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A beautiful, exotic-looking blonde with pronounced eyebrows, Portia de Rossi first caught viewers' attention playing a virginal teenager who poses as a nude art model in "Sirens" (1994). After relocating to the USA from her native Melbourne, Australia, the actress quickly found work as the love interest of star Eric Schaeffer in the short-lived Fox sitcom "Too Something" (1995) and later spent one season (1996-97) as a co-worker of "Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher" on that The WB comedy....
Full Bio , Awards & Milestones

Filmography

I Witness - ( Emily / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
Love Smarts - ( / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
Cursed - ( Zela / 2005 / Released / )
The Night We Called It A Day - ( Hilary Hunter / 2005 / Released / )
Dead and Breakfast - ( Kelly / 2004 / Released / )
Who Is Cletis Tout? - ( Tess / 2002 / Released / )
Women in Film - ( Gina Tolk / 2001 / Released / NonStop Sales )
American Intellectuals - ( / 1999 / Released / )
Stigmata - ( Jennifer Kelliho / 1999 / Released / )
The Invisibles - ( Joy / 1999 / Released / )
Girl - ( Carla / 1998 / Released / Taurus Entertainment Company )
Scream 2 - ( Sorority Sister Murphy / 1997 / Released / )
The Woman In the Moon - ( Shauna / 1995 / Released / )
Sirens - ( Giddy / 1994 / Released / )
TV Credits
Moving Image Salutes Ron Howard ( 2006 / Released ): Actor
The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards ( 2005 / Released ): Actor
Wendy Williams is on Fire on the Red Carpet ( 2005 / Released ): Actor
The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards ( 2004 / Released ): Actor
America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story ( 2003 / Released ): Actor
Arrested Development ( 2003 / Released ): Actor
Fakin' It ( 2006 )
TV Episode Lindsay Bluth Funke

Exit Strategy ( 2006 )
TV Episode Lindsay Bluth Funke

Development Arrested ( 2006 )
TV Episode Lindsay Bluth Funke

Family Ties ( 2006 )
TV Episode Lindsay Bluth Funke

Making a Stand ( 2005 )
TV Episode Lindsay Bluth Funke

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Mister Sterling ( 2003 / Released ): Actor
Final Passage ( 2003 )
TV Episode Lauren Barnes

Wish List ( 2003 )
TV Episode Lauren Barnes

Nip/Tuck ( 2003 / Released ): Actor
Candy Richards ( 2008 )
TV Episode Olivia Lord

August Walden ( 2008 )
TV Episode Olivia Lord

Duke Collins ( 2007 )
TV Episode Olivia Lord

Dr. Joshua Lee ( 2007 )
TV Episode Olivia Lord

Damien Sands ( 2007 )
TV Episode Olivia Lord

(4 more)
The Glow ( 2002 / Released ): Actor
The Twilight Zone ( 2002 / Released ): Actor
All About Ally ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
Ally ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
E! Rack-n-Roll: Behind the Scenes ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
Perfect Assassins ( 1998 / Released ): Actor
Ally McBeal ( 1997 / Released ): Actor
Bygones ( 2002 )
TV Episode Nelle Porter

All of Me ( 2002 )
TV Episode Nelle Porter

What I'll Never Do For Love ( 2002 )
TV Episode Nelle Porter

Another One Bites the Dust ( 2002 )
TV Episode Nelle Porter

Tom Dooley ( 2002 )
TV Episode Nelle Porter

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New York Daze ( 1995 / Released ): Actor
Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher ( Released ): Actor
Veronica's Closet ( Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)

A beautiful, exotic-looking blonde with pronounced eyebrows, Portia de Rossi first caught viewers' attention playing a virginal teenager who poses as a nude art model in "Sirens" (1994). After relocating to the USA from her native Melbourne, Australia, the actress quickly found work as the love interest of star Eric Schaeffer in the short-lived Fox sitcom "Too Something" (1995) and later spent one season (1996-97) as a co-worker of "Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher" on that The WB comedy. After a turn as a drug addict in the independent "The Woman in the Moon" (1995), de Rossi landed the high profile (but decidedly tiny) role as a sorority sister in "Scream 2" (1997). She further added to her growing reputation by joining the cast of the hit Fox comedy "Ally McBeal" in the fall of 1998. As Nell Porter, de Rossi added a mix of cool allure and sultry heat to the fantasy comedy. During and after the series the actress toiled in a variety of feature films of varying quality and distinction before landing her defining role on the quirky Fox sitcom "Arrested Development" (2003 - ) playing the pampered Lindsay Bluth Fünke. de Rossi proved she was game for just about anything, perfectly conveying her character's poor parenting skills, odd marriage and routinely disastrous attempts to seduce another man into her open relationship. During the critically hailed but ratings-challenged series' run de Rossi's private life also became more public when she entered into a romantic relationship with comedienne Ellen Degeneres.

Profession(s):
Actor
Sometimes Credited As:
Amanda Lee Rogers
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Family
father:Barry Rogers
husband:Mel Metcalf (Married for two years)
mother:Margaret Rogers
Companion(s)
Ellen DeGeneres , Companion , ```..Born in 1958; began dating in December 2004; announced the couple will legally wed, after the California Supreme Court overturned the ban on gay marriage on May 15, 2008
Francesca Gregorini , Companion , ```..Born c. 1968; daughter of actress Barbara Bach and stepdaughter of Ringo Starr; together from 2000-2004


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Education
University of Melbourne Melbourne, Australia law
Awards (Back to top)
Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series "Ally McBeal" 1999

Milestones (Back to top)
2007 - 2008 Joined the fifth season of FX's "Nip/Tuck" as Julia McNamara's new girlfriend Olivia Lord
2005 Starred in the Wes Craven thriller "Crused"
2003 - 2006 Co-starred in the FOX comedy series "Arrested Development" as Lindsay Bluth Fünke
2003 Portrayed Carolyn Bessette Kennedy in the made for TV movie "America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story" (TBS)
2001 Starred in "Who is Cletis Tout" with Tim Allen and Christian Slater
1998 Joined cast of the hit FOX comedy "Ally McBeal" as lawyer Nelle Porter
1997 Had featured role in "Scream 2"
1996 - 1997 Was series regular on The WB sitcom "Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher"
1995 Moved to Los Angeles
1995 Portrayed a drug addict in "The Woman in the Moon"
1995 Had regular role of Maria Hunter on the short-lived Fox sitcom "Too Something"
1994 First significant role, playing a young model in the Australian film, "Sirens"
1987 Adopted stage name of Portia de Rossi
1984 Began career as model; also appeared in TV commercials in Australia

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