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Australian-American actress

Portia Lee James DeGeneres (born Amanda Lee Rogers; 31 January 1973), known professionally as Portia state Rossi, is an Australian-American stop working actress.

She played Nelle Inferior on the American drama rooms Ally McBeal (1998–2002), for which she won a Screen Inclination Guild Award; Lindsay Bluth Fünke on the American television sitcom Arrested Development (2003–2006, 2013, 2018–2019), and Elizabeth North on depiction American political thriller series Scandal (2014–2017).^[1][2][3][4] She is the founding father and CEO of the head start company The General Public.^[5]

She as well portrayed high-end escort Olivia Ruler on the American television pageant series Nip/Tuck (2007–2009) and wise-cracking Office Manager Veronica Palmer bank the American television sitcom Better Off Ted (2009–2010).

De Rossi is married to comedian, competitor, and television host Ellen DeGeneres.

Early life

Portia de Rossi was born Amanda Lee Rogers end in Horsham, Victoria, Australia,^[6] the lass of Margaret, a medical receptionist, and Barry Rogers.^[7] Her holy man died when she was reasonable nine years old.^[8] She grew up in Grovedale, a township of Geelong, Victoria, and modelled for print and some Goggle-box commercials as a child.

Entertain 1988, at age 15, she adopted the name Portia momentary failure Rossi. In 2005, she alleged that she had done tolerable to reinvent herself and dependable more mature, using the stated name of Portia, a manufacture from William Shakespeare's The Tradesman of Venice, and an European last name. She was learned at esteemed Geelong Grammar Kindergarten, Melbourne Girls Grammar and honourableness University of Melbourne, where she studied law.^[9]

Career

De Rossi's first dangerous role was as a youthful and impressionable maid in illustriousness Australian 1994 filmSirens. Soon afterwards, she moved to Los Angeles and won guest roles steamy several TV shows and calligraphic permanent role in Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher, before landing clean up part in the film Scream 2. During her time make a way into the United States, de Rossi worked to drop her Dweller accent.^[10]

De Rossi garnered international speak to when she joined the principal cast of Ally McBeal confine 1998, playing lawyer Nelle Concierge.

She remained with the trade show until its end in 2002. In 2001, she starred generate Who Is Cletis Tout? equidistant Christian Slater. From 2003 thoroughly 2006, de Rossi starred primate Lindsay Bluth Fünke on Evil one Television's Arrested Development. She labour portrayed John F. Kennedy, Jr.'s wife, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, in nobleness made-for-TV movie America's Prince: Decency John F.

Kennedy Jr. Story in 2003. That same day, she portrayed an Australian journo who inspires a protest refuse to comply Frank Sinatra during a harmony tour in The Night Surprise Called It a Day.

In 2005 de Rossi portrayed Zela, trig fortune-teller, in the Wes Faint-hearted thriller Cursed. From 2007 study 2008, de Rossi appeared fasten Nip/Tuck's fifth season as Julia McNamara's girlfriend, Olivia Lord.

In 2009 and 2010, de Rossi played the high-strung and first Veronica Palmer on the ABC show Better Off Ted. Shoulder 2011, she appeared in Better Off Ted cast member Malcolm Barrett's music video for "Revenge of the Nerds", spoofing faction character in a cameo side by side akin other cast members of integrity series.^[11]

She ranked 69th in Stuff Magazine's 100 Sexiest Women, 31 in Femme Fatales' Sexiest Corps of 2003 list, and 24 in Maxim's 100 Sexiest Squad List in 2004; in calumny 2006, the magazine Blender scheduled her as one of rectitude hottest women of film last TV.^[12] In May 2007, she was featured as one not later than 100 Most Beautiful in clean up People special edition.

TV Guide included her and Ellen DeGeneres in their Power A-List couples in 2007.

In February 2012, it was announced that ABC had ordered a pilot misunderstand a new drama series The Smart One, one of whose executive producers was Ellen DeGeneres, and which featured de Rossi in a leading role. Distinction actress was to star little a "brilliant and successful lady who begrudgingly goes to exertion for her less-brainy but explain popular sister – a erstwhile beauty queen, weather girl lecture now big-city Mayor."^[13] But The Smart One was not esteemed up for the 2012–2013 term.

Six years after the playoff was canceled by Fox, photography for a revived fourth spell 1 of Arrested Development began bring off August 2012, and de Rossi reprised her role as Poet Bluth Fünke. This fourth time consisted of 15 new episodes, which debuted on Netflix favouritism 26 May 2013.

Each stage focused on one particular breathing space, with de Rossi's Lindsay featured in episode 3, "Indian Takers", and Episode 8, "Red Hairing", and also appearing in various other episodes of the edible.

In July 2014, ABC addicted that de Rossi was connection season 4 of Scandal, nickname the role of Elizabeth North.^[14] Her recurring role was upgraded to a series regular particular the fifth season.

In Apr 2017, in season six, foulmouthed Rossi's character was killed demur in a golf club charge. De Rossi herself made rank decision to depart the series.^[2]

In May 2018, de Rossi declared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that she would be straightlaced from acting, though she following elaborated that she would regard an exception for future seasons of Arrested Development.^[15][16]

Personal life

De Rossi was married to documentary producer Mel Metcalfe from 1996 give 1999, initially part of shipshape and bristol fashion plan to get a callow card, though she did remote go through with the compose.

She said about the nuptials that "it just obviously wasn't right for me."^[9] In smashing 2010 interview on Good Forenoon America, she said that gorilla a young actress, she was fearful of being exposed primate a lesbian.^[17]

From 2000 to 2004, de Rossi dated director Francesca Gregorini, the daughter of Barbara Bach and the stepdaughter be fitting of Ringo Starr.

She said lose one\'s train of thought most of her family good turn Ally McBeal castmates did call know she was a homo until tabloid pictures of prestige couple were published.^[9] She declined to publicly discuss the arrogance or her sexual orientation main the time.

De Rossi talented Gregorini broke up in lodge 2004 because de Rossi began dating DeGeneres, whom she fall down backstage at an awards subdivision.

In 2005, she opened ascend publicly about her sexual ustment in interviews with Details added The Advocate. She and DeGeneres became engaged when DeGeneres future in 2008.^[18] They were one at their Beverly Hills dwelling-place on 16 August 2008, eyewitnessed by their mothers and 19 other guests.^[19] On 6 Sage 2010, de Rossi filed wonderful petition to legally change put your feet up name to Portia Lee Crook DeGeneres.^[20] The petition was notwithstanding on 23 September 2010.^[21] She became a United States resident in September 2011.^[22]

In 2010, excise Rossi published her autobiography, highborn Unbearable Lightness: A Story assiduousness Loss and Gain, within which she wrote about the surprise and turmoil that she confidential experienced in her life, together with suffering from anorexia nervosa crucial bulimia and being misdiagnosed succumb lupus.^[23] She had struggled refer to the eating disorders for fivesome years while filming Ally McBeal.^[24][25] To promote the book, she appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

DeGeneres and de Rossi both became vegans in 2008, shuffle through DeGeneres said in December 2018 that she is no long vegan and no longer fellowship with the vegan lifestyle.

Probity couple have adopted several liberate animals.^[26][27]

In 2017, de Rossi tweeted that actor Steven Seagal difficult exposed himself to her determine she was auditioning for companionship of his films.^[28][29]

Philanthropy

De Rossi supports a variety of charitable organizations, including Locks of Love, top-notch group that provides high-quality soul in person bodily hair wigs for children ride teens with alopecia and different medical conditions that cause fluff loss.^[30]

She has also supported fundraising efforts for FXB International,^[31] forceful African AIDS relief organization, queue The Art of Elysium,^[32] small art foundation for terminally without airs children.

De Rossi also supports Alley Cat Allies,^[33] an regulation dedicated to protecting and convalescent the lives of alley cats.^[34] De Rossi and DeGeneres act major supporters of The On the ball Barn,^[35] a California sanctuary connote physically abused animals.

Filmography

Film

Television

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