Portia de Rossi

Biography

Born 01/31/1973

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...
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Awards

  • In 1999, received Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

Highlights

  • In 2007, Joined the fifth season of FX's "Nip/Tuck" as Julia McNamara's new girlfriend Olivia Lord
  • In 2005, Starred in the Wes Craven thriller "Crused"
  • In 2003, Portrayed Carolyn Bessette Kennedy in the made for TV movie "America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story" (TBS)

Family & Companions

  • Ellen DeGeneres: wife (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; married Aug. 16, 2008 at their Beverly Hills estate)
  • Francesca Gregorini: born c. 1968; daughter of actress Barbara Bach; together from c. 2000
  • Mel Metcalf: no longer together

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