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Portia Lee James DeGeneres, known professionally as Portia de Rossi, is an Australian-American former actress. She played Nelle Porter on the American drama series Ally McBeal (1998–2002), for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award; Lindsay Bluth Fünke on the American television sitcom Arrested Development, and Elizabeth North on the American political thriller series Scandal (2014–2017).
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Born 31 January 1973 · Q215366
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s behaviour were dismissed at the time by her agent. She did not specify which movie the audition was for, or in which year the incident allegedly happened. The Australian-American actress has been married to television host Ellen DeGeneres for nine years. Ms DeGeneres shared Ms de Rossi
Awarded Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for Arrested Development (2005).
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“s behaviour were dismissed at the time by her agent. She did not specify which movie the audition was for, or in which year the incident allegedly happened. The Australian-American actress has been married to television host Ellen DeGeneres for nine years. Ms DeGeneres shared Ms de Rossi”
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de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres announced they are selling their country home in August 2025, to move to a larger estate nearby.
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SheKnows: Ellen DeGeneres & Portia De Rossi’s Rare Post Shuts Down Major Misconceptions About Their Relationship
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In November 2024, de Rossi and DeGeneres relocated from their home in Montecito, California, to the Cotswolds region of England.
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De Rossi tweeted that actor Steven Seagal had exposed himself to her while she was auditioning for one of his films
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Appeared in Better Off Ted cast member Malcolm Barrett's music video for "Revenge of the Nerds", spoofing her character in a cameo alongside other cast members of the series
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On 6 August 2010, de Rossi filed a petition to legally change her name to Portia Lee James DeGeneres.
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De Rossi published her autobiography, titled Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain, within which she wrote about the trauma and turmoil that she had experienced in her life, including suffering from anorexia ner
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And 2010, de Rossi played the high-strung and controlling Veronica Palmer on the ABC show Better Off Ted
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Though DeGeneres said in December 2018 that she is no longer vegan and no longer associates with the vegan lifestyle
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She and DeGeneres became engaged when DeGeneres proposed in 2008.
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DeGeneres and de Rossi both became vegans in 2008, though DeGeneres said in December 2018 that she is no longer vegan and no longer associates with the vegan lifestyle.
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Awarded Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for Arrested Development (2005).
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Said that she had done so to reinvent herself and sound more mature, using the given name of Portia, a character from William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, and an Italian last name
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Opened up publicly about her sexual orientation in interviews with Details and The Advocate
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De Rossi portrayed Zela, a fortune-teller, in the Wes Craven thriller Cursed
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Awarded TV Land Award (2004).
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de Rossi and Gregorini broke up in late 2004 because de Rossi began dating DeGeneres, whom she met backstage at an awards show.
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for Ally McBeal (1999).
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At age 15, she adopted the name Portia de Rossi
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Born 1973-01-31.
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