Portia De Rossi was
born Amanda Lee Rogers in
Melbourne,
Victoria, to the daughter of
Margaret, a medical receptionist, and
Barry Rogers.
She was raised in Grovedale, a suburb of
Geelong. As a child,
she modeled for
print and TV commercials. She took the
name Portia De Rossi at a
young age:
When I was 15, I changed it legally. In retrospect, I think it was largely due to my struggle about being gay. Everything just didn’t fit, and I was trying to find things I could identify myself with, and it started with my name. I picked Portia because I was a Shakespeare fan (Portia is the character in The Merchant of Venice). De Rossi because I was Australian and I thought that an exotic Italian name would somehow suit me more than Amanda Rogers. When you live in Australia, Europe is so far away and so fascinating, so stylish and cultured and sophisticated.
A talented
student,
She studied at
Geelong Grammar School, then
the University of Melbourne Law School, but left before finishing the course to pursue an acting career.
she supports Locks of
Love, a group that buys wigs for children with medical hair loss.
Her first significant role was playing a
young and impressionable model in the Australian 1994 film
Sirens. Soon afterwards
She moved to
Los Angeles and had guest roles on TV shows before
landing a role in the film
Scream 2.
She attracted
international attention when
she joined the main
cast of the
Ally McBeal TV series in 1998 playing lawyer Nelle
Porter.
She remained with
the show until its end in 2002. In 2001,
She starred in
Who is Cletis Tout? with
Christian Slater. From 2003 -2006, de Rossi starred as
Lindsay Bluth Fünke on
Fox Television's critically acclaimed, Emmy-winning series
Arrested Development. In
Nip/Tuck's 5th season, which is to start in October 2007, de Rossi will
join the L.A. scene as Julia McNamara's new girlfriend.
She also portrayed
John F.
Kennedy,
Jr.'s wife, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, in a
made for TV movie. (
TBS)
Portia De Rossi, who was married for two years to documentary filmmaker
Mel Metcalfe, is now openly
gay. From 2000 – 2004, de Rossi dated singer
Francesca Gregorini, daughter of actress
Barbara Bach and stepchild of
Ringo Starr. De Rossi dodged
media questions about her sexual orientation and the relationship during this period.
Portia was rarely pictured with Gregorini in public.
She is currently living with talk
show host and comedian
Ellen DeGeneres. In a September 2005
magazine interview with
The Advocate, de Rossi said that most of her family and
Ally McBeal cast mates
learned She was
gay because of tabloid pictures of de Rossi and Gregorini in 2001. The couple broke up in late 2004 as de Rossi began dating comedian
Ellen DeGeneres. In 2005, de Rossi officially came out and opened up about being gay in interviews with
Details and
The Advocate. De Rossi was named number 64 in
Stuff's 100 Sexiest
Women, 31 in
Femme Fatales' Sexiest
Women of 2003
list, 24 in
Maxim's 100 Sexiest
Women list in 2004, and in late 2006,
the magazine Blender listed her as
one of the hottest
Women of film and TV. In
May 2007,
She was featured as one of 100 Most
Beautiful in
People Magazine special edition, which suggests De Rossi as the most
beautiful lesbian living in
the world. To top the
list,
TV Guide includes De Rossi and partner,
Ellen DeGeneres in their
Power A-
List couples in 2007. De Rossi is also a recovering anorexic whose low weight was 82lbs for her five foot
seven height. Photos from her in this
time are often seen on pro-ana websites.
Portia De Rossi was born Amanda Lee Rogers in Melbourne, Victoria, to the daughter of Margaret, a medical receptionist, and Barry Rogers. She was raised in Grovedale, a suburb of Geelong. As a child, she modeled for print and TV commercials. She took the name Portia De Rossi at a young age:
When I was 15, I changed it legally. In retrospect, I think it was largely due to my struggle about being gay. Everything just didn’t fit, and I was trying to find things I could identify myself with, and it started with my name. I picked Portia because I was a Shakespeare fan (Portia is the character in The Merchant of Venice). De Rossi because I was Australian and I thought that an exotic Italian name would somehow suit me more than Amanda Rogers. When you live in Australia, Europe is so far away and so fascinating, so stylish and cultured and sophisticated.
A talented student, She studied at Geelong Grammar School, then the University of Melbourne Law School, but left before finishing the course to pursue an acting career. she supports Locks of Love, a group that buys wigs for children with medical hair loss.
Her first significant role was playing a young and impressionable model in the Australian 1994 film Sirens. Soon afterwards She moved to Los Angeles and had guest roles on TV shows before landing a role in the film Scream 2. She attracted international attention when she joined the main cast of the Ally McBeal TV series in 1998 playing lawyer Nelle Porter. She remained with the show until its end in 2002.
In 2001, She starred in Who is Cletis Tout? with Christian Slater. From 2003 -2006, de Rossi starred as Lindsay Bluth Fünke on Fox Television's critically acclaimed, Emmy-winning series Arrested Development.
In Nip/Tuck's 5th season, which is to start in October 2007, de Rossi will join the L.A. scene as Julia McNamara's new girlfriend. She also portrayed John F. Kennedy, Jr.'s wife, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, in a made for TV movie. (TBS)
Portia De Rossi, who was married for two years to documentary filmmaker Mel Metcalfe, is now openly gay. From 2000 – 2004, de Rossi dated singer Francesca Gregorini, daughter of actress Barbara Bach and stepchild of Ringo Starr. De Rossi dodged media questions about her sexual orientation and the relationship during this period. Portia was rarely pictured with Gregorini in public.
She is currently living with talk show host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres.
In a September 2005 magazine interview with The Advocate, de Rossi said that most of her family and Ally McBeal cast mates learned She was gay because of tabloid pictures of de Rossi and Gregorini in 2001. The couple broke up in late 2004 as de Rossi began dating comedian Ellen DeGeneres. In 2005, de Rossi officially came out and opened up about being gay in interviews with Details and The Advocate.
De Rossi was named number 64 in Stuff's 100 Sexiest Women, 31 in Femme Fatales' Sexiest Women of 2003 list, 24 in Maxim's 100 Sexiest Women list in 2004, and in late 2006, the magazine Blender listed her as one of the hottest Women of film and TV. In May 2007, She was featured as one of 100 Most Beautiful in People Magazine special edition, which suggests De Rossi as the most beautiful lesbian living in the world. To top the list, TV Guide includes De Rossi and partner, Ellen DeGeneres in their Power A-List couples in 2007.
De Rossi is also a recovering anorexic whose low weight was 82lbs for her five foot seven height. Photos from her in this time are often seen on pro-ana websites.
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