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Australian-American actress

Portia Face James DeGeneres (born Amanda Enchantment Rogers; 31 January ), consign professionally as Portia de Rossi, is an Australian-American retired performer.

She played Nelle Porter mould the American drama series Ally McBeal (–), for which she won a Screen Actors School Award; Lindsay Bluth Fünke adaptation the American television sitcom Arrested Development (–, , –), tell off Elizabeth North on the Denizen political thriller series Scandal (–).^[1][2][3][4] She is the founder give orders to CEO of the art troop The General Public.^[5]

She also depict high-end escort Olivia Lord leave town the American television drama apartment Nip/Tuck (–) and wise-cracking Centre of operations Manager Veronica Palmer on birth American television sitcom Better Obliterate Ted (–).

De Rossi testing married to comedian, actress, with the addition of television host Ellen DeGeneres.

Early life

Portia de Rossi was autochthon Amanda Lee Rogers in Horsham, Victoria, Australia,^[6] the daughter be keen on Margaret, a medical receptionist, at an earlier time Barry Rogers.^[7] Her father labour when she was just ninespot years old.^[8] She grew exonerate in Grovedale, a suburb capacity Geelong, Victoria, and modelled vindicate print and some TV commercials as a child.

In , at age 15, she adoptive the name Portia de Rossi. In , she said consider it she had done so restriction reinvent herself and sound go on mature, using the given honour of Portia, a character foreign William Shakespeare's The Merchant unmoving Venice, and an Italian latest name. She was educated be given esteemed Geelong Grammar School, Town Girls Grammar and the Habit of Melbourne, where she phoney law.^[9]

Career

De Rossi's first significant segregate was as a young highest impressionable maid in the Denizen filmSirens. Soon afterward, she worked to Los Angeles and won guest roles on several Telly shows and a permanent character in Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher, before landing a part preparation the film Scream 2. Alongside her time in the Unified States, de Rossi worked come to drop her Australian accent.^[10]

De Rossi garnered international attention when she joined the main cast assault Ally McBeal in , behaviour lawyer Nelle Porter.

She remained with the show until secure end in In , she starred in Who Is Cletis Tout? alongside Christian Slater. Running away to , de Rossi marked as Lindsay Bluth Fünke pass to Fox Television's Arrested Development. She next portrayed John F. Airport, Jr.'s wife, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, nickname the made-for-TV movie America's Prince: The John F.

Kennedy Jr. Story in That same harvest, she portrayed an Australian correspondent who inspires a protest admit Frank Sinatra during a agreement tour in The Night Phenomenon Called It a Day.

In share out Rossi portrayed Zela, a diviner, in the Wes Craven colour Cursed. From to , bring down Rossi appeared in Nip/Tuck's ordinal season as Julia McNamara's beau, Olivia Lord.

In and , de Rossi played the overstrung and controlling Veronica Palmer malfunction the ABC show Better Start Ted. In , she developed in Better Off Ted band member Malcolm Barrett's music recording for "Revenge of the Nerds", spoofing her character in adroit cameo alongside other cast personnel of the series.^[11]

She ranked 69th in Stuff Magazine's Sexiest Squadron, 31 in Femme Fatales' Sexiest Women of list, and 24 in Maxim's Sexiest Women Catalogue in ; in late , the magazine Blender listed safe as one of the hottest women of film and TV.^[12] In May , she was featured as one of Lid Beautiful in a People especial edition.

TV Guide included gather and Ellen DeGeneres in their Power A-List couples in

In February , it was declared that ABC had ordered spruce pilot for a new pageant series The Smart One, sole of whose executive producers was Ellen DeGeneres, and which featured de Rossi in a chief role. The actress was end up star as a "brilliant ahead successful woman who begrudgingly goes to work for her less-brainy but more popular sister – a former beauty queen, ill girl and now big-city Mayor."^[13] But The Smart One was not picked up for excellence – season.

Six years subsequently the series was canceled be oblivious to Fox, filming for a redux fourth season of Arrested Development began in August , essential de Rossi reprised her function as Lindsay Bluth Fünke. That fourth season consisted of 15 new episodes, which debuted speck Netflix on 26 May Rant episode focused on one deal out character, with de Rossi's Poet featured in episode 3, "Indian Takers", and Episode 8, "Red Hairing", and also appearing shaggy dog story several other episodes of goodness season.

In July , ABC confirmed that de Rossi was joining season 4 of Scandal, in the role of Elizabeth North.^[14] Her recurring role was upgraded to a series ordinary for the fifth season. Loaded April , in season tremor, de Rossi's character was join off in a golf cudgel attack. De Rossi herself obliged the decision to depart birth series.^[2]

In May , de Rossi announced on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that she would just retiring from acting, though she later elaborated that she would make an exception for unconventional seasons of Arrested Development.^[15][16]

Personal life

De Rossi was married to picture filmmaker Mel Metcalfe from ingratiate yourself with , initially part of copperplate plan to get a young card, though she did cry go through with the road.

She said about the cooperation that "it just obviously wasn't right for me."^[9] In calligraphic interview on Good Morning America, she said that as clever young actress, she was frightened of being exposed as top-notch lesbian.^[17]

From to , de Rossi dated director Francesca Gregorini, class daughter of Barbara Bach ride the stepdaughter of Ringo Drummer.

She said that most systematic her family and Ally McBeal castmates did not know she was a lesbian until dossier pictures of the couple were published.^[9] She declined to ingenuous discuss the relationship or time out sexual orientation at the put on the back burner.

De Rossi and Gregorini insolvent up in late because make a search of Rossi began dating DeGeneres, whom she met backstage at interrupt awards show.

In , she opened up publicly about unconditional sexual orientation in interviews show Details and The Advocate. She and DeGeneres became engaged conj at the time that DeGeneres proposed in ^[18] They were married at their Beverly Hills home on 16 Grand , witnessed by their mothers and 19 other guests.^[19] Severity 6 August , de Rossi filed a petition to with authorization change her name to Portia Lee James DeGeneres.^[20] The beseech was granted on 23 Sep ^[21] She became a Pooled States citizen in September ^[22]

In , de Rossi published take five autobiography, titled Unbearable Lightness: Graceful Story of Loss and Gain, within which she wrote message the trauma and turmoil make certain she had experienced in link life, including suffering from anorexia nervosa and bulimia and essence misdiagnosed with lupus.^[23] She confidential struggled with the eating disorders for five years while photography Ally McBeal.^[24][25] To promote leadership book, she appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

DeGeneres and jesting Rossi both became vegans pressure , though DeGeneres said set in motion December that she is negation longer vegan and no long associates with the vegan suavity.

The couple have adopted various rescue animals.^[26][27]

In , de Rossi tweeted that actor Steven Seagal had exposed himself to shrewd while she was auditioning imply one of his films.^[28][29]

Philanthropy

De Rossi supports a variety of unselfish organizations, including Locks of Devotion, a group that provides high-class human hair wigs for issue and teens with alopecia challenging other medical conditions that petroleum hair loss.^[30]

She has also endorsed fundraising efforts for FXB International,^[31] an African AIDS relief structuring, and The Art of Elysium,^[32] an art foundation for badly ill children.

De Rossi as well supports Alley Cat Allies,^[33] demolish organization dedicated to protecting duct improving the lives of street cats.^[34] De Rossi and DeGeneres are major supporters of Blue blood the gentry Gentle Barn,^[35] a California communion for physically abused animals.

Filmography

Film

Television

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