Portia de Rossi ( Melbourne , 31 January of 1973 ) is an Australian film and television actress.
Summary
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- 1 Biographical synthesis
- 2 Professional Life
- 3 Filmography
- 4 Source
Biographical synthesis
Portia de Rossi was born in 1973 , under the name of Amanda Lee Rogers, in Melbourne (Australia). She is the daughter of Margaret, a receptionist, and Barry Rogers. She was raised in Grovendale, a suburb of Geelong.
As a child, she did work as an advertising model, both for graphics and television commercials.
She took the name of Portia de Rossi from a very young age, when she was 15 years old, as a sign of her search for identity. She chose Portia for being a fan of Shakespeare, and De Rossi for her fascination with European culture.
She was a talented student and attended Geelong Grammar Scholl. In high school, she studied at the Melbourne Girls Grammar School and then at the University of Melbourne, where she began a law degree, but dropped out prematurely to pursue an acting career.
Her first major role was playing a young and impressionable model, in the film “Sirens” (1994), starring Hugh Grant and Sam Neill.
Between 1995 and 1996, she had the character of Maria Hunter in the series “Top Something.” Shortly after she moved to Los Angeles, where she worked on the television show “Nick Freno, Licensed Teacher” (1996-1997), in the role of Elana Lewis.
A short time later, he landed a role in “Scream 2” (1997), which starred David Arquette , Courteney Cox and Neve Campbell .
In 1998 , he had a participation in the movie “Girl”, whose stars were Dominique Swain , Selma Blair and Tara Reid .
Other films from the end of the decade, and which did not bring him much attention, were “The Invisibles” (1999), which was one of his first leading roles in cinema, “American Intellectuals” (1999) and “Stigmata”, which starred Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne and Jonathan Pryce.
During 1999, she also joined the series “Ally”, but it was with another series, “Ally McBeal” ( 1998 – 2002 ), that managed to attract attention to her, with the role of Nelle Porter.
In 2001 , he got a role in the film “Who is Cletis T”, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Tim Allen and Christian Slater.
In 2003, she teamed up with Teri Hatcher to make “Two Girls for Lemoore.” That same year she played Emily Thompson, in “I Witness” alongside Jeff Daniels and James Spader and Hilary Hunter, in “The Night we called it a Day,” starring Dennis Hopper and Melanie Griffith.
Between 2003 and 2006, she had the role of Lindsay Bluth Fünke, in the series “Arrested Development” for the Fox network and, between 2006 and 2007 , she participated in the medical drama “Nip / Tuck”. Since 2009 she has played Verónica Palmer on the ABC series “Better of Ted”. For 2012 her participation is announced, again in the role of Lindsay Bluth Fünke, in the film adaptation of the famous series “Arrested Development”.
Professional life
In her personal life, Portia was married for two years to documentary producer Mel Metcalfe before coming out as gay.
From 2000 to 2004 , he was in a relationship with singer Francesca Gregorini, daughter of actress Barbara Bach and stepdaughter of Ringo Starr . The couple separated in 2004 after Portia began dating Ellen DeGeneres.
However, it was only in 2005 that he publicly confessed his sexuality, in an interview with “Details” and “The Advocate.”
He is currently living with Ellen DeGeneres in Beverly Hills. Both got engaged during 2008 .
Portia has been placed within several rankings for her beauty. These include those from Stuff`s, Maxim, Femme Fatales, Blender and People magazines.
Filmography
- Better off Ted ( 2009 ) – Veronica Palmer
- The Curse (Cursed) (2005) – Zela
- Nip / Tuck ( 2003 ) – Olivia Lord (10 episodes, 2007-2009)
- Arrested Development (2003) – Lindsay Bluth Fünke
- Stigmata ( 2000 ) – Jennifer Kelliho
- Scream 2 ( 1998 ) – Sorority Sister Murphy
- Ally McBeal ( 1997 ) – Nell Porter
- Sirens: Sirens ( 1995 ) – Giddy
