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Portia Lee James DeGeneres or professionally known as Portia de Rossi is a famous model and actress who first rose to fame thanks to her part in the American drama series Ally McBeal as the lawyer Nelle Porter. She became a household name thanks to her stunning performance which also earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award. She later starred in Arrested Development and Scandal in the mid-2010s.

Aside from her efforts in the acting scenes, she also places a lot of her time and resources supporting charitable groups including Locks of Love for people having issues with alopecia and other medical conditions that will lead to hair loss. Born Amanda Lee Rogers on January 31, 1973, de Rossi is also a businesswoman and a philanthropist. She grew up in Grovedale, Geelong, Victoria, in Australia. Unknown to some, the now Mrs. DeGeneres started out in the entertainment world as a model for print and for TV commercials.