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Portia Lee James DeGeneres, known professionally as Portia de Rossi, was born Amanda Lee Rogers in Horsham, Victoria, Australia, on January 31, 1973. Her mother, Margaret, worked as a medical receptionist. Her father, Barry Rogers, unfortunately passed away when she was just nine years old. De Rossi was raised in Grovedale, Victoria, and as a child...

De Rossi landed her first significant on-screen acting role in 1994, playing a young model in the Australian film "Sirens" (1994). Not long afterward, she moved to Los Angeles, California, where she began landing guest roles on various television shows. A permanent role in the sitcom "Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher" helped her gain a wider audience, ...

De Rossi has been ranked on lists including Stuff's "100 Sexiest Women", Femme Fatales' "Sexiest Women", Maxim's "100 Sexiest Women", and People Magazine's "100 Most Beautiful". She has also won a Screen Actors Guild Award in 1999 as part of the ensemble cast of "Ally McBeal", nominated multiple times for Screen Actors Guild Awards for her work on ...

De Rossi was previously married to filmmaker Mel Metcalfe from 1996 to 1999. She has explained that part of the reason for remaining in the relationship despite knowing it was not working for her was her fear of being exposed as a lesbian, especially as a young actress. She did not publicly comment on her sexual orientation at the time, but dated I...