all adjectives people use to describe mega-hit _Fifty Shades of Grey_. But those are not words normally associated with talk show host Ellen DeGeneres — until now. DeGeneres just unveiled her own part in the erotic bestseller turned Hollywood film on her show _Ellen,_ and it’s a winner. While _Fifty Shades_ claims to have cast Dakota Johnson as the film’s wide-eyed lead, Anastasia Steele, DeGeneres revealed that it’s all been a ruse, and she is actually the star of the film and has the trailer to prove it. In the clip, DeGeneres stares balefully at the film’s charismatic and chiseled male protagonist, Christian Grey (played by Jamie Dornan), as she interviews him in his austere offices, watches him play piano and kisses him on the streets of Seattle. With just one glance at DeGeneres as Anastasia Steele, it’s clear that poor, troubled Christian Grey has finally met his true soul mate—as long as she gets the popcorn off her face. **MORE:** [Check Out the New Photo From the _Fifty Shades of Grey_ Movie](http://time.com/3329319/fifty-shades-of-grey/ "undefined") [Here’s the _Frozen_ and _Fifty Shades of Grey_ Mashup Nobody Asked For](http://time.com/3111345/frozen-fifty-shades-of-grey-mashup-video/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3607267/50-shades-of-grey-ellen-degeneres-show-parody-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3607267/50-shades-of-grey-ellen-degeneres-show-parody-video/"},"headline":"Ellen DeGeneres Plays Anastasia Steele in Hilarious Fifty Shades of Grey Movie Parody","datePublished":"2014-11-26T16:18:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:51.533Z","description":"Christian Grey has finally found his soul mate.","url":"https://time.com/3607267/50-shades-of-grey-ellen-degeneres-show-parody-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","viral","Videos","Ellen Degeneres","celebrity","Viral Videos","ellen","50 shades of grey"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3607267/50-shades-of-grey-ellen-degeneres-show-parody-video/","name":"Ellen DeGeneres Plays Anastasia Steele in Hilarious Fifty Shades of Grey Movie Parody"}}]}] ```