Born on 31st Jan 1973, in Horsham, Victoria Australia as a daughter of Margret & Berry Rogers, with the name of Ananda Lee Rogers, changed into Portia Lee James DeGeneres & getting fame with the name- Portia De Rossi. The dynamism in the name is the representation of her life itself.
Rossi changed her name after getting engaged to Francesca Gregorini
Portia is an Australian-American businesswoman, philantrophist & a former actor, best known for her roles in tv shows like- Arrested Development, Ally McBeal , & Scandal .
EARLY LIFE.
Portia grew up in Grovedale, her father died during her childhood. She used to do modelling for print & tv commercials as a child, before she got her first break-through in 1994 film Sirens .
CAREER- start, mid & end.
Initially she worked on Television shows like- Licensed Teacher,, & films like Scream 2. During this course, she moved to Los Angeles,California.
Her internation ice-breaker was a role in Ally McBeal , in 1998. Out of her vast carrer some of her significant works are- Fox Television‘s Arrested Development TV movie America’s Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story, The Night We Called It a Day., Cursed. ABC show Better Off Ted..
On May of 2018 Rossi announced her retirment from acting with an slot of coming back for next seasons of Arrested Development.
Fimography
FILM | YEAR |
Sirens | 1993 |
Scream 2 | 1997 |
Cursed | 2004 |
Stigmata | 1999 |
Mockingbird Lane | 2012 |
The Glow | 2002 |
Arrested Development | 2003 |
Who is cletis Tout? | 2001 |
Ally McBeal | 1997 |
Now Add Honey | 2015 |
I Witness | 2003 |
Women In Film | 2001 |
The Night We Called It A Day | 2003 |
America’s Prince | 2003 |
The Invinsibles | 1999 |
Girl | 1998 |
Tab Hunter Confidential | 2015 |
The Shift: Deluxe Edition | 2009 |
Dead & Breakfast | 2004 |
Unity | 2015 |
Perfect Assassins | 1998 |
Sean Sves The World | 2013 |
Les Nouveaux Tueurs | 2004 |
Scandal | 2012 |
American Intellectuals | 1999 |
The Twilight Zone | 2002 |
Mister Sterling | 2003 |
Nip/Tuck | 2003 |
Ally | 1999 |
Better Off Ted | 2009 |
Personal Life.
Rossi was first married to filmmaker- Mel Metcalfe(1996-1999), which she afterward revealed as a ‘plan’ to get the green card in Ameria. Being young & having a budding career, she was fearful of revealing her sexuality as a lesbian. Little did her parents knew about it. Portia dated drector Francesca Gregorini, in between but finally got married to Ellen De Genneres in 2008.
- Rossi opened up about her sexual orientation in some public interviews like- The Advocates
On August 6,2010 Rossio finally filled a petetion regarding changing of her name. Being an animal lover, the couple announced themselves vegan in 2008.
PHILANTHROPHY
Rossi kicked into philonthrophy by supporting various NGOs & organizations like Locks Of Love (a hair wigs donating NGO for patients with problems like alopecia or operations like chemo which lead to loss of hair. She also helped raising money internationally for AIDS relief organization- FXB international. Rossi supports ALLY CAT ALLIES org. , who are trying to helout cats getting a better life, for years now.
Post- Retirment work.
After quitting acting, Portia came across a new start-up called General Public. This is a bridge maker between the artist & the audience, cutting ut the middle man in between. This start-up helps in setting up crowd-funding techniques to support artists like- painters, writers, filmmakers etc.
Though the start-up has a hard roard to go on.
AWARDS.
Portia De Rossi was nominated several time for several awards but only for two of her projects- Ally McBed & Arrested Development. She has won 3 out of those nominations-
- Outstanding Performance in a comedy Series – Screen actors Guild Awards.
- Future Classic Award- TV Land Award.
- Best actor in a series- Golden Satelitte award
Other Features
- Featured in Stuff Magazine as a 69th ranker in 100 sexiest women.
- Feautured in female fatales magzine for 31st in 100 sexiest women in film & tv.
As constantly talking about how cinema scope freindly her life is, she has written an autobiographie – Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain. You can go through it to find a cinema like life in real.