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Nov 3, 2021 · The actress chose the last name "de Rossi" because it just sounded exotic to her then-15-year-old self. According to Biography, de Rossi later said she might have also changed her name at such a young age as she was struggling with her own sexual identity. De Rossi is famously married to talk show host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres, with the ...
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Portia de Rossi. Actress: Arrested Development. Portia de Rossi was born and raised in Geelong, Australia. Originally born Amanda Rogers, at 15 she changed her name to Portia, saying that it was the most daring thing she had ever done up until that point. After graduating from high school, she attended the University of Melbourne, and studied law. Although she studied diligently, in 1993 ...
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Portia Lee James DeGeneres (born Amanda Lee Rogers; 31 January 1973), known professionally as Portia de Rossi, is an Australian-American retired actress.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 ...
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Apr 2, 2014 · Australian actress Portia de Rossi was born in 1973, and starred in her first film, Sirens (1994), at age 21. She later moved to California to try and forge an acting career and landed her big ...
Actress: Arrested Development. Portia de Rossi was born and raised in Geelong, Australia. Originally born Amanda Rogers, at 15 she changed her name to Portia, saying that it was the most daring thing she had ever done up until that point. After graduating from high school, she attended the University of Melbourne, and studied law.
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Aug 9, 2010 · By John Young. Published on August 9, 2010. Ellen DeGeneres’ wife, actress Portia de Rossi, filed a request with the Los Angeles County Superior Court last Friday to legally change her name to ...
Jul 26, 2021 · Portia de Rossi legally changed her name when she was 15, she told The Advocate. "In retrospect, I think it was largely due to my struggle about being gay," she detailed.
