In 1988, at age 15, she adopted the name Portia de Rossi. She grew up in Grovedale, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria, and modelled for print and TV commercials as a child. Her father died when she was nine years old. Portia de Rossi was born Amanda Lee Rogers in Horsham, Victoria, Australia, the daughter of Margaret, a medical receptionist, and Barry Rogers. De Rossi is married to comedian, actress, and television host Ellen DeGeneres. She also portrayed Olivia Lord on the American television drama series Nip/Tuck (2007–2009) and Veronica Palmer on the American television sitcom Better Off Ted (2009–2010). She is the founder and CEO of the art company General Public. She played Nelle Porter on the American drama series Ally McBeal (1998–2002), for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award, Lindsay Bluth Fünke on the American television sitcom Arrested Development (2003–2006, 2013, 2018–2019), and Elizabeth North on the American political thriller series Scandal (2014–2017). Portia Lee James DeGeneres (born Amanda Lee Rogers 31 January 1973), known professionally as Portia de Rossi, is an Australian-American former actress.
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